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IOWA STATE BYSTANDER. SUMMERED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE BYBANER BREWING COMPANY, FIFTH AND LOCUST, BOOK 40 MANQUAND BLOCK, Iowa 'PHONE 800. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE AYRO-AMERICAN PRO- TECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF IOWA. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL UNITED GRAND LODGE OF IOWA, A. F. & A. M. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year. $1.50 Six months. 75 Three months. 80 All subscription payable in advance. J. L, THOMPSON, EDITOR. J. H. SHEPARD, MANAGER. Send money by post, fice order, money order, express or draft, to the Iowa STATE BYBANER BREWING Company. Communications must be written on one side of the paper only and: be of interest to the pub- lic. "Brevity is the soul of wit," remember. We will not return rejected manuscript, un- encompanied by postage stamps. IOWA'S LEADING COLORED PAPER CITY NEWS Election day Tuesday. Street Hats 50c Mason's Midway Coal, 212 W. 7th street, both Phones. Mrs. J. D. Forman spent last Saturday at the Saylor Mines. Rev. Mrs. L. J. Phillips was sick last week, but able to be out to church Sunday. Remember to go to the polls next Tuesday and vote the straight Republican ticket. Attorney Geo. H. Woodson of Muchakinock spent several days this week in our city. WRITE The African Monarchs of America. They have something to tell you. Sioux City, Ia. Our beautiful October weather has passed with the month, and November opens with a cold rain. It is the duty of every voter to vote for McKinley next Tuesday and continue the good times. The Iowa TE BYSTANDER will live on sale at A. servalon's cigar store, 2826 State street, Chicago. Are you going to entertain? If so you will need invitations, call and see our samples, our prices are the lowest Mrs. Morgan, the wife of our enterprising barber, has been much indisposed the past week, but improving now. Mr. A. M. Rivers, Jr., returned from Savannah, Tenn., last Sunday night, where he has been for nearly two years with his grand parents. Mr. R. N. Hyde was in Ottumwa Monday in the interest of John Wilkerson who chose trial was set for that day but was postponed until the 8th inst. J H. Mixon, Jeweler, No. 316 West Third street. Tunes Pianos and repairs Organs. Rev. D. A Basfield of Oseeola preached at Saylor last Sunday evening, and also assisted Rev. L. J. Phillips at the morning services of the A. M. E. church. Rev. C. W. Holmes left last Sunday night for Warrensburg, Mo., to attend the funeral of the eight year old son Freeman who died at that place. SECRET Fraternal Beneficiary lodge for the colored people only. African Monarchs of America, Sioux City, Ia. Mr. John Bryant one of the pioneer citizens of Osceola was a capital city visitor this week. He called at the Bystander office and paid up his subscription, and said the Bystander was the best published in the West. HELP THE GALVESTON Come and be made happy yourself. The mutual Perfecting Association, 312 West Seventh street, will give 25 per cent of all orders for piano tuning and perfecting musical instruments, for 30 days. Address manager, 312 West Seventh street. (Mention Iowa State Bystander.) STATE BYSTA DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1900. Mason's, Bonets and Hat 609 Locust M. L. A. Wiles of Muchakinock, who is now employed in Washington, D. C., was a Des Moines visitor last week. Mr. George Walker, a substantial and influential "Muchy" citizen was with him. They were the guests of Mr. James. WE WANT colored organizers for the best thing on earth for colored people. African Monarchs of America, Sidux City, Ia. THE ELITE Restaurant, 314 W. Third street. Best 150 meal in the city. A trial will convince you. E. G. McAfee Prop. BURLINGTON ROUTE To all western points and the Pacific coast, embodies the very acme of comfort, speed add scenic splendor. Two through trains leave Des Moines every week day. Tourist sleeping cars run every Monday and Thursday. For full particulars, address F. L. Gannaway, City Passenger Agent, Burlington Route, 400 Locust St, Des Moines, Ia. A. R. Jackson, director of the Muchakinock band, will be our representative at Muchakinock after this week. Mr. Jackson has had charge of that band for the past two years and they have been very successful in all their concerts, and beyond a doubt it is the best colored band in the West. Mr. Jackson is from Cincinnati, Ohio. Our job department motto is prompt service, good work and low prices. A trial will convince you. WHAT SOCIETY AND CHURCH PEOPLE ARE DOING. Miss Carrie Spears of 1701 Des Moines street entertains a number of her friends tonight. Miss Bessie Stewart returned from Boone last Tuesday night. Miss Beatrice Hicklin who has been visiting with relatives and friends in St. Joseph, Mo., far several months will return to this city this week. On last Tuesday evening a four course dinner was given by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Blagburn at their home, 379 School St.; in honor of T. E. Barton of Washington, D. C. The beautiful table in their dining room was made attractive by the use of handsome china and silver ware. Carnations were used in decorating. At each cover was a dainty little dinner card with the guests' monogram on one side and their subject to discuss on the other side. At the conclusion of the serving, and the discussion of each subject the guest of honor made the principal talk of the evening in expressing his gratitude to the host and hostess for the royal manner in which they entertaines him and his friends. The response was made by J. Frank Blagburn. Mrs. Blagburn was assisted by Mesdames G. H. Cleggett and H. H. Lewis. Those present were T. E. Barton, Rev. L. J. Phillips, W. H. Humburd, W. A. Wairn, Prof. G. I. Holt, J. Frank Blagburn, B. J. Holmes, Wm. Coalson, G. H. Cleggett E. T. Banks and J. H. Shepard. The H. B. S. was pleasantly entertained by Mrs. Denney. The Circle has made arrangements to entertain all of the young Misses, about forty in number, on the 30th of this month. We look forward with pride to a meeting that shall last in our memories throughout life. The paper on "Trust" read by Mrs. Palmer was handled with dignity and force. The Circle will meet next week with Mrs. J. P. Hamilton. GERMAN REMEDY Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Male and Female Weakness. Send $1.50; German Medicine Co. Des Moines, Ia. CARD OF THANKS. Mrs. Cox and sister desires fo extend their thanks to the friends who gave their assistance during the illness and death of their father, Richard Stewart BURLINGTON ROUTE Will run special Homeseekers excursions to Nebraskas most fertile farming lands, and Colorado's garden spots on Nov. 6th, and 20th, December 4th and 18th. If you want an ideal home and productive farm, go on one of these popular excursions. For particulars, address F. L. Gannaway, City Passen ger Agent, Burlington Route, 400 Locust street, Des Moines, La. For sprains, swellings and lameness there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Try it. For sale by all Druggists. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Some papers are claiming Democrat. This is not true. Washington, D.C., said: "I a Republican." President McKinnie close friends. Some papers are claiming that Pooker T. Washington is a Democrat. This is not true. Mr. Washington, D.C., said: "I am not a politician, but I am a Republican." President McKinley and Mr. Washington are close friends. SOUND REASON TO STAD BY YOUR FRIENDS! vote of every colored man Fifth district should be cast Let us urge upon every voter who reads these lines to do his full duty at the polls next Tuesday. The colored man's only hope for redress for the wrongs done his race is through the ballot box and he must know and stand by his friends and stand by them with the same firmness as should characterize his love for his own household. In Polk county the vote of the colored man is a power and we should not falter in the support of men whom we know as our tried and true friends. The Bystander urges that not a man be caught by the "good fellow" dodge now being practiced by the democratic candidates whose party has in the past and is to-day heaping odium upon the colored man in other states in this fair land of ours. Avoid being purchased by promises which are easily made and just as easily broken, promises made by democratic candidates who only wish "The Republican Party is th Frederick Douglass. JOHN A. BROWN "The Republican Party is the Ship, all else the Sea."— Frederick Douglass. to use you for their own vile purposes and selfish desires. Had they the power in Iowa to-day every colored man would be disfranchised the same as they are in North Carolina where the acts of the democratic legislature in disfranchising the colored citizens is a stench in the nostrils of liberty loving people all over the land and a foul blot upon the his history of America. In Polk county the democrats are making strenuous efforts to elect John Pedersen, a democrat, as supervisor in the Fifth district, and to do it they are using methods that would put to shame all honorable people. They have even made their brags that the republican candidate, Mr. L. H. DeFord will be defeated by colored votes and that they can purchase enough to land their candidate. The --- that Pooker T. Washington is a Mr. Washington, in a speech in m not a politician, but I am a mley and Mr. Washington are vote of every colored man in the Fifth district should be cast for DeFord as a protest against this damnable accusation that the colored vote is purchaseable, if for no other reason. But fortunately there is a weightier reason for voting for DeFord. He is a man who is of the common people. He has been the friend of the colored men of this county when their friends were counted fewer than they are to-day and in a fair state like Iowa where the colored people still have the right to vote they should not fritter away their right of suffrage by favoring those who if they had the opportunity, would serve them as they have those in the south. No man should allow another by some trivial promise allure him away from the principles he holds dear and cast his vote for the representative of a party for either a high or low office that has so trampled upon the rights of the colored man as has the democratic party. Their mighty spokesman, Tillman told the demo- e Ship, all else the Sea."— cratic national convention what they did with the colored voters in the south, and Bryan prefer to aid the copper-colored Malay in the Phillipines rather than permit the freemen of America their right of enfranchisement. We are fearfully in earnest in urging our readers to stand steadfast for the republican ticket from President McKinley down to every man and the county and township ticket, and when you go into the election booth next Tues day do your to your friends and rebuke the men who herald our race as a purchaseable quantity. Stand forth in your manhood, glory in your power. If you are going to give an entertainment or serve dinner Thanksgiving you will need tickets and dodgers. Come to the Bystander office, our samples and prices will suit you. This week Mr. T. S. Ruff a typesetter who belongs to the printer's union here and has worked in nearly all the printing offices in this city was employed this week by Mr. Geo. A. Miller of the Miller printing Co., and several of the printers, called on Mr. Miller and told him they would not work in an office with a Negro. He informed them that the colored typesetter would remain and that they could go, if they wanted to. It does seem so very strange that those unions will allow a colored man to join their unions and then object to working with thsm. It is very inconsistent to take a man's money as a member of anything and compel him to submit to the same regulations that any other member does, and those members simply walked out and would not work with a fellow member simply because he is a colored man, of course we know those parties that does this is a low jealous class, they are men that perhaps would drink smoke and visit the low colored dives of the city after dark, and then in the day time claim they will not work with colored men. We praise Mr. Miller for the strong stand he took and hope he will keep Mr. Ruff. WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION LEAVES FEDERATION. The Women's club of Medford, Mass., has voted to withdraw from the General Federation of Women's Clubs, because the executive board of the latter organization, at the federation convention at Milwaukee last June, refused to seat Mrs. Josephin St. P. Rufin, who represented a club of colored women. This is the first and only club to our knowledge that has taken such actions. Will there be any other clubs that will do likewise? It will be remembered that the delegation from this state were in favor of seating Mrs. Rufin last June at the convention and made a strong fight in her behalf. We tru.t that when the next executive board of the General Federation of Women's club is selected that they will be more liberal in their views and seat all delegates regardless of color. A SENSATIONAL STORY. To tell our readers the full story of a very interesting and what will prove to be a much contested case in the courts would take several columns, but to be brief, a colored man named John Wilkerson married a white girl from Chillicothe, Mo., in Ottumwa, ia. The girl, so her father claimed, was under age of consent but left home and her father followed her to Des Moines. Then the officers started after them, finding them in Kansas, and took the girl back home. She soon left home again and meeting he old lover at Ottumwa, and they were married on the third day of October. Wilkerson was arrested last Saturday on the charge of assisting in securing a license to marry when his wife is alleged to be only 17 years old, and was taken to Ottumwa, where his trial was set for last Monday, but was postponed until the 8th inst. Gordon, the father of Mrs. Wilkerson, had her arrested on the charge of being demented. she was tried before the Insane Commissioners and their verdict was that she was insane. It has been said by many who attended the trial that it was one of the most blamed boards that ever one was tried before. Mrs. Wilkerson was taken away yesterday afternoon and will be sent to college. A LARGE RALLY. ELOQUENT SPEAKERS AND GOOD MUSIC. As published in our last issue, the largest rally of the campaign was given here last Thursday eve under the auspices of the colored Republicans of Des Moines. In the afternoon the popular cornet band of Munchaknock arrived and marched through the city playing. Then the excitement and interest took on an enthusiastic appearance. At 7 o'clock the parade was formed on Third and Walnut under the direction of Chief Marshall Ex-Lieutenant E. G. McAfee. Headed by the Munchaknock band they marched through the principal streets of the city, then to the Auditorium. It was 8:20 o'clock before Mr. T. E. Barton. No.20. GLASGOW WOOLEN MILLS CO. WORLD'S LARGEST TAILOIS. 56 Stores in America. 16 Stores in Europe. Suits and Overcoats to Order No More $15 No Less FROM MILLS TO MAN DIRECT. 710 Walstout Street, Des Moines, Ia. Open Evenings until 9 o'clock. chairman of the evening, introduced the first speaker, as a quartet sang several songs. Mr. W. D. Anderson, of Keokuk, was the first speaker, and he made a good speech, leaving a favorable impression. Music by the band, then Attorney G. H. Woodson, of Muchaknock, made a rousing speech filled with wit. But the climax came as the crowd, evidently waiting for the rare treat which was given them by Hon. J. Frank Wheaton, present member of the Minnesota Legislature. The applause continue long after Chairman Barton, in a few well chosen words, introduced the orator of the evening. Mr. Wheaton had never been heard in the Iowa capitol before, but his speech has placed his name among the foremost speakers of the Northwest, either white or colored. Space will not permit us to do justice in giving a synopsis of his address, so we will not attempt it. The eloquence, the rich, easy flow of language carried his audience into a wonder of admiration and wild enthusiasm. After hearing the silver tongued orator, we do not wonder that the loyal Republicans elected him to the Legislature in a white district, where only forty or fifty colored voters live in his district as he is a young man we predict a great future for. A meeting was held Sunday afternoon by the members of A. M. E. church for the purpose of appointing a committee to wait on Governor Shaw in the interest of Mr. John S. Wilkerson. The committee is composed as follows: T. E. Barton, chairman; J. Clifford Williams, Jas. M. Ruff, J. T. Blagburn, A. J. Vaughn, who are to set forth to the governor the cause of their unwillingness to having Mr. Wilkerson returned to the state of Missouri, and will ask Governor Shaw not to recognize requisition papers in the case of Mr. Wilkerson unless the governor of the state of Missouri will vouch for his (Wilkerson's) safety and will guarantee the protection, fairness and justice in every respect, to which he is entitled as a citizen of the state of Iowa. MRS. GEORGIA HOLT, Secretary. AT THE BANQUET. The great rally that was held last night at the Auditorium would have been incomplete had a banquet not been given. After the speaking, an informal reception was given. About thirty men went to the Elite restaurant, where the proprietor, E. G. McAfee, was prepared to serve them. Mr. R. N. Hyde was master of ceremonies and after he had made a short address, Mr. G. I. Holt was next, who made a very logical address. He also render a very beautiful solo of "true life." Mr. Geo. Woodson was cailed upon and as usual his toast was effective. Hon. J. F. Wheaton made the brilliant toast of the evening. In following his words closely it would seem that during some of his climaxes one would think they were among the satellites. Mr. I. E. Williamson, in his conservative toast, disbursed some salient facts. D. W. Anderson also responded to toasts. After this some one started the tune of John Brown and a few verses of that old liberty-loving hymn were sung, and while the adieux were being said, the lyric tenor voice of G. I. Holt was heard singing "God be With You Till We Meet Again" and the strains were soon imbibed by all present. When in Muchaknock, Iowa, stop at MRS. ADDIE JOHNSON'S RESTAURANT for good meals or short orders; also Ice Cream, Prompt attention given to all orders. CEDAR RAPIDS BUDGETANAN. The masquerade social given by the Masons at their hall on the 25th was a decided success. Several persons were marsed much to the merriment of all present. The prize for the most comical person masked, which was a silk umbrella, was awarded to Clyde Washington, who represented one-half man and one-holf woman. Rev. Bass returned home last Saturday morning from Chicago. The A. M. E. choir will give a grand concert and lunch Thursday eve, November 8, to raise proceeds to purchase new music. Every one come out and have a good time. The Stewardess board met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Addie Perkins to arrange for a Thanksgiving dinner to be held at the church. Geo. Martin, of Chicago, was on over Sunday visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Martin, last week. Mrs. Elliza Coleman left Monday morning for her home in Hedrick, after a pleasant visit with relatives and friends. When you cannot sleep for coughing, it is hardly necessary that any one should tell you that you need a few doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to allay the irritation of the throat, and make sleep possible. It is good. Try it. For sale by All Drugrists. The Only Way A Fascinating Romance by Alan Adair... CHAPTER VII. Veronica's face was as haggard as Alan's. The blow had been so crushing, so unexpected—that he had not seemed glad to see her, that his heart had not leapt out to her, as hers did to him, that his eyes did not rest for one moment upon the boy, was bad enough; but that there should be another woman in her place! Oh, that was anguish intolerable! At last she spoke, "You love her, Alan?" she asked. way out of it. He and Joyce, his wife of six weeks, must part! At last he roused himself; it was getting late. Joyce already would be uneasy about him. The thought of her pretty wifely solicitude, and how after today it might never be put to the test, overcame him altogether. To feel that Joyce was living, and that he must give her up, that they were both young and loving, and must go on living apart forever, was too much for him. "My God, help us to hear it!" "I break your heart?" cried Veronica. "Why, I would give my life for you. I would not have you unhappy for a moment if I could help it. I love you as much as in the old days, Alan, before the shipwreck. Oh, why was I saved?" He looked at her, and poor Veronica's heart failed her. There was no love in that look. All the love of Alan's heart was given, to Joyce. There was pity and despair, but no love. When a woman loves a man she can soon see the difference. He could not say that he praised God that she was saved, and he did not. "Tell me about it," he said mechanically. If she talked he would be able to think what it would be best to do for her. But as for him, the despair of his heart almost choked him when he thought that in about half an hour he must pull down that beautiful fabric of their lives, must ruin Joyce forever! He could scarcely think of Veronica in his overwhelming agony; but she spoke, glad to see his interest. "I was washed in shore, into a sandy bay, Alan. I had gone through the anguish of dying; but when the people found me they brought me to, but the shock had been too much for me. I could not remember anything, then in about five months baby born, and then it all came to me easily. I was ill and weak and could nothing; I could scarcely think, at last when I wrote the letters were seep back to me, and I heard a rumor he had get back to England, was peneless. I did not if you wanted our marriage acknowledged, so I did not write to Mr. Dempster; but as my strength returned my courage did also. I began giving singing and guitar lessons. People were good to me. I worked hard, and at last scraped together enough money to take me in a sailing boat to England. I hate the sea. I was afraid of it; but you were there, and I came. But it was a year before I could find anything of you, and I should not have found you at all but Hutchinson told me he had seen you and had spoken to you." When did he tell you that? "Two days ago. But he told me that he had seen you two months ago, and you had spoken of me. You had told him we were married, Alan which he had not known. He tracked me home from a music shop, where they get me music lessons; but I cannot tell why he delayed." But Alan could. Hutchinson, in his cruelty, knew that it would be the ruin of Joyce's life as well as his own if this marriage with her could be consummated first. He know Hutchinson hated him, so this was his revenge! He tried to think of Veronica, but it was of no use. Joyce's image came before him whenever he tried to think of the poor girl who was his wife. The little boy, also, was looking at him with his, Alan's own blue eyes, which were so great a contrast to his curly dark hair. That these poor creatures, dependent upon him for love which he could not give, troubled him "Veronica," he said at length, "will you go back to where you live and I will write to you when I have seen her?" "The wife you love!" asked poor Veronica. "Yes," said Alan. "Will you do that? You know that you can trust me." "Of course," said Veronica, simply. "I will do what you say always. It is misery to me to think that I have made you so unhappy, when I thought only to make you happy." "My poor girl," he said, deeply touched by the contrition in her tone and by her sadness, "you would have done very wrong if you had not come." She gave him her address and left him. When she had gone a little way from him she took her boy in her arms and hugged him fiercely. "He never looked at you, my own," she said "never once! But you are mother's joy! Oh, Alan, Alan," she wailed, "why was I saved!" But Alan was standing where she had left him. He told himself that he was no coward, but that his heart failed him for this. There was no way out of it. He and Joyce, his wife of six weeks. must part! At last he roused himself; it was getting late. Joyce already would be unness about him. The thought of her pretty wifely solicitude, and how after today it might never be put to the test, overcome him altogether. To feel that Joyce was living, and that he must give her up, that they were both young and lovling, and must go on living apart forever, was too much for him. "My God, help us to hear it!" Afterwards it came back to him with profound regret that he had never thought of Veronica at all; but he could be thankful that he had seen her and had not hated her. He crept home slowly, like a wounded animal going to its lair. Home! The very word hurt him. And he and Joyce had only this morning talked of buying the pretty house for their summer residence. This morning was it, or years ago. Could it be only an hour or so since he left the station, all unsuspicious of what was to befall him? For he had been unsuspicious. He had entirely forgotten the woman who he now easily identified as Veronica. He had been happy as it is given to few mortals to be happy. He groomed aloud as he opened the door which led into the pretty hall. His throat was dry; he could not call Joyce. But she had evidently heard the opening door, for she came out of the morning-room, which they furnished with the hangings they had bought on the day he had seen Veronica. She called gaily to him and a little reproachfully. "Oh, Alan, how late you are, naughty boy! And our ride—will you have ten first?" He simply could not answer. It was impossible; his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth, and his dry throat could not articulate a sound. "Alan," she called again, "come along, darling." "I am coming." His voice was, however, so muffled, in a moment she was alarmed. She came running out to him. "Alan, Alan, what is it? Are you ill, dearest?" Her unconsciousness almost killed him, together with the thought that he would have to tell her. Then she came up to him and saw his face. In an instant she knew that something awful had occurred. Her jaw fell, and she staggered up to him, putting out her hand and feeling as if she were blind. She was unconscious no longer, for she remembered vividly the day when he had turned so white, and had told her the reason afterwards as they sat together at the hotel. Her quick mind told her that his ashy greyness and the misery on his face had something to do with his dead wife. Hand in hand they went together into the pretty morning-room, into which the sun was shining, and they sat down speechless. A bird in a bush close by set up its joyous song. Nature was full of gladness. Then suddenly he wrenched his hand out of hers and threw himself headlong upon the couch. Sobs broke from him and his shoulders heaved. For a moment she let him weep, and then she knelt down beside him and flung her pretty, soft arms round his neck, and pressed her cheek, down which the tears were running, against his, so that their tears mingled together. "Tell me like this," she said. But he could not speak, his grief was uncontrollable. And so in whispers she began: "It is something about your wife, Alan—your first wife, I mean, poor Veronica?" He groaned, and an awful knowledge came to Joyce—a knowledge that clinched her heart and made her very being still. For a moment she saw nothing distinctly, heard nothing distinctly, only felt Alan's tears upon her cheek. Then, when the mist cleared away: "Is she alive?" she whispered. "Alive? Oh, my poor heart! Alive! Your wife? And I—" He sat up then and grasped her hands in his. "You, you!" he cried. And the agony of his voice came back to Joyce for years after. "You! I've got to give you up, Joyce! You, the wife of my heart, my own, my soul! You've got to be as nothing to me! How can I do it?" "I don't know," she said feebly. "And yet, Alan, we must!" "Do you think I don't know it?" he cried. "Do you think I would have you live with me while my wife was living? Do you think I should let one person in this world point a finger of scorn at you? Do you think I should let you soil your beautiful white soul for me. Oh, Joyce, I love you too perfectly for that, you are too dear to me for that! I will say good by you, my own, and never look at your face again; but I will not let you live disgraced. But the parting—the parting!" Joyce's white face uplifted to his. Joyce's hands grasping his. Joyce's whole being suffused by love for him, and he had to give her up! No more exquisite agony had to be imagined than this moment's, and yet, when it came to the actual doing of it, it so far transcended the imaginations of it that this interview almost seemed sweet in comparison. parting? You mean that we must cease living in the same house, in the same place, together? Alah, can we do it? Will strength be given us? Ob what shall we do?" (To be continued.) ENGLISH TIPTOPPERS' PAY. What the Leading Man of All Profes along Earn in England. It pays to be at the top of things. Money is always attendant upon reputation, for nowadays the successful man is well rewarded for his ability. Diplomacy seems to be one of the most paying professions to follow. "The salary of an ambassador," is a well-known saying when any one wishes to indicate that such and such a person is possessed of great wealth. Sir E. J. Monon, our ambassador at Paris, is the most highly paid of all those vigilant gentlemen who guard our interests abroad. He receives for his services the princely income of £9,000 a year. After him comes Sir H. Rumbold at Vienna, with £2,000; Sir F. C. Lascelle, at Berlin, with the same yearly sum, and Sir Charles Stewart Scott, who draws £7,800 from the public purse to represent us in St. Petersburg. All the English diplomats are well paid. Hero is a list of some of them, giving the place at which they reside and the income that comes to them for it: Washington, £6,500; Rome, £7,000; Turkey, £8,000; Toklo, £4,000; Egypt, £8,000; Teheran, £5,000—a list taken at random, which serves to show the large earnings of the representatives. The English church is still a paying profession for the men at the head of it. The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, enjoys, and indeed earns, the nice little sum of £15,000 a year, while his colleague of London, paid £10,000 for his arduous and never-enduring labors. The earl of Minto, the governor of Canada, heads the list of governors with £10,000, and after him comes Sir Alfred Milner of Cape Town with £8,000. Lord Beauchamp of New South Wales gets £7,000, as also does Gen. Grenfell, who looks after that island fort, Malta. Sums of £15,000, and £4,000 are common salaries. Consult-generals are munificently paid. Two of them—Viscount Cromer of Cairo and Sir H. M. Durand of Teheran—cach receive £5,000 a year. For being first lord of the admiralty Mr. Goschen draws £4,500, while Sir Richard Webster, until the last few days, enjoyed as attorney-general £7,000. Mr. Chamberlain has, besides his own large private fortune, £5,000 as his official salary, while for commanding the army Woolsey gets £4,500. The home secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley, has £5,000 in salary. Despite the large figures given above, no one, not even the archbishop himself, can compare in his earnings with those of a successful barrister. Of all "tip-top" men, your leading counsel is the most fortunate. Lord Russell of Killowen as a barrister made something like £20,000 a year.—London Mail. SUPPLY OF IRON World Consumes About 90,000,000 Tons a Year A good deal of anxiety has been felt during the last two years as to the available supplies of iron ore and fuel. The total world's consumption of iron ores in 1899 was probably more than 90,000,000 tons. Of this quantity the United States contributed more than 22,000,000. But in all countries alike exceptional efforts were made to increase the output so as to overtake the greatly stimulated demand. These efforts are still being continued, says the Engineering Magazine. Spain has been ransacked from one end to the other, in order to increase the available supplies. France is opening up new sources of supply in Greece, North Africa and elsewhere. The Germans have sought to acquire almost a monopoly of the supply of Swedish Lapland—within the Arctic circle—for a number of years to come, and have concluded arrangements which point to their belief that iron ores are likely to become increasingly scarce. This is a general apprehension, and if it is justified by the facts, then it seems to be probable that this condition may mainly determine future supremacy. Mme. de Staal once observed that "Providence fights on the side of the biggest battalions." In the war of commerce and industry it is conceivable that Providence may in future seem to interpose on behalf of the nation that has the largest available supplies of cheap iron ores.—Chicago Record. Resident Requires About BPR 0000. president Receives About $80,000. The president receives a salary of $50,000 a year, his house free, and this includes the heating and lighting. The grounds are cared for, his conservatory is filled" with flowers, and the gardener who cares for it is paid by the government. The only servants whose wages the president is called upon to pay are his own personal ones, for the doormen, messengers, clerks, and, in fact, every one connected directly or indirectly with the executive department are, of course, government employees. He receives, also, as the head of the army, fodder for his horses and his stable is the property of the government. There are other allowances and, taken all in all, it is estimated that the president receives in various ways between $80,000 and $80,000 a year, or its equivalent. Marshall Owen Roberts, who became a naturalized British subject a few days ago, is a son of the late Marshall Owen Roberts of New York, a mining king, who died in 1380, leaving an estate valued at $8,000,000. WHERE DUTY LIES. MOTTO OF ALL AMERICANS MUST BE "PRESS AHEAD." False Issues Raised to Blind the Fires to the Danger of Repudiation and Needless Labor Troubles—The Great Democratic "Fake" Issue. Questions are upon us in this campaign to test the stuff we are made of as to its far-sighted intelligence, its radical honesty and its Saxon courage. In this presidential canvass are solved the magnificent prosperities of the past three years, an honest dollar, the degradation of the judiciary, the just administration of the great affairs of our new dependencies in the far east, our continued beneficent influence in the concert of the powers in the settlement of the destinies of the Chinese empire, and a masterful hand in the great world-movements of the twentieth century. For such a benign efficiency we are better placed than any other power on earth. We cannot abdicate without shame. We cannot withdraw from our place of world power without a breach of faith with the nations and with humanity itself. Who tries to shake us with terrors of imperialism wantonly blasphemes the character, the intelligence and the will of his countrymen. It is but triple-tongued demagoguery that talk one thing in one section, another in another and a third in a third; consent of the governed on one stump and suppression of votes of a constitutional majority on another; one section of the republic to another section, "the enemy's country." In this campaign lie, not half hidden, all those insurgent questions which perturb the world of capital and labor. Socialistic madness is in the mixture and the gaunt specter of the anarchist stirring the pot is in full view of the man with vision. The poor are being inflamed against the rich. Men with their pockets stuffed with the stock of oppressive trusts are declaiming against combinations of capital. An irruption of the harbarians is at the gates of Rome. The eyes of the civilized world are upon us to see whether honesty, intelligence, courage and patriotism are guarding the glories of the young republic. Has popular intelligence risen to the point of safety; popular virtue to the point of secure sovereignty? Have we vision for our own security, virtue for political morality, national righteousness and sturdiness for international leadership. Great salvations or awful abysses are ahead. We must share the great world's destinies. We must share their shaping. We must bravely meet the responsibilities of our greatness.—Rev A. S. Fisk, D. D., Washington, D. C. APPEAL OF THE A. O. U. W. We submit the question fairly and honestly to our brethren. Can we afford by voice or vote to do anything that will disturb the present prosperous condition of our country, which has resulted in a most magnificent growth of our order, and which means to us additional and absolute security for our beneficiary certificates, held by us sacredly for the future benefit of the widows and orphans of our membership? To the jurisdictions of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, New York, Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, California, Georgia, Nevada, Utah and Louisiana, to whom we paid more than half a million of relief, we ask, can you afford, for the sake of yielding to political excitement engendered for purely political purposes, to do anything that shall in the slightest degree disturb your own prosperity, and that of the jurisdictions who so willingly and lavisily contributed to your relief? You know as well as we can tell you how sensitive our order is in relation to the relief law, and if, as the outcome of this political campaign, there should be a season of business reverses, hard times, and as a result our order's growth should be impaired, can you not see, as the grand master workman of New York says, how much more important it is for you to protect this order, than who shall "be the next President of the United States?" Our brethren in Nebraska who are now flourishing, can you afford to hazard the future of your eastern brethren at this time, having in mind their generosity when, but a few years since, they contributed nearly twenty thousand dollars to purchase seed and otherwise assist you in the dark days of your dreadful drought?—A. O. U. W. Monthly. DISCOURAGING THE SOLDIERS. Leutenant L. A. Darrington of Alliance, Neb., now in the Philippines, writes: "There is one saying of Decatur's that rings in my ears, whether in the mountains or in the swamps, along the battle line or away from it. 'My country, may she be always right, but right or wrong, my country.'" "A soldier's heart is not made glad when he reads in the papers from home that he is a cutthroat and fighting a people who are fighting for their liberty. That is a lie! The people here want our liberty, our flag as their flag, and our laws to govern them. It is a band of highwaymen and cutthroats who pose no place as patriots except in the papers and minds of some of their friends in the United States that are once silenced you will hear of and see the beginning of the end of all this trouble in the Philippine Islands." OUR LARGE STANDING ARMY. Our "large standing army," of which the Democracy is in such a state of fear consists of 65,000 men. Switzerland keeps nearly two and one-half times as many in her standing army of 148,000 men, and besides has 361,000 men in reserve. The United States proportionately has the smallest army in the world. The ratio of soldiers to total population is shown in the following: Soldiers per 1,000 population. France ..... 14.05 Germany ..... 11.05 Austro-Hungary ..... 6.07 Russia ..... 6.01 Turkey ..... 7.01 Great Britain ..... 5.06 Italy ..... 7.01 United States ..... 0.86 We do not have one soldier for every thousand people. FEELINGS OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS. "If the mothers of the soldiers who are fighting in the Philippines could vote," said Mr. H. C. Maurice of Vermont, while at Washington. "I do not believe many of them would give William Jennings Bryan the benefit of their suffrage. The women of America have ever been patriotic, and it would not be natural for a mother to waste her sympathy upon the men who are trying to take the life of her son. While there has been heartbreaking sorrow at their going, no Spartan mother ever sent her son forth to battle with a braver heart than the American mothers who have sent their boys to fight their country's battles on the other side of the world, and much as they would have them back home, not one in a hundred would call them back until the work there is done." DIFFERENCE IN HAY PRICES. The little table which follows shows the importations, the home production, the value of the home crop and the price per ton of hay in the United States in 1896, under the Democratic low tariff and business depression which then existed, and in 1899, under protection and prosperity: Year. Imports. Production. Tons. Value crop. Dollars. Price per ton. 1896. .302,652 59,263,457 388,887,649 6.56 1897. .302,652 59,263,457 388,887,649 6.56 1898. .302,652 59,263,457 388,887,649 6.56 Our imports of hay which, in 1896 under the low tariff, amounted to over 300,000 tons, were in 1899, under protection, less than 20,000 tons. The average price per ton during the depression of 1896 was but $6.57 per ton. In 1899 it was $7.27. BRYANISM AND CORN PRICES. When the Bryan boom culminated in September, 1896, corn had reached the lowest record of the year at 19½ cents a bushel. Then as the Bryan boom began to subside and McKinley's election to look probable the price improved, and in November, right after the election of McKinley, the best price of the last six months of 1896 was reached, at 25½ cents a bushel. Between the low price just at the height of the Bryan boom in September, and the high price just after the election of McKinley there was a difference of 6 cents a bushel, which made a difference of $120,000,000 in the value of the crop. THE POPOCRATIC CRY. The poporacritics are a little early this year with their outeries about coercion of wage earners. Four years ago they deferred this trick until a week before election. Now, as then, the reply to it is the same. No one has voiced it better than President McKinley did in a speech to a Cleveland club of wage workers, Oct. 24: "They talk about coercion, the coercion of the employee by employer. They mistake the spirit of the campaign. It is not coercion but cohection—cohesion between employer and employee, made stronger by a common interest and a common experience." REMEMBER Remember '82. During the campaign of '82 you thought you were too busy to take an active interest in politics. Remember the result: Do not make the same mistake this year. COCKRAN ON DEMOCRACY. "Democratic leaders may betray a convention to the Populists, but they cannot seduce the footsteps of Democrattice voters from the pathway of honor and justice." -Hon W. Beurre Cockran, Democrat, Madison Square Garden, New York city, Aug. 18, 1896. DESPAIR IS DROWNED. "The hum of industry has drowned the voice of calamity, and the voice of despair is no longer heard in the United States, and the orators without occupation here are now looking to the Philippines for comfort."—William McKinley. SERIOUS REVOLT IN SPRIN. Present Rising of Carlists Alarms the Government. TROOPS IN PURSUIT OF 800 Of the Revolutionists, Who Are in the Vicinity of Berga—Revolution Timed for the First Fortnight in November—Outside Seized. London, Nov. 2.—The Carlist risings in Spain seem to be spreading so rapidly that the Dally Mail's Madrid correspond predicts that unless drastic and prompt action is taken by the government the present revolt may lead to the most formidable outbreak since the last war, "At first," says he, "it was thought that the skirmish at Badalona, near Barcelona, was an isolated affair, but it is now seen to have been a part of a widespread movement, which, though the Carlist leaders at present affect to ignore, may in the event of successful spread obtain their countenance and support. Mountain District Allame. Mountain District Alame. "All the mountain district north of Barcelona is ablaze and the risings are admitted to bear the genuine Castil stamp. The revolutionists are in uniform and possess rifles, mostly of modern type, evidently arranged for abroad and secretly smuggled into Spain. All pursuing columns have been greatly reinforced and all soldiers on furough and even those infirm have been recalled to the colors and ordered to be incorporated in the regiments ready to leave for Barcelona in case of need. The revolutionaries principally belong to Berga, Iqualada, and Manresa, and the bands must number at least 1,000, and any success will vastly increase their strength. The government is sending warships to Barcelona, and all the various garrisons in the districts thought to be disaffected are under arms. A widespread proclamation of martial law is likely. The guards have also been strengthened along the French border to stop any further importation of arms." In Persuit of Carlist Army: In Parent of Carlist Army, Madrid, Nov. 2—It is officially admitted that the Carlist band in the vicinity of Barga numbers 800 men. Troops are closely pursuing them. Communication between Berga and Barcelona has been severed. Another numerous band has appeared at Figols. It has sixteen horses and is divided into three groups. The gendarmes who searched the country house of Senior Torres Baros, brother-in-law of the duke of Solfaito (who has disappeared), where they seized several rifles, also obtained possession of documents giving the names of 125 Carlist chiefs and 609 Carlist soldiers. Papers and stamps bearing the inscription, "the royal army of Guadalona," have been seized. It is said that the revolution was timed for the first fortnight in November. The consignors in three groups were to attack simultaneously the municipal council, the civil government and the captain general. The minister of war says that the number of Carlistes in Guadalona will not reach the figure announced by the minister of the interior, who asserted there were 800 Carlistes in the vicinity of Berga. The Barcelona police, somewhat belatedly, have discovered two deposits of arms, rifles and various kinds of sabers, together with ammunition enough to fill six carts. The resignation of the prefect of Barcelona will probably be accepted. Protenalons of Don Carlos While the present revolt in Spain may not be correctly described as a Carlist rising, it seems certain that the insurgent forces are in full sympathy with the pretensions of Don Carlos and that he will take advantage of the movement as soon as it gives promise of becoming formidable. Don Carlos claims the Spanish throne under the special law of succession established by Philip V. The Carlist claim to the Spanish throne has been kept alive since 1833, when the long series of civil wars began. Halloween at Horse Show. Chicago, Nov. 2.—Over 6,000 persons spent their Halloween at the horse show. It was the largest attendance of the week thus far. Society as usual was late and several classes had been judged before the horses were filled. Most of those apparently who were present on the two previous nights were there, indicating increasing interest in the exhibitions as they become familiar with the various entries. As if to celebrate the old tradition of the night over forty splendid horses, wearers of ribbons, already won, were led in parade around the tanbark arena. Jazz Complete Hinter Jury Courts Riater. Akron, Ohio, Nov. 2.—Harvey Earle, the first of the riot prisoners tried in this city, was found guilty of the unlawful use of dynamite. He led the crowd to the place where the dynamite was obtained and assisted in putting it in place for expropelling. The jury was out three hours. Locksmith, Backup, Refresh Seattle, Wash., Nov. 2.—"Lucky" Baldwin has returned from Nome, he refuses to talk of the strikes he is said to have made in the north and says he is writing a history of Nome. Negro Kills His Wife. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 2.—After butchering his wife, Rufus Neal, a negro, went to a big camp meeting at Sandy Gorge, Dorchester county. In a number of recent speeches William S. Bryan has said: "The Afro-American has bestowed predeceased African-American party and received janitorial in return." The purpose of this article is to show that this statement is absolutely false. The Afro-American has received more prestige than ever before in the history of the country. President McKinley has selected Afro-Americans from all parts of the country to fill positions of trust and profit under him. The following roster will give a few more important positions to which eminent Afro-Americans are appointed. W. Lyon, register of the treasury. Henry P. Cheatham, recorder of deeds, John C. Daucy, collector of port, Wilmington, N. C. John C. Daucy, collector of internal revenue, Florida. William F. Powell, minister to Haytli. William F. Powell, collector of internal revenue, Florida. Robert C. Smalls, collector of port, Beaufort, N. C. G. Greenar, consul, Vladivostock, Russia. Dr. H. W. Furnis, consul, Bailor, Brasil. Henry Deman, naval officer, New Orleans. J. N. Faufn, consul, Aaucion, Paraguay. Henry Deman, surgeon in chief Freedman's hospital. Rev. B. W. Arnett, Jr., chapman in army. John R. Lynch, paymaster in army. John R. Hill, register of lands, Jackson. Miss. Rev. O. L. W. Smith, minister to L. Washington. D. N. Puppy, collector of port, St. Augustine. Robert Pelham, special Indian agent. C. L. Maxwell, consul general, Santo Domingo. Robert Pelham, receiver of public moneys, Montgomery, Ala. H. V. Cashin, receiver of public moneys, Dr. A. M. Brown, surgeon in army. Rev. I. Dawson, postmaster, Eutaw, Ala. H. V. Glbbs, camarade, Mada J. E. Brush, receiver of public moneys, L. H. Hayis, postmaster, Pine Bluff, Ark. M. R. Van Horn, consul, St. Thomas, Denishaw, N.C. M. R. H. Jackson, consul, La Rochelle, France. H. R. H. collector internal revenue, Atlanta, Ga. J. H. Deveaux, collector of customs, Savannah, Ga. J. H. Woolish, collector of port, Atlanta, Ga. J. H. McCottrie, collector of port, Georgetown, S.C. Budd Coffee, collector of port, St Mary's, Ga. J. H. Wright, paymaster in army, Rev. C. T. Walker, chaplain in army, R. E. Belcher, deputy collector customs, M. P. Morton, postmaster, Athens, Ga. I. H. Loffon, postmaster, Hogansville, Ga. J. T. Jackson, postmaster, Darien, Ga. Mrs. E. L. Bamfield, postmistress, Frank P. Bronson, postmaster, Duncanville, Miss. Frank P. Bronson, postmaster, Ocean Springs, Miss. Dr. J. E. Shearp, internal revenue service, Mrs. S. E. Jones, postmistress, Bladen, N.C. T. Anthony, postmaster, Scotland Neck, N.C. Dr. L. W. Livingston, consul, Cape R. A. Parker, internal revenue service, Alabama T. Anderson, regular army chapain. H. Y. Armett, compiler, office recorder of North Carolina, E. P. McCabe, Oklahoma. N. T. Velar, postmaster, Brinton, Pa. J. H. Jackson, postmaster, Pennsylvania. J. F. Baker, postmaster, Lake City, Fla. J. E. Wilson, postmaster, Florence, S.C. C. W. Walker, collector of port, Tappahannock, Va. W. A. Gaines, internal revenue service, Kentucky. O. Holmes, pension examiner, Kentucky. J. R. Burgeon, secretary legation, Monroe, L. J. R. Holmes, survey general, Louisiana. M. V. E. Bahn, postmistress, Madisonville, La. E. L. Simon, postmaster, South Atlanta, Ga. Washington Departments. The following salaries are drawn by Afro-Americans: Army $4,751,072 Post office department 24,580 Postal department 271,098 Printing office 117,600 District of Columbia 55,260 Sonnular service 20,000 Bureau of estimation (estimated) 20,000 Navy department 20,000 War department 30,000 Department of agriculture 200,000 Agriculture and executive depart- ments 25,000 Total $5,538,612 All over the country Afro-Americans are holding good federal positions, as will be shown by the following, which is but partial Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Two letter carriers are drawing $2,000 annually at Allegheny, Pa. Peoria, Illinois. The three employees in the post office at Peoria, Ill., are paid annually $1,660. Youngstown, Ohio. One letter carrier in the post office at Youngstown, O., is paid $1,000 per year. Galveston, Texas. In the post office at Galveston, Tex., there an employee, whose salaries aggregate $18,000. Toledo, Ohio. The two Afro-American employees of the Toledo (O.) post office are paid $1,600 per annum. Chattanooga, Tennessee. The nine Afro-American clerks and car-ries in the post office at Chattanooga, Tenn., are paid salaries which aggregate $1,900. Richmond, Indiana. The post office at Richmond, Ind., has two Afro-American letter carriers at $80 per year. Fort Wayne, Indiana. There is one Afro-American in the Fort Wayne (Ind.) post office. Salary, $1,000 per year. Jacksonville, Florida. The 12 clerks and carriers employed in the Jacksonville (Fla.) post office drew annually $7,700. There is one letter carrier in the post office at Atchison, Kan., and he is paid $1,000 per year. Omaha, Nebraska. There are five Afro-Americans employed by them annually, and $4,000 is drawn by them annually. New York. New York. There are 66 Afro-Americans employed in the New York post office, whose aggregate salaries amount to $1,600. Indianapolis, Indiana. The number of Afro-Americans employed at the Indianapolis post office is 12, and they draw annually $10,500. Knoxville, Tennessee. In the Knoxville (Tenn.) post office there are four Afro-Americans, and they draw $3,200 in salaries every year. Jackson, Mississippi. The six Afro-Americans employed in the Jackson (Miss.) post office draw salaries amounting to $4,200 per year. Des Moines, Iowa. At the post office in Des Moines six Afro-Americans draw and their annual salaries amount to $2,600. Petersburg, Virginia. The number of Afro-Americans employed in the post office at Petersburg, Va., is four, and they draw annually $3,000. Cleveland, Ohio. In the post office at Cleveland, O., there are 21 Afro-American employees whose salaries amount to $3,000 per annum. Springfield, Ohio. The six clerks and carriers in the post office at Springfield draw salaries amounting to $4,000 per annum. Hartford. Connecticut. Four Afro-Americans employed as clerks at Hartford, Hartford, Copenhagen, are paid E.60 annually. Columbus, Ohio. There are eight Afro-Americans in the There are eight Afro-Americans in the salaries aggregate $1,000 per annum salaries aggregate $1,000 per annum Richmond, Virginia. The 83 clerks and carriers employed in the post office at Richmond, Va., are paid salaries which aggregate $2,650. Houston, Texas. The annual salaries paid to the six Afro-American employees at the post office at Houston, Tex., amount to $8,580. Birmingham, Alabama. The 13 Afro-American employees of the Birmingham post office paid salaries amounting to $7,60 per annum. Kansas City, Kansas. The five Afro-Americans employed in the salaries amounting to $2,250 per annum Columbus. Ohio. Six carriers and two clerks (Afr-Oro- American) in a carriage draw- ing amounting to $8,600 per year. Clarksville, Tennessee. The five Afro-American letter carriers of the Army are: Lt. Col. Robert Kennan, are paid $4,000 for their services. Fort Worth, Texas The five Afro-American employees of the five firms which aggregate $3,200 annually, which include Hannibal, Missouri There are five clerkes and carriers in the Hannibal (Mo.) post office, receiving salaries amounting to $3,000 in the aggregate. Little Rock, Arkansas. Sixteen Afro-American are employed at the Little Rock post office, and the an- salaries drawn by them amount to $12,500. Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The five carriers and clerks employed in the company are the salaries amounting in the aggregate to Denver. Colorado. There are two carriers and three Afro- American office, and their annual compensation is Jackson, Tennessee There are six carriers in the Jackson (Tenn.) post office, three white and three Afro-American history of the Afro-Americans, $2,600 per year in the aggregate. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In American history, the Afro-Americans are employed, and their annual salaries amount to $27,000. The 10 Afro-Americans serve at Philadelphia earn $6,00 per year. Nashville, Tennessee. The annual salaries of the ten Afro-Americans employed at the Nashville post are $1,000,000 for customers services at Nashville there are four Afro-Americans, who earn $3,000 per year. Charleston, South Carolina. The six Afro-Americans employed in the six companies in Charleston draw annually $2,600. The eight Afro-Americans employed as clerks in the six companies in Charleston draw annually $7,600. S. C., receive salaries aggregating $7,600. Att the Louisville post office 29 Afro-Americans are employed, and their annual salaries amount to $15,300. New Orleans, Louisiana. In the federal service at New Orleans, La., there are 130 Afro-Americans, distributed as follows: 44 customs service ..... $44,985 intake service ..... 5,160 subtressurer's office ..... 7,470 28 post office ..... 24,400 22 U. S. mint ..... 22,875 **100 Total** ..... $104,900 Baltimore, Maryland. There are two Afro-Americans employed in the United States internal revenue service for the district of Maryland, and their salaries amount to $11,780. On the custodian force of the United States courthouse and post office building at Baltimore there are five Afro-Americans employed, and their annual salaries amount to $11,900. In the Baltimore post office the number of Afro-Americans employed is 15, and their annual salaries amount to $11,100. St. Louis, Missouri. In the office of the collector of internal revenue at St. Louis they are employed and their combined annual salaries amount to $3,000. In the customs service at the port of St. Louis they are employed and draw $2,400 per annum, and in the custodian service at the same place four are employed, whose annual salaries amount to $4,100. Boston, Massachusetts. In the post office at Boston, Mass., there are Afro-Americans, distributed as follows: 45 ..... 826,700 Mobile, Alabama. It looks like a case of Negro domination in the Mobile (Ala.) post office. There are 200 employees whose aggregate salaries amount to $280 per annum. There are 28 per 12 whites employed whose aggregate salaries amount to $7,900 per annum. The average salary paid to the Afro-American employee is $70 per annum; the average salary paid to the white employee is only $60 per annum. In the office of the collector of customs at the Customs House, the amount of goods are employed, and draw annually $25,000. Chicago, Illinois. There are 100 clerks in the Chicago (IL) post office, and their annual salaries ag- In the office of the collector of customers there are two inspectors, drawing $1,277.50 per annum each, and six other employees of the collector, paying $44 per annum, the total being $7,067. The number now on the pay roll is greater than at any previous time. The number of the collector of internal revenue there is one deputy whose salary is $1,200 per annum. Georgia The state of Georgia seems to be the baner one on the other. The number of appointments are concerned. The list is headed by Hon. Judson W. Lyons, reg. secretary. The salary in the state is $99,000 per annum, whose salary in $49,000 per annum. H. A. Rucker is collector of internal revenue at Atlanta; H. J. Deveaux is collector of customs at St. Marys; C. C. Wimbish is collector of customs at Atlanta; R. B. Belcher collector of customs at Atlanta, and E. P. draw about $15,000 per annum in salaries. In the internal revenue department of Ghana, the department oversees the whose aggregate salaries amount to about 100 million Ghanaian francs. The nine deputy collectors of internal revenue service stamp collectors are on the pay roll at $1,000 per annum and the total internal revenue service charge at $690 per annum. In the service of the custodian of the at Atlanta there are seven Afro-Americans, whose salaries aggregate $3,000 per annum. There are five carriers, with salaries amounting to $3,000 per annum. There are eight sub- transactions are five carriers, with salaries amounting to $3,000 per annum. Thirteen special delivery messengers earn $30 per transactions receive $200 per annum. Total salaries paid, $2,300. In the post office at Savannah there are 13 letter carriers, whose salaries aggregate $1,000 per subcarriers. Eight clerks earn $4,740 per year in the post office at Rome, Ga., four African employees draw $3,000 per annum. The Columbus post office employs five African employees, who combined salaries are about $4,900 per year. Mr. M. B. Morton is the postmaster at Hale, M. B. Morton serves his services. He postmasters at the following places in Georgia: Cowart, Holt Yale, Hogansville, Darien, South Atchison. There is an Afro-American clerk in the post office. He is also the carrier at W. C. Thomas, deputy United States marshal northerly in the city, receives 1,250 per annum. In the post office at Augusta, GA, there are nine employees, drawing $5,200 per annu- The six employees in the post office at Athens are paid $3,500 per year for their services. In the customs department at Savannah two employees whose salaries amount to $3,055 per annum. In the railway mail service there are 15 clerks, whose salaries aggregate $17,000 per annum. In the departments at Washington eight Afro-American women are on the pay floor for an annual. Appointments made b'f the war department at Washington include Dr. G.N. Storm, surgeon on U.S. A.; F. H. Crumbly, captain company D. Forty-ninth U.S. V.; T. Grant, captain company U.S. V.; Dr. C. T. Walker, captain U.S. A.; Dr. C. T. Walker, chapain U.S. A.; Dr. G.reen, leianent Forty-ninth U.S. V.; Dr. G.reen, leianent Forty-eighth U.S. V.; and John Oliver, captain Forty-eighth U.S. V. S. Take off your coat and work for McKinley at the evening of November 6; then we can shout and yell until we are hoarse. When the glorious sun beams on the smiling earth on the morning of November 6, be at the polls ready to vote and work for McKinley. The fact that the lowest element in the south, the old rebels and all who wish to oppress the Afro-American race, belong to the democratic party ought to be enough to convince all sensible Afro-Americans that the democratic party is a good one to keep out of office. In a recent interview Bishop Arnett, of the A. M. E. church, said: "Bishop Turner is one of the 14 bishops of our church and the only man among us who has left the republican party. His flop to Bryan will carry few Afro-American votes into the democratic camp, and it will not have the effect the democrats expect. If he were a northern bishop it would make some difference, but as he lives in the south, what following he might have there will count for nothing, as they will be counted out anyway at the polls. He will carry with him none of the Afro-American vote of the north, so I fail to see where he can do the democratic party any good. The great bulk of the Afro-American vote will be cast for the republican nominees. The democratic party should not expect any favors from the Afro-American, for in the last 30 years not one of their platforms has contained a plank to prevent discrimination on account of race or color. The Afro-American of this country will cast their ballots for McKinley, and I have not the slightest doubt but that he will be reelected. I have just returned from the Pacific coast, where I find the republicans sanguine of victory, and I am confident that McKinley will carry many of the western states formerly classed in the Bryan column." DON'T STAY AT HOME Only Danger to Republicans Is Their Own Carelessness. Falling GF in the Vote Such as There Was Last Year Would in All Probability Bring Republicans to Grief. "There is no danger so threatening to Iowa republican success as the vote of the stay-at-homes," says Chairman Weaver. "If we should have such a stay-at-home vote tally year as we had last year we would lose two congressional districts. We would have had some heavy losses last year if the full democratic vote had been polled, as it will be polled this year. Here is a table that we have made out showing the number of republican stay-at-homes in each congressional last year and also the average number in each predict. You will see that it is very large and would have a disastrous effect in a congressional election. In 1898 if the full democratic vote had been polled six congressional districts would have gone democratic owing to republican stay-at-homes. There is no doubt about every republican vote being polled this year and we cannot afford to take any chances. In 1899 49,919 republicans who voted in 1896 failed to vote. This is an average of 24.27 to the precinct. "This will be our last chance to reach the republican voters of the state. T.ne precinct committeemen have all received their instructions and have responded admirably to the appeals to them to do their party and patrioticuty by seeing that the full republican vote is polled. I hope that individual republican voters will assist them by voting early so that they can devote their time to the laggards who have to be hunted up and brought to the polls." Here is the table referred to by Chairman Weaver: | Republican | Number | | :--- | :--- | | Stay-at-Homes, per Precinct. | | | First District | 4,521 | 38 | | Second District | 4,718 | 23 | | Third District | 7,833 | 40 | | Fourth District | 4,910 | 28 | | Fifth District | 2,926 | 24 | | Sixth District | 2,474 | 19 | | Seventh District | 5,918 | 27 | | Eighth District | 1,656 | 8 | | Ninth District | 2,295 | 21 | | tenth District | 1,171 | 22 | | Eleventh District | 5,199 | 21 | the republican state committee has now finished its work. It has done everything that it can do in this campaign. The responsibility is now turned over to the local workers, the committeemen in every precinct. They are now responsible for getting the vote out and it will be their fault if the republican voters are not all brought to the polls. LIFTED THE MORTGAGE. Farm-r Who Had Been Successful Was Grateful to the Rep- ublican Party. Des Moines, Oct. 28.—A farmer from Madison county came into the republican state headquarters the other day for a little visit with Chairman Weaver and for the purpose of contributing his mite toward the campaign fund. He said, as he handed a silver dollar to Chairman Weaver, that this was just a little expression of his appreciation and gratitude for what he believed the republican party had done for him. "Four years ago," he said. "I had an 80-acre farm and there was a mortgage on it for $2,000. I had been having some pretty hard luck and the mortgage got bigger instead of smaller. But when the gold standard and the protective tariff got to work under McKinley, things began to change with me. I have been getting along a good deal better ever since. Last week I sold my hogs and lifted the whole mortgage and now the farm is clear, and besides it has been considerably improved since 1896. I have been reading up some of the literature you sent me and got hold of some government reports, so I could study the question from non-partisan authorities, and taking all these things together, I have concluded that I don't want any change. I don't know of many farmers who do either." CROKER IS BOSS. Bryan Publicly Admits His Surrender to Tammany and Its Leader. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 27.—Bryan's performance in New York, where he was the bedfellow of Croker and where he gave public expression to his bargain with Croker and Tammany, has disgusted thousands of his friends in this state. They know there is nothing in common between them and Tammany. Crokerism is more repugnant to them than anything else in American politics. They say that if Bryan belongs to Tammany and Croker, as he has publicly declared he does, then they have no use for him. In his speech in New York city William Jennings Bryan said: "Great is Tammany, and Croker Is its Prophet." Everyone in the United States knows what Crokerism and Tammanyism means. There can be no plainer declaration than this by Bryan that he stands with Croker and with Tammany and that he has made a bargain with them. For every vote he gains out of it in New York, if he gains any, it will cost him thousands of votes in the western states, where the farmers and the people in towns as well look upon Croker and all he represents as being the vilest sore in the American political system. MARSHALLTOWN ITEMS. Quake a number of friends gathered at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cottonson the 23rd of October, it being their Wooden Wedding Anniversary. They received many beautiful presents. A nice time was enjoyed by all Mr. Fred Wright has returned home. Mrs. Patton and daughter have returned home after a two weeks visit in Missouri. Mrs. Fatton and daughter have returned home after a two weeks visit in Missouri. The Grand Masonic Anniversary and reception of Eureka Lodge No. 20 A. F. A. M. will be given on D.c. 4th and the committee is using every effort to make this one of the grandees event. The date was changed from Nov. 22nd on the account of a great many will be working nights and it is the intention of the committee to invite every one by issuing invitation and they must be kept as they contain the programme. Subscribe for the Bystander. MT. PLEASANT NEWS. Rev. Ferribe attended the dedication of the Institutional church last week in Chicago. He returned last Saturday accompanied by his wife who has been visiting in Chicago. Mrs. Ferribe contrasted a severe cold while there which caused her to be confined to the house. Mrs. Alfred Beatly is very low with a complication of diseases. Mrs. Lulu Alexander and little daughter M y of Farmington are in the city and expect to remain for awhile. Rev. Miller of Second Baptist church, was absent last Sunday being at his other charge. Mrs. John Smith left this week for a visit with her sister Mrs. Henderson in Kansas City Kan. She expects to remain there until Christmas then she will go to Portland, Mo., her old home to spend the winter her sister and other relatives. Mrs. Lizzie Junkins who has been the guest of her sister and son Mrs. C. Burnaugh and son Mac Kenzie left last week for Butte, Mont. Mr. Clay Reed spent last Sunday in the city with his family. Miss Hester Bartlett returned home this week after a pleasant visit in Keokuk Hannibal, and Quincy, Il. SAYLOB NOTES. To the Editor of the Iowa State Bystander. Please allow me space in your column to make this announcement. Saylor Baptist Church has been carring on a series of meetings and has had much success. On the fire. Sunday in Nov., There will be baptising, all are invited to attend, on every first and third Sunday in each month we have preaching at 11:00 A. M. Sunday Sahooq at 2:30 P. M. preaching at 7:30 P. M. every Sunday is convanant. Rev. J. M. Haggard, Pastor. M. K. & T. REDUCES RATES IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Every since the construction of the M. K. & T, Ry. through the Indian Territory its local passenger rate between stations in the Indian Territory has been on the basis of five cents a mile. The customary rate of passenger fares on railroads, except in sparsely settled country, is three cents a mile. The population of the Indian Territory during the past few years has grown rapidly; there has been a large increase in passenger traffic on this account, and the Katy officials, recognizing the wants of the people and the justice of so doing, have voluntarily arranged to reduce the local passenger rate to a basis of three cents a mile. This reduction will take place on or about November first. There will be great rejoicing among the residents along the line of the M. K. & T You assume no risk when you buy Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. All Druggists will refund your money if you are not satisfied after using it. It is everywhere admitted to be the most successful remedy for Bowel complaints and the only one that never fails. It is pleasant safe and reliable. BURLINGTON ROUTE Makes a specialty of personally conducted excursions to California and Pacific coast points on Thursday of each week. Through tourist sleepers are run every Monday and Thursday, affording excursionists with luxurious comfort at minimum cost. For particulars address F. L. Gannaway, City Passenger Agent, Burlington Route, 400 Locust street Des Moines, Ia. AS TRUE AS GOSPEL Speak well of your friend, of your enemy, say nothing. He who says what he likes will hear what he does not like. A man's manners are the mirror in which he shows his portrait. If cheerfulness knocks for admission, we should open our hearts wide to receive it, for it never comes inopportunity. Votes Counted by Tickets. Under the Pennsylvania election law votes are not counted for the candidate, but for the ticket or tickets on which his name appears. In the Chautee county election all parties agreed upon Joseph Hemphill for common pleas judge, and this is the way the official vote was declared: Joseph Hemphill, republican, 8,162 votes; Joseph Hemphill, democrat, 4,371 votes; Joseph Hemphill, fusion, 1,643 votes; Joseph Hemphill, scattering, 374 votes. NOTICE TO BREEDEN FROM TAX SALE. State of Iowa, Polk County, as To Ellia Bennett: You are hereby notified that on the 7th day of December. A. D. 1897 the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for the taxes for the year 1898, which real estate is described as follows, to-wit: Lot Twenty-one (31) Twinings Addition now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. That the same was, at such sale, purchased by Guy Hunter and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, by the said owner, by the said certificate was duly assigned. I, Wallace J. Berry am now the owner and holder of the certificate; and the right of redemption will expire and a Treasurer's Deed for said property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed services hereof. Wallace J. Berry, Lawful holder and owner of said certificate. State of Iowa, Polk County, ss: To Geo. A. Danner: You are hereby notified that on the 7th day of December A. D. 1897 the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for the taxes for the year 1896, which real estate is described as follows to-wit: Lot Sixteen (16) Block Six (6) Fairview Addition to, and now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. That the same was, at such sale, purchased by C. M. Cathcart and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said Cathcart the certificate was duly assigned to J. H. Phillips, and he is now the owner and holder of said certificate and the right of redemption will expire and the Treasurer Good for said will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. J. H. Phillips, Lawful holder and owner of said certificate. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE State of Iowa. Polk County, ss: To Goe, A. Danger: You are asked, A. D. Almany that on the 7th day of December, A. D. 1897 the following described real estate, situa- tin in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for the taxes for the year 1896, which real estate is described as follows, to-wit: Lift Fifteen (15) Bock Six (6) Fairview Addition to, and now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. That the same was, at such sale, purchased by C. M. Cattcart and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said Cattcart the certificate was duly assigned to J. H. Phillips, and he owned the owed and sold the certificate the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed service hereof. J. H. Phillips. Lawful holder and owner of certificate. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To J. W. Morris: You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated Polk County Iowa, and described as follows: Lots No. 7, 8, 11, in Block E. Des Moines Co. Addition to Polk City, was sold for taxes on the 6th day of December, 1897 to J. L. Wilson, that the certificate of sale thereof is now owned by said J. L. Wilson, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said lots will be made, unless redemption with such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. Dated this 2nd day of November A. D. 1900. J. L. Wilson. Des Moines, Iowa. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To E. W. Smith: You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, and described as follows: Lots No. 9, 10, 12 and 13 in Block E. Des Moines Co. Addition to Polk City, was sold for the taxes on the 6th day of December 1897 to J. Wilson, that the certificate thereof is now owned by J. L. Wilson, and the town of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said lots will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. Dated this 2nd day of November, A. D. 1900. J. L. Wilson, Des Moines, Iowa. 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Great Rock Island Route Leave Chicago on Big 5 at 10:00 p.m. If the best scenery of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada by daylight in both directions. These cars are carried on the limited trains of the Great Rock Island Route, Denver and Rio Grande (Scenic Route), Rio Grande Western and southern Pacific. Dining Car Service Through Buffett Library Cars. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT. The Corinthian baptist Church - situated on 10th St., between Crookster and School St. at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; at 10:30 a.m. o'clock Presaching; at 7 p. M. Rev. S. Bates, P. tor. St. Paul A. M. E.—Corner of Second and Center School; at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; at 3 o'clock: Epworth League at 7 p. m.; presaching at 8 p. m. L. J. Phillips, pastor. First African Baptist Church—Corner School; at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School; at 3 o'clock: Presaching 10.30 a.m. Sunday School; 3.30 p. m., Mr. M. E. Housten, Superintendent: People's meeting 7 p. m., presaching 800 p. m. Burn's M. E., East Second and Des Moines street,—Sunday services, preaching at 11:00 p.m. Prayer and Class meeting, Wednesday 8 p.m. All are welcome. Rev. C. W. Holmes, 8 p.m. Des Moines street. Mount Nebo Baptist Church—E. Second street, service, preaching at 11 a.m.; Sunday School 10 p.m. Superintendent, Rose Johnson. Preaching at 8 p.m. Rev. J. H Bell, pastor. SECRET ORDERS. North Star Lodge, No. 9, A. F. A. M.-Meets First Thursday in each month at Masonic hall. Preaching at 11 a.m.; Shepard, W. M. J. L. Thompson, secretary. Solomon Commandery, No. 6. Meets Second and Fourth Thursday in each month at Masonic hall. Fred Jackson, M. C.; G. H. Cleavery. Charity Lodge, No. 219, U. O. of O. F. Meets First, Second and Third Tuesday each month at Odd Fellows hall on West Sixth Street, the streets. D. Burns, N. G.; F. Brown; P. B. Moami Court, No. 3. Meets Second Monday in each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. J. H. Shepard, matron; Mrs. Fred Jackson, secure. Olive Court, No. 4. Meets First Thursday each month at Masonic hall, Mrs. Susan White, matron; Mrs. Floral Masters, secure. Nights and Ladies of Honor of the World. No TH' Victoria Bridge, besides a very Woody evening at Webster's Hall, corner of Tenth Octet streets. Mrs. E. A. Wood. Proctor. Mrs Rose Johnson. Secretary SHANK BROS., Funeral Directors 517 Mulberry St. Telephones 686, 688 and 689. DES MOINES, - - - IOWA. MORGAN HOUSE, Des Moines Iowa. "It Happened in a Drug Store. "One day last winter a lady came to my store and asked for a brand of cough medicine that I did not have in stock," says Mr. C. R. Grandin, the popular druggist of Ontario, N. Y. "She was disappointed and wanted to know what cough preparation I could recommend. I said to her that I could freely recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and that she could take a bottle of the remedy and after giving it a fair trial if she did not find it worth the money to bring back the bottle and I would refund the price paid. In the course of a day or two the lady came back in company with a friend in need of a cough medicine and advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I consider that a very good recommendation for the remedy." It is for sale by all Druggists. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To L. H. Crane and J. Brosnan: You are hereby notified, that the following described seal estate, situated in Polk County, is under the Forest Glen, an addition now included in and forming a part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the eighth day of December, 1897 to C. C. Hartley; that the certificate of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. You will redeem this day of October, A. D. 1900. DANIEL T. PATTON. By Geo. Harvall, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To L. H. Crane and J. Brospan: To L. H. Crane and J. B. Brush. You may also describe real estate, situated in Folk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Twenty-two (22) in Forest Glen, an addition now included in and forming at part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1800 on the eighth day of December 1888. The city of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton, and that the ruler's redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days. You will complete all of this notice. You will govern your self accordingly. Dated this 6th day of October A. D. Sweeney, his agent, by Geo. Harpage, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To R. Q. Gray and J. Brospan: To R. O. Gray and J. Brosnan: You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Three hundred and thirty-one (331) in Forest Glen, being included in City and forming a part of the township for the sale of the taxes for 1890 on the eighth day of December, 1897 to E. G. Zellhofer; that said E. G. Zellhofer is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of said sale, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated the 29th day of September, A. D. 1900. E. G. ZELLHOFER. By Geo. Harnagel, his agent. CALIFORNIA First-Class Sleepers Daily between CHICAGO and SAN FRANCISCO Without Change are carried on the limited trains of the GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE D. & R. C.—R. G. W.—Sou. Pac. Best Scenery of the Rockies and Sierra Nevada By Daylight in Both Directions. Best Dining Car service Buffet Library Cars. Send for "Chicago to Cal ifornia," describing the journey through. Low Rate PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIST EXCURSIONS To San Francisco and Los Angeles. Leave Chicago Thursdays via Senic Route. Leave Chicago Tuesdays via Southern Route. Improved Tourist Cars—Fast Trains. Write for itinerary and "Tourist Dictionary." JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A. CHICAGO FOR PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY FOR VICE-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATE TICKET. Elecorders-at-large John M. Baldwin of Bluffs and Ole O. M. Bes of Des Moines. District electors; First district—E V. Tucker of Louise Second district—A L. Bartholomew of Jackson. Third district—L. B. Raymond of Franklin. Fourth district—C H. McNider of Carlo- Fifth district—H. H. Rood of Linn. Sixth district—S. H. Harper of Wapello. Seventh district—C. Rynsburger of Marlon. Eighth district—Marion F. Stookey of Decatur. Ninth district—P. L. Seever of Guthrie. Tenth district—Thomas Way of Crawford. Eleventh district—George E. Bowers of Sioux. Secretary of state—W. B. Martin of Adair. Treasurer of state—G. S. Gilbertson of Winneshaw. Auditor of state—F. F. Meriam of Delaware. Attorney general C. W. Mullan of Black Hawk. Supreme judge—Emlin McClain of Johnson. Railroad commissioner—D. J. Palmer of Washington. Auditor—Fred Copa. Clerk—John C Tate. Recorder—John Cook. Attorney—John McLennan. YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE Feel Their POWER WANING and they MANHATTAN NEED To consult skillful Specialists like Dra Fellows & Fellows, that the strength, vigor and power of manhood may be restored to them. SPERMATORRHOEA Is a diseased condition of the sexual organs of the male, where they are so weak as to permit of a relaxation of the muscles, ducts and fabers, as to allow a leakage of seminal fluid. This loss irritates the viability, inermines the constitution and wrestles the general health. Nine men out of every ten suffers in this way. VARICOCELE The veins of the scrotum, it is very painful and if permitted to enlarge, will gradually grow worse, and finally rob a man of his power. IMPOTENCY This condition which renders a man useless, as his power is now gone, may be removed by so strengthening the entire sexual organism as to fully restore the desired v.gor. PRIVATE DISEASE All secret, nervos, and private diseases of men, whether acute or sub-acute, speedily and permanently curred. Everything confined to the general free. Write or call to day. Home Treatment sent by mail or express. Drs. Fellows & Fellows DES MOINES IOWA, 413-415 Walnut 84. EVERYBODY KNOWSTHAT MUNGER'S LAUNDRY is the best in the city. Try them and be decided. 220 THIRD ST. PHONE 579. IF YOU WANT a good smoke or play a game of pool, why not go where can get the best cigars and tobacco in the city for the money. .....318 West Third Street..... YOUR TRADE IS SOLICITED. W. P. LEWIS, Proprietor. "For three days and nights I suffered agony untold from an attack of cholera morbus brought on by eating cucumbers," says M. E. Lowther, clerk of the district court, Cleveland, Iowa. "I thought I should surely die, and tried a dozen different medicines but all to no purpose. I sent for a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarhoea Remedy and three doses relieved me entirely." This remedy is for sale by all Druggists. ```markdown ``` THE MIRACULOUS CURES Have Already been Effected by the British Doctors at Rooms 204 & 205 Marquardt blk. They are giving their Service Free for three Months to all Invalids who call Before Nov. 15th. Owing to the large number of invalids who have called upon the British Doctors at the office room, 204 and 205 Marquardt Block, and who have been unable to see them, these eminent gentlemen have, by request, consented to continue giving their services free for three months to all invalids who call upon them before November 15th. These services will consist not only of consultation, examination and advice, but also of all minor surgical operations. The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally acquainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no consideration whatever will any charges be made for any services rendered for three months, medicine excepted, to all who call before November 15th. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination is made; and, if incurable you are frankly and kindly told so, also advised against spending your money for useless treatment. Male and female weakness, catarrhal deafness; also cancer without pain or cutting; all skin diseases, rupture and all diseases of the rectum are positively cured by their treatment. Dr. J. Boyd, the chief consulting surgeon of the institute, is in personal charge. OFFICE HOURS:} 9:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m. No Sunday Hours. SPECIAL NOTICE—If you cannot call, send stamp for question blank for home treatment NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To. E. Oaks: You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Elegante (18) in Block One (1) of Glendale, being included in and forming a part of the property sold for the Taxes of 1896 on the sixth day of December 1897 to W. H. Boyle that the certificate of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land, and the right to sell such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 20th day of October A. D. 1000. Daniel T. Patton. Co. Herms-Hawkins. By Geo. Harnagel, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OR REDEMPTION. To R. H. Lamreaux, B. F. Cameron & W. C. Moone and J. A. Stanley: You and each of you are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to wit: Lot Two hundred (200) in University Land Co.'s, First addition to the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1866 on the sixth day of December 1897 to T. S. Howard; that the certificate of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself of this 19th of October A.D. 1900. Daniel T. Patton A.D. 1900. Subscribe for the Bvstander SIOUX CITY ITEMS. The first reception, which was given last Friday evening at the home of Mrs. T. H. Sturges, by the ladies of the Pleasant Hour club will long be remembered by those who were honored with an invitation; each was entitled to taking her husband and three friends. There was singing and short witty quotations by each member, which proved to be quite a novel feature. Music by the Jason guitar and mandolin club. Little Leland Early is able to be around again after quite a spell of sickness. Mise Vie Williams has returned to her home at Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. M. Smith has gone to Yankton, S. D. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Patton left Saturday evening for Chicago, where Mr. Patton has accepted his old run to California. Mrs. H. Rouse returned to Des Moines Saturday. Don't forget the Children's concert which is to be given by the Sunday School, Great preparations are being made to make it a grand success. Look for the date later. There will be song service at the church Sunday, evening; it is expected that the church will be filled. The two churches are struggling hard for victory. Opposition is what has long been needed in this city; it will make lovely christians in the churches in the future or one will be left. We hope to see both live and win my souls, and that each and every member may be able to say in the end as Paul did, "I have kept the faith, I have run my course and now I am ready to offered up." Iowa City, In. - Editor of Bystander:—I desire a short space in the columns of your worthy paper in which to say a word to my fellow Negroes of the state of Iowa in regard to the candidacy of, one of the candidates of the Republican party, Emilin McClain, Chancellor of the College of Law of the State University of Iwa and Republican nominee for Supreme Judge. It is indeed gratifying to the student of current politics, and of race evolution, to note that, with the progress of time and the increase of intelligence among us, we are beginning to exercise our intelligence in politics, as well as in religion and other matters of vital importance. This fact is highly significant of the phenomenal progress We have made within the last quarter of a century, and since the days when we used to ask some one of our white brethren for a Republican ticket and vote it out-right without even being able to read the names of the candidates that appeared thereon. To day the great majority of the Negro voters of the state of Iowa can, and do, read not only the names of the candidates, but also their past records, when obtainable, in order that they may be advised as to the character and the qualifications of the nominee for the particular office to which he desires to be elected. Having been personally acquainted with Chancellor Emilin McLain for the past six years, and having been for more than a year under his direct supervision and instruction and thereby enabled to know him as he really is, I feel it my duty, at this time, to give to my Fellow Negroes the benefit of the facts that it has been my privilege to learn concerning the character and the qualifications of this candidate. In my humble opinion, the facts which makes Chancellor McClain, of all men in the State one of the best qualified for the office of Supreme Judge, are innumerable, but a few of those which seem to me of prime importance may be briefly stated as follows: He is a genuine, typical, simon-pure Iowan, having had more than forty years residence in the State and being a product in toto, of an Iowa Institution. He is recognized as one of the foremost legal authorities not only of Iowa, but of America and has been honored by the following degrees of scholarship to-wit: Ph. B. (71), A. B. (73), L. L. B. (73), A. M. (82), L. L. D. (91); add all by the State University of Iowa. He is one of the best legally informed man in the state of Iowa having been for nearly fifteen years the head of the State University College of Law, during which time he has published the following treatises on the Law vis: "Elementary Law" "Criminal Law and Procedure," "Criminal Law," "Cases on Carriers" "Cases on Constitutional Law." "Annotated Code of Iowa" and "Iowa Digest" all of which are now being used in some of the best Law schools in the country; and a father and perhaps the best evidence that he is considered the best legal authority in the state is the fact that he was selected by the State Legislature to compile, and did compile, the notes that appear in the recent "Code of Iowa" published by the State of Iowa in '97 which is the Law of Iowa itself and which is of no necessity used by all the lawyers and judges in all the courts of Iowa from that of the Justice of the Peace even to the Supreme Bench and is the authority from which there is no appl. He is not and never has been a politician, never having been a candidate for political office heretofore. He is a stanch republican never having voted any other ticket. He is, and always has been, a friend to the Negro and not for political purposes for as I have just stated he has never been in politics; yet, he has been a personal friend of every Negro student that has ever been to the University during his fifteen years administration having been the staunth friend and counselor of the venerable Alexander Clark whom Iowa has learned to revere as the "Douglas of the State" and having recommended him for the position of honor which he held at the time of his death, that of U. S. Minister to Liberia. He was also the means of the write's having come to the University in '94 by securing him a position by mean of which it was made possible for him to maintain himself, while pursuing his studies in the "College of Liberal Arts" and was his personal friend and advisor even before he came under his direct supervision in the College of Law. In the light of these facts which have been but too briefly stated and in some instances only intimate, I sincerely believe that, no Negro voter in the State of Iowa who desires to see the most important department of the government of the State placed in the hands of honest, upright, thoroughly qualified and fair-minded man can afford not only to vote against McClain, but he cannot afford, to fail to vote for him and to exert himself to his utmost capacity to influence others to do the same, not because he is a Republican, but because he is a man. Very respectfully, S. Joe Brown, A. B. Musehakinock, Ia. [Last Week's Correspondence.] Little Leland Early has been quite slot. A grand ball was given by the young men at the W. O. W. hall last Thursday evening was largely attended and enjoyed by all. Misses Lettle Harris and Salome Smith of Yankton attended the ball Thursday. They returned home Monday. Mrs. Dowdy of Yankton spent two days visiting relatives and friends, she returned home Saturday. Rev. T. A. Clark presached at Yankton last Sunday. Mrs. A Ross and daughter have gone to Minneapolis for a three weeks visit with relatives. Mr. C. k. Patton is taking a lay off on the account of the illness of his wife. The ladies assisted the trusses of the church in giving an entertainment wednesday evening which was a success. There will be a grand concert given by the Sunday School for there benefit sometime in the near future. The infant daughter of J. W. Taylor, died and was buried on the 16th the family have the sympathy of their many friends in their bereavement. Mrs. A. Morgan gave a surprise birthday party on her husband at which ten gentlemen were invited. Mr. Morgan was truly surprised to find her home filled with men upon his return, all report a good time. There will be a birthday social given by the ladies of the Baptist church next Tuesday evening at W. O. W. hall for the benefit of the church. Rev. Clark has moved his family at Morningside where they are nicely located and are ready to receive their friends. Mr. Albert Ross has been on the sick list. Mr and Mrs. Lee have returned to Sloum City to reside permanently. The Ladies' Pleasant Hour Club met with Mrs. Grant Wednesday evening the ladies are preparing to give a grand reception at Mrs. Thos. Sturges Friday evening. LADIES DON'T WORRY "Dr. Le Dues Genuine French Female Regulator" is positively guaranteed and mailed by Kidd Drug Co., Elgin, Ill., to remove and relieve pathological Monthly Stoppages, Female irregularities, and suppressions, from whatever course, or send free medicine untilured if guaranteed lot does not relieve. Sent on receipt of price, $3 a package or 3 for $.00 Retail and wholesale of J. T. Hurlbut Co., Des Moines, Full price of Rubber goods; what you want. KNOXVILLE NOTES. Miss Myrtle Cooper departed for Cedar Rapids Tuesday to visit her sister Mrs. G, H. Brown. Mack Jeffers visited in our city last week. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Marshall of Alba visited Mrs. Fannie Tomlin the latter part of last week before going to Colorado to make it their future home. Mr. Willie Kay of Indianola is visiting friends in the city. Mr. Robt. Givens was reported ill last week. Miss Xenia Jeffers is on the slick list. Mr. Nelson Tomlin has gene to Newton to cook. Roy Bird is on the sick list. "What Happened to Jones" will appear here Tuesday. DOCTOR YOURSELF. "Gonova" Tablets are mailed and guaranteed by Kidd Drug Company Elgin, lll, to cure all forms of diseases of Urinary organs, and system, Bladder, etc., including Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Whites, Lucorrhoea, unnatural discharges, irritations and ulcerations of the urinary organs and mucous membranes never gives stricture, harmless and painless. An internal remedy is available in the world. Sent per mail on receipt of price, $3 per package or 2 for $5. Don't fool with cheap substitutes, Retail and wholesale of J. T. 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Weekly Excursion Sleepers leave Kansas City via the M. K. and T. R. every Saturday at 9:05 P. M. for San Antonio, Los Angeles and San Francisco. First Sleeper leaves Kansas City, Nov. 3rd. Hon. M. H. McCord. Hon. Myron H. McCord, Ex-Governor of Now Mexico, in letter to Dr. Hartman, from Washington. D.C., says: Dear Sir--At the suggestion of a friend I was advised to use Perna for catarrh, and after using one bottle I began to feel better in every way. It helped me in many respects, I was troubled with colds, coughs, sore throat, etc., but as soon as I had taken your medicine I knew I would get well take pleasure in recommending your great remedy to all who are afflicted with catarrh.—M. H. McCord. Thousands of cases of chronic catarrh have been cured by Peruna during the past winter. There are no successful substitutes for this remedy. Send to Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for a free catarrh book. Carpenters are like circumstances when they alter cases. 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All above, $1,75. Address Dick T. Morgan, Perrill, O. T. REPLY TO THE ALLIANCE. Hay's Answer to the Anglo-German Plan. FIRST CLAUSES COMMENDED. Accord with America's Previous Policy —Third Seetion, However, Calls for No Expression of Ophion—A Chance for Some Friction. Washington, Nov. 1.—The state department today made public the British-German agreement respecting the maintenance of the "open door" and territorial integrity of China, with the answer of the United States government, sent in duplicate to each of the principals to the agreement. The reply follows: Mr. Hay to Lord Paunceotee: "Department of State, Washington, Oct. 29, 1900—Excellence: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d of October, inclosing the text of an agreement between Great Britain and Germany relating to affairs in China, which was signed in London on the 16th instant by the Marquis of Sallisbury and the German ambassador on behalf of their respective governments and inviting the acceptance by the United States of the principles recorded in that agreement. "These principles are: These principles are: "I. It is a matter of joint and permanent international interest that the ports on the rivers and littoral of China should remain free and open to trade and to every other legitimate form of economic activity for the nationals of all countries without distinction, and the two governments agree on their part to uphold the same for all Chinese territory so far as they can exercise influence. "II. Her Brittanic majesty's government and the imperial German government will not on their part make use of the present complication to obtain for themselves any territorial advantages in Chinese dominions and will direct their policy toward maintaining undiminished the territorial condition of the Chinese empire." Previously Adopted by Us. "The United States have heretofore made known their adoption of both these principles. During the last year this government invited the powers interested in China to join in an expression of views and purposes in the direction of impartial trade with that country and received satisfactory assurances to that effect from all of them. When the recent troubles were at their height this government, on the 3d of July, once more made the announcement of its policy regarding impartial trade and the integrity of the Chinese empire, and had the gratification of learning that all the powers held similar views. And since that time the most gratifying harmony has existed among all the nations concerned as to the ends to be pursued, and there has been little divergence of opinion as to the details of the course to be followed. "It is therefore with much satisfaction that the president directs me to inform you of the full sympathy of this government with those of her Britannic majesty and the German emperor in the principles set forth in the clauses of the agreement above cited. No Opinion on Third Clause. "The third clause of the agreement provides: "I III. In case of another power making use of the complications in China in order to obtain under any form whatever such territorial advantages, the two contracting parties reserve to themselves to come to a preliminary understanding as to the eventual steps to be taken for the protection of their own interests in China." "As this clause refers to a reciprocal arrangement between the two high contracting powers, the government of the United States does not regard itself as called upon to express an opinion in respect to it. I have, etc., JOHN HAY. A similar note, "Mutatis Mutandis," was addressed on the same day by the secretary of state to the imperial charge d'affaires. Kear Felt in Pekla: Pekin, Nov. 2.—Today, according to the Chinese calendar, is the ninth day of the ninth moon, which, according to rumor, is to mark the beginning of the final massacre of missionaries and other foreigners. The rumor has been affecting the foreigners and trivial incidents are being magnified. It is not believed by those best informed that there is much danger. Lives Lost by Blowing Up of a Powder Magazine. Shanghai, Nov. 1.—The Daily News reports that a powder magazine at Nankin has been exploded by lightning and that many persons were killed or injured and much property was destroyed. New York, Oct. 31.—Authoritative denial is made at Washington, says a Herald special, that the ministers in Pekin have already decided to demand $200,000,000 indemnity. It is stated that the matter has not yet been considered. The ministers and Chinese envoys are trying to settle the punishment of the Boxer leaders, and it is learned that Mr. Conger is especially desirous to have Prince Tuan executed. It was stated last night by a high official that the president will be satisfied should Prince Tuan be degraded and exiled. Germany, however, wants him beheaded. No very vigorous steps have yet been taken to estimate the Indemnity China should pay the United States. The war department is preparing to collect information as to the cost of the expedition to China, representatives of the religious denominations whose missionaries were killed and injured and missions were destroyed are conferring with Messrs. Conger and Rockhill, and private citizens whose property was destroyed have submitted claims to the state department, but they all have notified that such action is premature. DIG BODIES FROM RUINS. Workman Recover Corps of Victims of New York Explosion. New York, Oct. 31.—Hundreds of workmen have cleared away hundreds of tons of debris from the mountain of wreckage left by the awful explosion in the Tarrant building, at Greenwich and Warren streets, on Monday. They were delving for the bodies of the victims. All day and all night the search went on. Two corpses, it is thought, were discovered. One, or something that looked like a corpse, may be that of August Schmidt, an engraver, who worked on the third floor of the Atlantic Cafe building, directly opposite Tarrant's. The other body, that of a woman, was the only one that was actually recovered. It was not entire. Workmen found it in the Tarrant building. There was nothing to identify this victim of the disaster. The authorities have been unable either to fix the responsibility for the explosion or to ascertain the number of the dead. The mystery of the fatalities can be cleared up only with pick and shovel. The latest explanation of the explosion is that it was caused by chlorate of potash, a large quantity of which was stored by Tarrant & Co., for McKesson & Robins, and Rogers & Pyatt, both wholesale drug firms. The explosion demonstrated that the law regulating the storing of explosives is defective in itself, or, if efficient, is not properly applied. District Attorney Gardner has instructed Assistant District Attorney James J. Walsh to investigate the explosion and if necessary lay the facts before the grand jury so that there is a violation of the penal code involved in the awful destruction of life and property those guilty may be punished as they deserve. The number of persons missing and who may have lost their lives in the disaster is reported now as thirty-six. The first estimates of the mortality which the police made were, no doubt, excessive. ALL CONDEMN LANSDOWNE. English Public and Press Oppose Him for Foreign Minister. London, Nov. 1.—The marquis of Lansdowne's elevation to the foreign secretaryship, according to the announcements in the newspapers this morning has, figuratively speaking, taken the country's breath away. It was as unexpected as it is unwelcome. Even the stanchest ministerial mouthpiece among the afternoon newspapers openly condemn it. The Globe declares the appointment only shows Lord Salisbury is completely out of touch with the feelings and wishes of the electorate and the conservative party, while the liberal Westminster Gazette, crowing over the discomfiture of the ministerial newspapers, which have been so loudly demanding the retirement of Lord Lansdowne, expresses relief at the fact that Joseph Chamberlain was not given the post, saying: "The latter's appointment would have filled thoughtful people with dismay, and is something to have escaped this serious danger." Lord Salisbury, apparently, arranged matters with the queen at Balmoral a week ago. His lordship's own inclination was to resign the premiership and devote himself exclusively to the foreign office. He wrote her majesty to this effect, but she declined to accept the suggestions. Lord Salisbury, therefore, went to Balmoral, to discuss the question, with the result that the queen carried her point. Public anxiety is to some extent relieved by the conviction that Lord Salisbury's experience will still be available to direct the broad lines of policy of the prospective foreign minister. Pontiac, Ill. Nov. 2.—A fire which threatened serious disaster occurred at the Illinois state reformatory, causing damages aggregating $10,000. It started in the west wing of the administration building, and, owing to a high wind, soon got beyond control, and but for the combined efforts of the officers and inmates, with that of the local fire department, all the buildings would have been destroyed. Check on Casiellane Paris, Nov. 2.—The tribunal of the Selene today appointed George Gould trustee for his sister, the Countess of Castellane, thus enabling him to protect her fortune. According to the pleadings in the case, her husband, Count Boli of Castellane, spent 23,000,000 francs in four years, whereas his income from his wife's fortune is only 3,000,000 francs. Bryan Crosses Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 2.—William J. Bryan was enthusiastically received all along the route his special train traveled. The first stop made out of Toledo was at the village of Wausoon, where 1,200 people were assembled. Bryan started early today for Indiana en route to Chicago. That Price Paid at Close for Small Lot of October. Makes Many Private Settlements at $18 Before Bulge—Lipton Bought 75,000 Barrels at the Beginning of the Deal at $11 to $12. Chicago, Nov. 2.—Sir Thomas Johnson Lipton's little deal in October pork closed amid a blaze of glory. This was the way Samuel H. Dunham, Lipton's agent here, described the end yesterday. The profit is about $100-000. The price was $20, a jump of $8, but only one trade of 250 barrels was made at the top figure, and it looked like a prearranged affair. It had been intimated for several days that the price was put to $20 at the last of October, and Lipton's instructions have been carried out to the letter. There was one trade in the morning at $17, and a number were made privately later at $18 in settlement, and there was more pork settled out of the pit at $18 than in it. Lipton Paid the Top Price. Buying the at start was 250 barrels at $17 by Weare. The next jump was to $18, a few trades being made in the pit, Jackson Bros. selling 500 barrels. Dare %7 Leland paid that figure to Lipton on the quiet, Samuel Dunham at the same time assuring them that the price would be put to $20 at the close, and he made good his word, as Sam Wolf, his backer, paid that figure for 250 barrels to George E. Gooch, a trader for Counselman & Day. In all, during the day 2,500 barrels were traded in, and the pork was all delivered in the afternoon, all contracts being closed, and the pork-taken in and paid for by Lipton's brokers. There have been many private settlements within the past two weeks that the traders have not been notified of. The short interest at no time has been large, but the English yachtman did not like to have it appear that he was unable to carry his deal through, and he held out until the last. The deal at no time assumed large proportions and Lipton's men have tried to keep it as quiet as possible. Bought Originally 50,000 Barrels. It has been estimated that Lipton bought 75,000 barrels from $11 to $12 at the beginning of the deal, but those in a position to know say that 50,000 barrels would be nearer correct. A profit of $2 a barrel on this quantity would make $100,000. The deal has been run without any great risk, as Lipton took the precaution to sell 20,000 barrels November about two months ago at $11.20, which insured him against loss on that quantity had he been unable to control the October. At the opening of the month, when it became known that Lipton had control of pork, there was an advance from $12 to $17. For the last three weeks prices moved between $14 and $16, with few open transactions. About 5,000 barrels have been brought in from outside packing points, as the price here made it profitable. Lipton has stripped about 10,000 barrels and sold the strips from $1% to $6%. Deal Has Been Satisfactory. Deal Has Been satisfactory. Samuel H. Dunham, when seen last night, said: "All the pork was settled. We sized up the shorts and made the price to suit their ability to pay. We did not want to be hard on any of them, and they are satisfied with the figures made in settlement." "Will there be any November pork delivered today on your sales?" "I do not know, but there might be. Cash pork is selling at $11.25 and November is $10.50, so that there is no profit in delivering, while the cash is at a premium. I tis the same way in ribs. Cash ribs are $6.65 and Novemt at a premium. It is the same way in satisfactory to us." Wisconsin Man Honored. Madison, Wis. Nov. 1.—The Society of Arts of London has awarded its silver medal to Prof. R. W. Wood of the physics department of the University of Wisconsin in recognition of his work on the diffraction process of color photography. Prof. Wood visited England in February by special invitation of the society, presenting papers on this and other subjects before the principal learned societies of London. Takes Hydro-Cyanic Acid. Pawtucket, R. I, Nov. 2.—Dr. Michael W. Kellher, a prominent physician of this city, ended his life in a sensational manner. He had been under indictment, charging him with conspiracy to defraud the Berkshire Life Insurance company of Pittsfield, Mass., out of $5,500, and the case was to have been heard on Saturday next. Dr. Kellher took a full ounce of hydrocyanic acid and died instantly. President Talks to Many. Canton, O., Nov. 2.—Callers were numerous at the McKinley home, and when the president and Mrs. McKinley returned from their morning drive the porch was filled with people waiting to see them. The best known of the early arrivals was John W. Yerkes, Republican candidate for governor of Kentucky. He had an extended talk with the president. Shot Dead in a Feud. Columbus, O., Nov. 2.—William Jones was shot by George Mitchell in a North side grocery and is dead. The murder was the result of a lead, which had its origin six months ago in a quarrel over a pair of shoes. Man Who Misquoted Cleveland a Friend of J. Sitting Motton. Princeton, N. J. Nov. 1.—Ex-President Cleveland denies that he ever made the statement; published by the Philadelphia Times, that he believed Bryan would be elected. "I've heard of nothing else today," he said last night. "I've had inquiries on the subject from all over the country, and I have had twenty telegraphs asking about the story. It is an unmitigated falsehood—a lie from the beginning to the end. Make my dental unqualified and as emphatic as possible. It cannot be too strong." Mr. Cleveland received a message from the Philadelphia Times stating that the interview had been given that newspaper by R. J. Black, who bore credentials signed by J. Sterling Morton. Asked if he recalled a visit by such a person, Mr. Cleveland said: "There was a decrepit old creature here at my house the other day. He represented that he was from Nebraska and a great friend of J. Sterling Morton. On Mr. Morton's account I received him and we chatted possibly ten minutes. He was very deaf. I spoke to him about Mr. Morton's attitude in the present campaign, and he did not seem to know anything about it. Then I spoke to him about Mr. Morton's paper, and he apparently knew nothing about it. So I concluded there must be something wrong and he could scarcely be as intimate with Mr. Morton as he wished to appear, and I cut the conversation short. Politics was scarcely mentioned." EARTHQUAKE VISITS FLORIDA Eight Distinct Shocks Are Felt at Jack- sourville. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 2.—Eight distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Jacksonville. The first shock was at 11:15 a. m. and shook some of the large buildings in the city. Hundreds of people believed that heavy ordinance was being fired in or near the city. At 11:25 o'clock another shock, equally as severe, was felt and they continued at fifteen minute intervals until 12:30 o'clock. At 4:04 o'clock in the afternoon the seventh shock of the day was felt, severer than any of the preceding ones, followed four minutes later by a report and a shock, the severest of the day. The last disturbance made the window panes rattle in several sections of the city. The local weather bureau officials realized the nature of the first shock and kept the time. Director Mitchell stated it as his opinion that the vibrations passed from south to north. There was no disturbance in the water noticeable and the shocks were not severe enough to cause any damage. DAILY MARKET REPORT. Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. Oct. . . . . . . .72% .73% .73% .73% Nov. . . . . . .73% .73% .73 .73% Dec. . . . . . .74% .74% .74 .74% Corn— Oct. . . . . . .37% .37% .37% .37% Nov. . . . . .36% .36% .36% .36% Dec. . . . . . .35 .35% .34% .35% Oats— Oct. . . . . .21% .71% .21% .21% Nov. . . . . .21% .21% .21% .21% Dec. . . . . .21% .23% .21% .22 Pork— Oct. . . . . .17.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 Nov. . . . . .10.75 10.75 10.40 10.50 Jan. . . . . .11.22% 11.25 11.17% 11.29 Lard— Nov. . . . . .7.05 7.05 6.95 6.95 Dec. . . . . .6.82% 6.82% 6.80 6.80 Jan. . . . . .6.67% 6.67% 6.65 6.65 S. Rlbs— Oct. . . . . .6.50 6.50 6.35 6.35 Nov. . . . . .6.15 6.17% 6.15 6.17% Jan. . . . . .5.95 5.95 5.92% 5.92% Boys in Grand Trunk Road. Port Huron, Mich. Nov. 2. The sale of the Chicago & Grand Trunk railway properties under foreclosure of the first mortgage was made this afternoon and was bid in by Charles M. Hayes, general manager of the Grand Trunk, and E. W. Meddaugh, solicitor of the road, in the interest of the Grand Trunk Railway company of Canada for $5,708,701. This price exactly covers the amount due on the first mortgage bonds with interest to the present time. The sale was under an order of the United States Circuit court at Detroit to satisfy first, second and third mortgage bonds. Large Imports of Sugar Large Import of Sugar. Philadelphia, Nov. 1.—The imports of sugar at this point during the month of October ellapsed the record for any corresponding period in the history of the port. More than 50,000 tons of a raw sugar have been delivered on the wharves of the sugar refineries since Oct. 1. The arrivals have been nine steamships from Java and the far east, and three full-rigged American sailing ships from the Hawaiian islands. Enough material has been delivered here to insure the running on full time throughout the entire winter of the local refineries. Berlin, Nov. 2.—For some time the Prussian government has been vigorously proceeding against anti-German agitators in Prussia's Polish provinces, and a considerable number of Polish editors have been imprisoned for such agitations. Today Ladislah Slemiatakwski, editor of the Praca, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for an offensive article. Canada's Soldiers Return. Hallifax, N. S., Nov. 2.—The transport Idaho with the homecoming Canadian soldiers from South Africa entered the harbor, and the cannon on the citadel roared a welcome. Joseph H. Chote, our embassador to the court of St. James, was once asked in a company whom he would like to be if he were not himself. His kindly eyes traveled round the room as if in sarch of inspiration and then rested upon Mrs. Chote. In a flash came the answer to the singular question put to him: "Mrs. Chote's second husband." At the close of a performance given as a benefit to John Brougham, the actor and dramatist, one of the audience threw upon the stage a number of gold. Brougham picked up and, after examining it, said: "Judies and gentlemen, circumstances compare me to pocket the insult; but" looking grim "I should like to see the man who would dare to repeat it!" As Horace Munn sat in his study one evening, an insane man rushed in to the room, and after abusing him for all kinds of fancied grievances, challenged him to a fight. Mr. Munn replied: "My dear fellow, it would give me a great pleasure to accommodate, but I can't do it, the odds are so unfair. I am a Munn by name and a man by nature—two against one!" It would never do to fight." The insane man answered: "Come ahead! I am a man, and a man beside myself; let us four have a fight." One day while Millais was painting his famous picture, "Chill October," among the reeds and rushes on the banks of the day, a man came up behind him and stood looking first at the picture, then at the surrounding landscape. Finally he asked me if ye never Scottish dialect? "No, no never," replied photography? "No, no never," replied photography; "printing slowly, A pause, 'It's a hantle quicker,' said the man, 'Yes, I suppose so.' Another pause; then the Scotchman and thoughtfully: "And it's noir like the place!" When Governor Roosevelt's train pulled out of Greeley, Colo., the other day, a woman climbed on the back platform in order to give him a home made cake. The train gained such momentum that when the time came for her to get off she was obliged to make a flying trapease leap for terra firma. She roiled over a few times in the sand, got up, and smiled at Roosevelt as he stood worried for her safety on the back platform. Then she waved her handlerchief in evident delight, and became the curvy of a hundred women who had watched her acrobatic effort. A crowd of United States surveyors and allotting agents were recently working in the reservation of the Comanche Indians, surveying, establishing corner-stones and getting everything ready to divide the Inlet in quarter sections. The Indians did not take very kindly to the division. and allotment of their land, and and that the whites were scared, decided to act. The surveyors all tenderfect from Washington. The deny, without warning, their Y, Sept. 21, was invaded by a yelling. Shootingly and and of five hundred Indians in paint and feathers. The surveyor party could not stand the presence, and and started out a line, and kept up their flight, pursued by Indians, thrill- ence, they crossed the state line. Then Farrell they telegraphed to Fort Sill, and and was the commander sent out a large cav- uped up airy force to protect the surveyors. Gaffney. The general supposition is that a lot, the chest of cowboys and young bucks playe swung his a practical joke. Miss Kate Schindler of Omaha hatcher broken her engagement with Jameen rely Hawes because he laughed when he up / the mother died. All the jokesmiths the Ganee the country on this have taken sides and McG and are working overtime. in the A good story hours repeating. The Rue's were the bleaching Blues, not be deceived by fraudulence game promi- limitations. Sold by all grocers. In Chicago some women marry forby Jennings money and some for allmoney. in the third Jell-O, the New Dessert, pleases all the family. Four flavors:— Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw- berry. At your grocer. 10 cts. Tr. it today. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle free. Sold 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once delays are dangerous. Some men's prospects are so fine that they can't be seen. GRAIN-O THE PURE GRAIN COFFEE Grain-O is not a stimulant, like coffee. It is a tonic and its effects are permanent. A successful substitute for coffee, because it has the coffee flavor that everybody likes. Lots of coffee substitutes in the market, but only one food drink—Grain-O. All grocers; 186, and so on. TOWER'S FISH BRAND SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. Don't be fooled with a mackintosh or rubber coat. If you want a coat that will keep you dry in the hardest of weather, just wash the Slicker. If not for lack in your own writ for catalogs to A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. OW WEAK CHILDREN ARE MADE STRONG, VIGOROUS AND WELL Little MARY M BAY EVERETT HALLOWS Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hallows, of Peckham St. Globe Village, Fall River, Mass., have cause to thank Dr. Greene's Nervura for restoring to health, and probably preserving the life of their little son. Almost from infancy Everett Hallows was troubled with indigestion and nervous trembles, and nothing seemed to help him. Finally Dr. Greene's Nervura was recommended and tried this success. A few bottles were sufficient to effect a cure, and to-day the little boy is enjoying the best of health. By the use of Dr. Greene's Nervura the sickly child was transformed into a happy, hearty, robust boy. Dr. Greene's Nervura for the Blood and Nerves Thousands of other children can thank Dr. Greene and his wonderful ability for the strength and health they enjoy. Children to whom it is given was slickers, better health, better growth, and longer and more vigorous parents should realize that it is their duty to give it to every child who lives in perfect health. There are no diseases more dreaded by parents than epilepsy, and St. Vitus' dance. Yet no child would be troubled by them. Dr. Greene's Nervura were given when the first symptoms appear. Charles L. McBay, a highly esteemed police officer, who resides at 14 Myrtle St., New Bedford, MA, 02911 "About two years ago my little daughter became run down in health and suffered soon. Soon after she was prostrated by rheumatism, which severely died her limbs. After trying various remedies without obaining help, she began taking Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and experienced immediate benefit. She trained its use, and after taking five bottles her rhumatism was practically cured. Her pain returned, her pain disappeared, she was again able to walk without lameness, her health was restored, and she was able to attend school and to play like other students. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, is the prescription and recovery of the well-known Dr. Greene, of 35 West 14th Street, New York city, who is the most successful specialist in curing all forms of nervous and chronic complaint, and he can be consulted in any case, free of charge, personally or by letter. tried thousands tons of upised on British soil yearly. You is a good sauce for ad- Standing on the banks of the Potomac, Lord Coleridge one day asked William M. Evarts, "Is it true that Washington threw a silver dollar across the Potomac?" "It is quite possible," replied Mr. Evarts thoughtfully, "for a dollar in those days, my lord, went farther than it does now. But, indeed, Washington did better than that—he threw a sovereign across the Atlantic!" TO CURE A COLD-IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE RHOMO QUININE TABLETS. All drugs refund the money if it fails to cure E.W. Grove's signature is on the box. So when a man borrows money he borrows trouble. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the every day. Let us answer it today. Try Jell-O, a delicious and healthy dessert. Prepared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking! add boiling water and it to cool. Flavors—Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers. 10 cts. A miss-take often leads to the divorce court. _____ If you want a beautiful complexion, a bright eye, a good appetite, an active liver, bowels regular as clockwork, and vigorous, healthy body, use Morley's Liver and Kidney Cordial, the great system renovator. At cures all diseases to which women are subject, such as weakness, debility, melancholy, nervous' prostration, etc. Sold by agent in every town. Even a man who is true as steel may have a hard temper to contend with. Piso's Rose cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure—J. W. O'Burnen, 322 Third Ave, N., Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 6, 1900. Could a plumber be accused of hitting the pipe? Lane's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 500. To awaken a woman's curiosity is to make her pliable. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that is caused by the catarrh stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, nating directly upon the organism, and then restoring the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and restoring the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient preherses so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for a cure to cure it to cure. Send for list of Testincoints. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Bullin's Family Fills are the best. Goliah was the first man to wear a ear on his forehead. Major Hainwell Mortally Wounded at Venterburg. London, Nov. 2.—The war office has received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated Johannesburg Oct. 30: "In consequence of the numerous attacks on the railway Hunter drove the enemy out of Venterburg with slight opposition. Major Hainwell was mortally wounded." A Bloemfontein dispatch says that Boers over 14 years of age living outside a radius of ten miles from Bloemfontein are being surrounded by British troops and brought to that city to prevent their rejoining the commandes. The telegraph lines are still interrupted and malls delayed owing to the Boers derailing a train ten miles south of Edenburg. Pretoria, Nov. 2.—Negotiations for a surrender of the Boers, which have been going on quietly through General Botha, have failed. Recently a messenger with a flag of truce was sent to President Steyn with proposals concerning peace, but Steyn refused to treat with him. The Doers believe that if they hold out until the end of the year they will receive foreign help. NEW CRUSOE FOUND DEAD. Chas. Anderson's Terrible Experience on an Arctic Island. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 2.—On Unimak island, which guards one of the entrances to Bering Sea, a rude mound of earth and rocks mark the last resting place of Charles William Anderson, sailor, fisherman and hunter. No name is on the lonely grave, and only two men know its location. The men were strangers to the dead. Fate guided them to the hunter's cabin. They had been cast upon the island by adverse winds and picked up by the schooner Edward Haynes when well nigh starved. In the little cabin they had gazed upon the work of starvation, for on the bunk lay the skeleton of Anderson. In the bunk by the side of the whitening bones the men found a journal. The sufferer ralled against false friends who had promised to go to his aid on the lonely island when a certain time had elapsed. At times he complained of the injustice of fate; at others he implored God's mercy. Thoughts of suicide had come to him in his helpless suffering, but he drove them away as unworthy of a brave man and a Christian, and waited calmly for the end. Actor Goes Insane Over Girl. Motor Car Seat Inflator Gift Item. Anderson, Ind. Nov. 2—Richard Valentine, whose home is in Edinburgh, Scotland was adjudged insane here. Valentine is an actor and played here recently. He left the company soon after it left Anderson and returned here. He has wealthy parents in the old country who send him large monthly allowances. The mother of the young man has been notified of his condition, and is on her way to this country. It is said that he went insane over a girl with the theatrical company. When arrested Valentine tried to carve Superintendent of Police Robbins with a razor. Crazed Soldier Cuts His Throat. New York, Nov. 2.—Crazed by drink and maddened because he was confined, Charles McIntosh of Brooklyn, one of the American heroes of Pekin, who was a steerage passenger in the Anchor Liner Furnessia, cut his throat Oct. 21, two days out from Moville. His body was buried at sea. McIntosh had been visiting relatives in Scotland. Some months ago he was one of the handful of besieged Americans in Pekin. Missed One Bird Out of 50. New York, Nov. 2.—J. J. Hallowell and T. W. Morphy shot a hundred bird match at Interstate Park. L. I. Hallowell won with the remarkable score of 97 to Morphy's 93. The conditions of the match were 100 birds, 30 yards rise and 50 yards boundary. Hallowell only missed one bird out of his last fifty. Morphy lost four. Hallowell won with four birds to spare. Boundary Dispute Leads to Fight. Vienna, Nov. 2.—Official confirmation has been received here from Mostar, in Herzogovina, of the reports of a collision, growing out of a boundary dispute, between an Austro-Hungarian military patrol and a force of Montenegrin soldiers. One Montenegrin was killed and several on each side were wounded. Cotton in Central Asia. St. Petersburg, Nov. 2.—Official reports show that the area under cotton cultivation in Russian central Asia has increased 30 per cent this year. The crop is estimated at 7,500,000 pounds, or half the Russian requirement, whereas previously only 6,000,000 pounds has been procured from Russian possessions. Vienna, Nov. 2.—There have been serious anti-tax plots in the Serat district of Roumania. Two local officials were killed and the troops who were sent to enforce payment were resisted by the peasants, who killed eight of them. Name Cable Completed. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 2.—The Alaska Commercial company has finished the construction of the cable from Nome to St. Michaels and it is now in operation. The charge is $2 for ten words. Musician Killa Himself. Sycamore, Ill., Nov. 2.—George Walker, a musician, killed himself here by shooting himself in the temple. Financial trouble is given as the cause. No man is without faults, but it is impossible to convince the girl who has just become engaged that such is the case. Still More Counterfeiting. The Secret Service has unearned another band of counterfeiters and secured a quantity of bogus bills, which are cleverly executed. Things of great value are all ways selected for imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which has many limiters but no equals for disorders like indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation. Never sigh when you can't sing—and smile or laugh at everything. Bess for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCARETS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. CASCARETS Candy Carthec, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. With the exception of a discolored eye, anything hand painted is fashionable. Those who use Maple City Self Washing Soap will usually have no other kind, because it does better work and does it easier, Sold by all grocers. The woman who is thoughtful is never a successful gossip. $24 PER WEEK. To men with rigs to introduce our poultry food among farmers. Address with stamp. Acme Mg. Co., Kansas City, Mo. Some men never give a thought to charity, and some who do never give anything else. PUTNAM FADELESS DVES do not stain the hands or spot the kettle. Hard coal and hard cash grow harder with the strike. Carter's Ink is just as cheap as poor ink and is the best ink made. Always use Carter's. Hatred is self-punishment—Hosca Ballon. The Centaur Company of New York city, manufacturers of Castoria, recently learned that their well known preparation was being counterfeited in St. Louis, Mo., and that worthless imitations were being sold. After a careful investigation by Chas, H. Fletcher, president of the company, it was learned that a preparation in imitation of Fletcher's goods was being prepared by the Palatine Drug Company of No. 107 South Second street, and sold by a few drugists. Warrants were sworn out for the imitators. Yesterday John Blick, president of the offending company, and Benjamin Chireau, chemist for the concern, were arrested, but later were released on bond. The cases will be tried before Judge Clark of the Court of Criminal Correction. The Centaur Company has determined to protect the public from worthless imitations of their goods—St. Louis (Mo.) Republic, Sept. 30, 1000. Many a man loves his enemy because it comes in a pocket flask. FITS Permanently Cured. No flasks or permeasures after it has been in the dish. Have a doctor send or FREE $20.00 toll both. Philadelphia, Pa. A museum freak says that eating window glass gives him a pane. TO HOUSEKEEPEERS and all lovers of good food, pure food, and food that satisfies. Wheat-O particularly appeals. It is made by a new process that eliminates all unhealthy parts of the wheat and retains the pure gluten and strength-giving parts of the grain. Ask your grocer for Wheat-O and give it a trial. Speaking of educated snakes, the adder is in a class all by himself. If you want "good digestion to wait upon your appetite" you should always chaw a bar of Adams' Peninsula Tuttifruit. The rich man travels when he will; the poor man when he can. To nearly all points in the United States on sale at all ticket offices of the Chicago Great Western Ry. on the first and third Tuesdays of October, November and December, at the very low homeeer's rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets good for return within 21 days from date of sale. Persons contemplating a trip will save money by calling on any Great Western agent and obtaining detail information regarding the homeeer's rates, or addressing F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams St. Chicago. Impudence is frequently the fruit of prosperity. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teaching, softening the gums, reducing inflammation, allaying pain, cure windcolle. Exc a bottle. The finger of destiny is to be found on the hana of fate. Drespeia, Indigestion, all stomach and bowel troubles positively cured by Tables Peppin Complement. Sent by mail by small file. Write D. Tuber, Poore, Iih. Over 8,000,000 persons in Germany are insured against illness. The largest proportion of the lbs to which females are insured is the Kidnapping situation. The Kidnapping Drug Co. Eight Drug, guarantor of the Kidnapping Drug Co., provides periodic and brings them on promptly. $4 or more is the wboeclate of K. J. Hurburt Co. Des Moines Iowa. $5,000 REWARD Owing to the fact that someopticalpeoplehave from time to time questioned the genuineness of the testimonial letters we are constantly publishing, we have deposited with the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mesa, $5,000 which will be paid to any person who will show that the following testimonials are not genuine, or even published before obtaining the writer's special permission. — LYDIA E. FINKHAM MEDICINE Co. How shall a mother who is weak and sick with some female trouble bear healthy children? How anxious women ought to be to give their children the blessing of a good constitution! Many women long for a child to bless their home, but because of some debility or displacement of the female organs, they are barren. Preparation for healthy maternity is accomplished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound more successfully than by any other medicine, because it gives tone and strength to the parts, curing all displacements and inflammation. Actual sterility in women is very rare. If any woman thinks she is sterile, let her write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., whose advice is given free to all expectant or would-be mothers. Mrs. A. D. Jarret, Belmont, Ohio, writes: "Dear Mrs. Pinkham — I must wtable Compound has done for me. Before to carry habe to maturity having lost seven. The doctor said next time I wPinkham's Vegetable Compound mother of a six months old girl baby, has never seen a sick day in her life. S —I must write and tell you what your Veget- me. Before taking your medicine I was unable having lost two—one at six months and one at at time I would die, but thanks to Lyda E. Compound, I did not die, but am the proud girl baby. She weighs nineteen pounds and her life. 'She is the delight of our home.' "Dear MRS. PINKHAM: I must write and tell you what your Vegetable Compound has done for me. Before taking your medicine I was unable to carry babe to maturity, having lost two—one at six months and one at seven. The doctor said next time I would I wipe my face. Eyelashes. Eyelids. Eyelids. I did not die in my own mother of a six months old baby. She weighs nineteen pounds and has never seen a sick day in her life. She is the delight of our home." Mrs. Whitney's Gratitude. "DEAR MR. PINKHAM: From the time I was sixteen years old till I was twenty-three I was troubled with weakness of the kidneys and terrible pains when my monthly periods came on. I made up my mind to try your Vegetable Compound, and was soon relieved. I knew would be hard to full time and have a living child, as I was constitutionally weak. I had lost a baby at seven months and half. The next time I continued to take your Compound, and I said then, if I went my full time and my baby lived to be three months old, I should send a letter to you. I knew you would be healthy and hearty on any one could wish. I cannot express my gratitude to you. I was so bad that I did not dare to go away from home to stay any length of time. Praise God for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; and may others who are suffering The doctor said I never would be able to go my full time and have a living child, as I was constitutionally week. I had lost a baby at seven months and half. The next time I continued to take your Compound; and I said then, if I was healthy and hearty as any one could, three months old, I should send a letter to you. My baby is now seven months old, and is as healthy and hearty as any one could wish. I cannot express my gratitude to you. I was so bad that I did not dare to go away from home star. I kept the depth of my love for Lyca E. Beham's Vegetable Compound; and may others who are suffering do as I did and find relief. Wishing you supe past, and may many homes be brightened as cess in the future as in the past, and mine has been."—MRS. L. Z. WHITNEY. The medicine that cure Lydia E. Pinkha Vegetab cess in the future as in the past, and may many homes be brightened as mine has been."—MRS. L. Z. WHITNEY, 4 Flint St., Somerville, Mass." WHITNEY, 4 Flint St., Somerville, Mass. that cures the ills of women is Inkham's setable Compound. Many a barefaced liar wears whiskers. Is Life Worth Living? There is no more severe or stub born pain than neuralgia. A remedy, then, it will help, Dr. G. S. Stirling, dentist, Louisville, Ky, says: "My wife suffered over two years from very severe neuralgia, which several physicians failed to relieve. I then got Morley's Wonderful Eight, which relieved her in five minutes and soon effected a permanent cure. Sold by agent in every town. The man with an iron iron will rarely leaves one that a lawyer can't break. Imitation is innocent murder, don't be pro-ceived to take say of the many implications of Russi Bleaching Blue. Sold by all grocers. Many a man who wears his heart on his sleeve finds himself out at the ebwls. W. N. U.,Des Moines, No. 44-1900 ER AT WHOLESALE PRIGES! WE SELL DIRECT TO FARMERS. ADDRESS, Union Lumber Co., WINONA MINN. P. 0, Box 357 LUMBER LOUIS ERHARDT & CO. WINCHESTER GUNS! and Sporting Goods at direct fares from factory. Our coffee of 2 cents. We can save you mo- few of our prices! $4 New American Make 2 Caliken Rifle, Winchester 20 Rugby, Breathing Gun, Double Gun, Top Snap, Machine Made, Figure Tire, Guns and Ammunition at Lesser Than 1M and Spoiling Goods at $1 per cent above factory cost. We buy all goods directly from our. Our Gatalogue, 80 pages, 10x1 inches, mailed upon request of 2 cents. We can say you money. Now is the hunting season - Write at Ganes. At Ganes, four hours away. Our Gatalogue, 80 pages, 10x1 inches, mailed upon request of 2 cents. Our price is $6.75. Breech Loading Single Gun, 12 Ga., our price $4.49. Breech Loading Double Gun, Top Snap, Machine Made, Figure Twin, 12 Ga., 67.75. Everything else same proportion. Guns and Ammunition at Less Than Wholesale Price to All. The Mother of Disease More diseases originate in the stomach than anywhere else. Cure the ailments of the stomach and nearly all of the others will vanish. It is the source of health as well as disease. Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Bowel Troubles, Headache, Kidney and Liver Complaints, all spring more or less directly from the stomach. The grandest Stomach Remedy in the world is Taber's Depsin Compound It cleans out the formatting matter from the stomach and bowels, sweetens the brag, keeps the bowels moving freely and naturally, stimulates the Liver and Kidneys to healthy action, tones up the whole system and brings renewed energy and eagerness for work. We know it will help you. Here is our guaranty statement of the benefits of Taber's Depsin Compound, you can trustfully say you have derived no benefit from it, and will sign your name and address below, the druggist from whom you purchased it will refund your money in full. Taber's Depsin Compound is for sale by druggists at 80c and $10 per bottle, or will be available for purchase by the druggist of Taber's Depsin Compound, free sample bottle to D. TRABER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Peoria, Illinois. Dr.Bull's Cures all Throat and Lung Actions. COUGH SYRUP Get the medicine. Refuse enbutilate. IS SURE Solvation Oil cures Nauseaism. 15 & 25 cts. It injures nervous system to do so. BACCO-CURO is the only cure that really CHIRES BACCO-CURO is guaranteed that three boxes will cure any case. BACCO-CURO is vegetable and will cure you. It will cure you. At all druggists or by mail prepaid, $1 bx. 6 boxes. Baxes sold. EUREKA CHEMICAL CO., LB, CROSSVIL, VII DROPSY *NEW DISCOVERY*, gives quick and painful cure cases. Use of testimonial and 10 DAY treatment FREE. B.L. H. M. KERNES SONS, bk. D. K. Ahlstein, the RACE ECHOES. Charles Dadley Warner one of the famous writers of the present age, dies very suddenly last Saturday of heart disease at his home in Hartford Conn. He was a good friend to our race and one of his last visit that he made was to the home of a colored man, Robt. Smith, Mr. Warner had taken great interest in Mr. Smith and had assisted him in various ways. Rev. Jacob Thomas D. D. of A. M. E. Zion church of New York, recently celebrated the Fiftieth Anniversary of his entrance into the ministry. More than 14,000 colored men are employed in the steel mills in the vicinity of Youngstown, Niles and Warren, Ohio. Mrs. Johanna Thrailkeld was awarded $2,750 damages against the city of Chicago in Judge Hanecy's Court this week for injuries received by her in a fall on a defective sidewalk in March '96. TUSKEGEE NOTES. W. B. Pettiford, President of the Penny Savings Bank of Birmingham, Ala., was a visitor at Tuskegee last Sunday. Mr. Pettiford is deeply interested in Tuskegee work and his presence among the teachers and students is always inspiring and helpful. The new library formerly used as a residence by Principal Washington is now the center of attraction in the campus, ample room is here afforded the library, throughout the day, students are engaged in reading books, newspaper cut. It is very noticeable that the students who are entering school this year are of much more promising character than has ever been, in fact the improvement in our students is very marked from year to year. ALBIA NEWS Mr. London of Mochakinck was the guest at the Thomas this week. Miss Corn Thomas has returned home for several weeks stay, The A. M. H. church gave a social at the home of Mrs. Jameson on Saturday evening. NERVOUS WEAKNESS CURED. VIRTUAL for both sexes that is positively guaranteed to cure IMPOTENCY vitality and vigor, restoring the desires, ambitions and aspirations of youth and health, fitting for success and happiness in business; professional, social and married life. $2 a package or 3 for $5. Ask your druggist, but refuse cheap substitutes. Sent anywhere prepaid on receipt of price and guaranteed by the Kidd Drug Company, Elgin, Illinois. Retail and wholesale by J. T. Hurburt Grocery Store Rubber Goods store what you want FRASER ITEMS. Our correspondent being on the sick list last week was unable to write the news. A young lady arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Paynes October 21. Mother and daughter getting along fine. Mrs. Mattle Sheldon and Mrs. Matthew returned home from Saylor last week, reporting having a nice time. Rev. J. D. Underwood will preach at St. Mary's Blain returned home from Saylor, where he has been working, and has started to work again here. Mr. J. Douglass made a flying trip to Des Molines last week. CHURCH AND CLERGY. The Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman is to write the life of D. L. Moody. Bishop Edsall has just completed a highly successful mission at Jamesown, N. D. Tomkins Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn raised over $27,000 for missions during the year. The death roll in the Congregational ministry in Great Britain was unusually heavy during the year 1899. A congress of the history of religions will be held at Paris, France during the first part of September next year. The receipts of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, for the year make a total of $33,000, of which $17,000 is from pew rents. The annual council of the South African churches was held at Grass Netet, and owing to the preoccupations of the war, only thirty-eight delegates attended. Since his resignation from the Church of the Pilgrims relief from care has conduced to a marked improvement in the health of the venerable Dr. R. S. Storm. RALLY ON THE CENTER. The campaign is over. The long roll has sounded; the bugles have called boots and saddles; the boys have fallen into line, touched elbows, and wait with eager impatience to charge the enemy and rout them. The outposts have all been called in, and from Maine to California they are rallying on the center with a courage that is invincible and a determination that presages victory. There is not a coward in our ranks, not a living soul who does not feel that when the polls close next Tuesday night the Bryan-Tillman-Altgeld party will be routed horse, foot and dragoons, and will be scourying hither and yon, utterly demoralized. "It is a consummation devoutly to be wished," a deserved rebuke for a party that would dishonor our country, debase our money and bring reproach upon the proud title of American citizen. Altgeld, Tillman, Bryan and their cohorts will pass out of public notice, and will be remembered only as we remember some horrible dream that was filled with dire forebodings and impending disasters. God Almighty still reigns supreme, and He will continue to guide and direct this country until its mission has been accomplished, and mankind the world over are brothers indeed. So be of good cheer, fellow republican, McKinley will surely be reelected—but do not forget to vote for him, and have your neighbors do likewise—just to make it certain. BRYAN NOT OUR FRIEND. What reasons can any Afro-American, Bishop Turner, or any other, have for throwing his influence in favor of Bryan? Not one can be given. The wisest man cannot assign a single reason for supposing that Bryan's election would effect any good whatever for the Afro-American race, for it cannot be shown that in any one of his numerous speeches he has ever hinted at any of the remotest plans for doing anything or the kind. He raves about the "consent of the governed," but has it carefully understood that he refers to the Philippine islands and not to South Carolina. He has no word of rebuke for Goebelism in Kentucky, Tillmanism in South Carolina, Crokerism in New York, or Altgeldism in Illinois. He howls about trusts, always excepting the one of which National Chairman J. K. Jones is president. He is sorely grieved about alleged violations of the constitution, but never even whispers a word of censure for his friends in South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi, who have openly and shamelessly nullified the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. He cannot do so, for the solid south nullifiers and lynchers and the New York mobocrate are his warmest friends and most enthusiastic admirers. If by any single incident, vote or saying Bryan has shown any interest in the welfare of the Afro-American race or any individual thereof, history has failed to record the fact. Several attempts have been made to sound him upon his attitude toward the Afro-American race, without any other effect than to show his wonderful dexterity in dodging. He was afraid to say anything unfavorable, lest he should offend Afro-American voters in states where they held the balance of power, and equally afraid to say anything favorable lest he should offend his friends, the southern lynchers and northern mob. Bryan represents no correct principle or sensible policy whatever, and all his tendencies are in dangerous directions. And some of the moves made in his behalf seem totally idiotic, as, for instance, that of importing the blackguard Tillman to squirt his fath into the faces of decent people. The single fact that the Goebelites of Kentucky, the mobocrats of New York, the lynchers of the south and the cranks of everywhere, from Carl Schurz down to String-neel Jim, are followers of Bryan, is sufficient evidence that he could not safely be trusted with a much smaller office than that of president. When before was the hat passed around among school children to aid in electing a president of the United States? When was a man the candidate of two parties as hostile to each other as the democrats and populists? History presents no other such anomaly. Again, it is the first time that business enterprises are conditioned upon the election or rejection of a presidential candidate. Business men view with apprehension Bryan and his motley followers. They could adapt themselves to any one policy that was announced in advance, but Bryan's policy is a Jacob's coat of many colors—one thing being the paramount issue to-day and another to-morrow. His 16 to 1 paramount issue disrupted his party, defeated him and was condemned by the entire country. History was full of examples, sad and instructive, of nations which had cracked their prosperity by benign led away by a financial craze, but Bryan breeds not the teachings of history, or misunderstands and perverts them. He devotes his entire time to exciting a craze among the direpatible and dangerous elements of society. Afro-Americans have more to fear than any other class the condition of things the election of Bryan would produce. They share the general prosperity of the country. They are among the first to experience the inconvenience of evil times. Mr. Bryan has not the confidence of business men and he does not pretend to propose any plans for the relief of any class but the Philippine islanders. There is nothing for the Afro-American in Bryan's policy, nor does he pretend that there is. Remember the words of the immortal Douglas: "The republican party is the ship, all else the sea," and vote for McKipley and Roosevelt. It's all over but the shouting. Fall in and forward to victory. Vote the straight republican ticket. Hurrah for the old flag and McKinley. Vote for McKinley if you value liberty. Vote the straight republican ticket next Tuesday. Go to the polls next Tuesday and do your full duty. A few more days to wait and Bryan will know his fate. Vote for McKinley if you want 100 cents in your dollar. Vote for McKinley and Roosevelt and a good, honest dollar. "The Negro vote is a purchasable one."—Senator Tillman. If Bryan is elected Tillman will be secretary of the interior. Vote for McKinley if you hope for protection and justice in the south. The democracy is disrupted and on November 6 will be completely routed. Let us see what a big majority we can give for McKinley, Roosevelt and the old flag. From east and west, from south and north The same glad shout swells loudly forth: McKinley, Protection, Victory. The sensible business and working-men all over the country are solid for McKinley. If you desire the election of McKinley, vote for him and get your friends to do likewise. Remember that southern democrats burn Afro-Americans at the stake for alleged crimes. Prosperity is arguing against Bryan in his own home, and McKinley will carry Nebraska. If you do not wish to be at the mercy of such men as Pitchfork Tillman, vote for McKinley. Line up: marshal every mother's son who loves his country and get ready to vote for McKinley. Get out every vote and pile up a majority that will strike terror to the souls of the anarchists. The Bryanites hold the south solid by the forcible suppression of the Afro-American's franchise. If you wish to prevent Ben Tillman from being the chief of Bryan's cabinet, vote for McKinley. If you want to eat bologna sausage and stale crackers for your Thanksgiving dinner, vote for Bryan. Afro-Americans: Vote for McKinley and Roosevelt and against Bryan, Tillman and disfranchisement. After the election is over Bryan, who has leather lungs, can get a job as a "barker" for a patent corn cure. Let the stars and stripes wave upon the Get a hustle upon yourself; see your neighbors and your neighbors' neighbors and induce them to vote for McKinley. "If we can't get the Negro out of politics peacefully and legally, by the eternal gods we will do it anyway."—Senator Tillman. No victory was ever won without a battle. Remember that and fight for McKinley and Roosevelt until the polls close November 6. Bryan is afraid to even mention lynching, but McKinley was not afraid to order out troops to save a black man from lynching. "We stuffed ballot boxes, we shot them; we are not ashamed of it."—Pitchfork Tillman, in a speech in the United States senate. Bring out the halt, the lame and the blind, the sound and lusty of limb, the young men who cast their first votes, and blast anarchistic hopes by piling up a great majority for McKinley and Roosevelt. The news that will flash o'er the magic wire On the night of the 5th of November; Will blast the hopes and put out the fire Of concoct in Bill Bryan—forever. The democrat of the south charge the Afro-American with numbers of crimes of which they are not guilty. Remember that, and vote the straight republican ticket. During the recent war with Spain Afro-American soldiers traveling in the south were fired upon by southern democrats while they were asleep on the train, and many killed. Do not sit down and dream that McKinley is sure of election. The enemy is wide-swake and hustling. The only way you can defeat Bryan is by hustling for McKinley. The alchemists of old tried in vain to make gold out of baser metals. Bryan's task is just as difficult. It is impossible to make 50 cents worth of silver equal to 100 cents in gold. As the boys in '61 buckled on the knapsack and clutched the gun, resolved that the government should be preserved, so to-day the same spirit animates them and their progeny. The opinion of the white people in the southern states is that, so far as the Afro-Americans are concerned, the theory of the "consent of the governed" does not apply. Maj. Mac and Col. Ted Each in youth brave followers led When "To arms!" Columbia said. Mac and Col. now the head. Of our men now the head, By them were to victory led. MaJ. Mac and Col. Ted Each in youth brave followers led When To. Col. Columbia said. MaJ. Mac and Col. Ted. Of our party now the head. By them we're to victory led. The bugles have sounded the chargel Up, boys, and rout them; chase them from the hill tops, from the woods, from the fence corners, from every coigne of vantage they may possess. There are more than 200 Afro- American newspapers published in the United States, and of these but six are supporting the democratic ticket. The others are true to the grand old party. Nearly all of the prominent Afro- Americans who strayed away into the Bryan camp have come back to the republican fold. They say there is no place in the democratic party for the Afro-American. Think of having Boas Croker as secretary of the treasury. That's the way it will be if Bryan is elected. By the democratic system of disfranchisement in the south a vote in South Carolina counts more than two votes in the state of New York. Under the theory of the "consent of the governed" the Afro-American citizens of South Carolina should govern that state, but as a matter of fact the whites have driven out the Afro-Americans, making them the governed without their consent. Some southern coward, who is afraid to sign his name, has written to the editor of the Chicago Appeal giving him a "roast" on account of the strong articles denouncing southern methods. The letter writer says that the cotton crop of the south is large and a great deal of it is made into ropes to use en "impudent niggers." Mr. Bryan says: "I challenge our opponents to find in act or utterance of mine a justification of the charge that if elected I would not entreat the United States. Gen. Jackson said that he had sworn to uphold the constitution of the United States—as he understood it. Perhaps Mr. Bryan would, if etc., enforce the laws of the United States as he understands them; or as Altgeld, Tillman, Waite and Croker would interpret them; and that is just what worries the people. They do not want that kind of enforcement. Cyrus Field Adams, member of the national republican advisory committee during the present campaign, has had correspondence with more than 7,000 of the most prominent Afro-Americans in the northern states, where the vote of the race is counted and counts for something. These include ministers, professional and business men, secret society leaders and men of general prominence. In their last reports on the political situation they say that the Afro-American vote will be loyal to the republican party, which gave freedom to the slave and enlarged opportunities to the freemen, and that from 90 to 95 per cent. of the vote will be cast for McKinley and Roosevelt. H. D. Wilson, a member of the Louisiana legislature, and author of the bill requiring separate street cars for the races, is in New Orleans pressing before the city council the separate-car ordinance. Wilson lets the southern cat out of the bag by saying: "It is not only the desire to separate the whites and blacks on the street cars for the comfort it will provide, but also for the moral effect. The separation of the races is one benefit, but the demonstration of the superiority of the white man over the negro is a greater thing. There is nothing which shows it more conclusively than the compelling of the negroes to ride in cars marked for their especial use." It is needless to say that Wilson is a democrat and that the Louisiana separate car law was passed by a democratic legislature. LIGHTEST & WHITEST FLOUR Enterprise Investment Co. on personal, chattel and other securities. Everything private. Loans can be renewed upon payment of extension. Easy payments, monthly or weekly. I. E. WILLIAMSON, 18-30 Business Manager. 211 4th, street. Des Moines. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Mr. M. Ace and J. Brosnan: You are hereby notified, that the following are in Park County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Four hundred an eighty-two (483) in Forest Glen; an addition now included in and forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the eighth day of December 1897 to Daniel T. Patton, that said, and holding of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of sale said, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of the notice. You are hereby ordered that date this 6th day of October, A. D. 1900. Daniel T. Patton. 1900. Daniel I. Patton. By Geo. Harnagel, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To Charles Ashley: You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wait: Tow Five (5) of Burnham's addition to the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the sixth day of December 1897 to Daniel Tow Five, who is still on the holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of said sale, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. You will read this 15th day of October. A. D. 1900. Daniel T. Patton. By Geo. Harnagel, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. Your are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Thirteen (13) in Block Fifty-four (54) of Stewart's addition to the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the seventh day of December 1897 to E. G. Zellehoeffer; that said E. G. Zellehoeffer is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of said sale, and that the right of redemption will expire, a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of the notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 19th day of September, A. D. 1900. E. G. Zellehoeffer. Hy Geo. Harnagel, his agent. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To W. E. Johnson and W. H. Shepherd: You are hereby notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: 36 feet of South 114 feet of Lot Four (4) of the official Plat of the Southwest quarter of the Fourth Avenue, Range 4, Township 78, North 24 West 57 P. M. Iowa, now included in and forming a part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the sixth day of December 1897 to T. S. Howard; that the certificate of sale thereof has been assigned to and is now owned and held by Daniel T. Patton, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made available to the public made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 15th day of October, A. D. Dated this 15th day of October, A. D. 1900 Daniel T. Patton. Gene Harnsman. State of Iowa, Polk County, as: To Dan. Quilinivan; Danl. Quenlivan: we are hereby notified that on the 8th day of December, A. D. 1896 the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for the taxes for the year 1896 (the assessed value is followed to: with: Lot one hundred and one (101) Ottage Addition to, and now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. That the same was, at such sale, purchased by W. G. Hamlin and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said owner, was assigned to J. H. Coskey and by him duly assigned to J. H. Phillips, and he is now the owner and holder of said certificate, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed notice of the J. H. PHILIPS, Lawful holder and owner of said certificate. THE WHITEST AND LIGHTEST bread can be made only one way and of one thing—skill in baking and the use of an A1 flour. A poor baker can turn out the poorest bread from the best flour; a good baker cannot do much with an inferior flour. Our part is in supplying as fine a flour as can be found anywhere. When you see the FALCON brand on bag or barrel, you know you're getting as good as can be made. Falcon flour is made and guar anteed by SHANNON & MOTT Co. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. State of Iowa, Polk County, ss: To Claus A. Carlson Do. Claus A. Carlson: You are hereby notified that on or 8th day of December, A. D. 1896, as following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for taxes, for the year 1895 which real estate is described as follows, to-will: Lot Six (6) Cottage Addition to, and certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and by the said Hunter the certificate was duly signed to J. H. Phillips, and he is now the owner and holder of said certificate, and the fire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed service breeof. J. H. PHILLIPS, La *ful holder and owner of said certificate*. NOTICE TO BEDEEM FROM TAX SALE. State of Iowa, Polk County, ss: To Claus A. Carlson Do, Class A. Carlson: You are hereby notified that on the 8th day of December, A. D. 1896, the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for taxes for the year 1895, which real estate is described as Iowa, to-wit; and a certificate Addition to, and now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. That the same was, at such sale, purchased by J. H. Phillips and a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and he is now the owner and holder of said certificate, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the completed secrethereof. J. H. PHILLIS Lawful holder and owner of such certificate. State of Iowa, Polk County, m: To Claus A. Carlson; Claus A. Carlson. You are hereby notified that on the 8th day of December, A. D. 1898, the property is in Polk county, Iowa, was sold for taxes for the year 1895, which real estate is described as follows, to-wit: Lot Four (4) Cottage Addition to, and now forming a part of the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa. That the same was, as such sale, property is in Polk county, a certificate issued to him by the Treasurer of Polk county, Iowa, and he is now the owner and holder of said certificate, and the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said property will be made, unless redemption from such sale be made within three days from the date thereof. J. H. PHILLIPS. Lawful holder and owner of said certificate. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To A Larison, Benjamin Hutchinson and C. Calkins: You and each of you are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Thirty-two (32) in Block Ten (10) of Larison Plose, now included in and forming a part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the seventh day of December 1897 to Daniel T. Patton; on the same day Patton is still the owner and holder of the once-state of purchase issued in pursuance of the sale, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 12th day of October, A. D. 1900 DANIEL T. PATTON. 1900 NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION. To A. Larson, Benjamin Hutchinson and C. C. Calkins; You and each of you are hereby not notified, that the following described real estate, situated in Polk County, Iowa, to-wit: Lot Thirty-one (31) in Block Ten (10) of Larson Place, now included in and forming a part of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1896 on the seventh day of December 1897 to Daniel T. Patten; on December 1898 to Daniel T. Patten is still the owner and holder of the certificate of purchase issued in pursuance of said sale, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a Treasurer's Dead Fee for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. You will govern yourself accordingly. Dated this 12th day of October, A. D. 1000. DANIEL T. PATTON. By Geo. Harangel, his agent. We want you to subscribe the IOWA STATE BESTAND