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THE PALLADIUM. The Palladium wants 1,000 more subscribers in the next six months. The Palladium wants ads. Vol. XIX. No. 22. The Palla THE PALLADIUM Notes and News Concerning Our People--Weekly Record of Social Events, Deaths, Marriages and Births-- Written Especially for Palladium Readers. NEGRO PORTRAYS FAULTS OF RACE. Prof. Arthur D. Langstan Startled Forum Club Members by His Daintness. CRIME IS DUE TO IDLENESS. Appealed to His Race to Seize Opportunities Offered At a special meeting of the Forum Club yesterday afternoon at 2614 Lawton avenue, the report of the Race Commissioner of the organization, Prof. Arthur D. Langston, on "The Present Status of the Negro Race," developed a degree of bluntness that carried most of his hearers and precipitated a lively debate. Mr. Langston took occasion to portray the plainest language shortcomings of his people. He avered lack of zeal in embracing the opportunities for advancement in the scale of civilization, a lack of industry and thrift, and a lack appreciation of the advantages afforded them by the State for self-improvement education and morals. He expressed the view that much of the crime among negroes is directly attributable to inexcusable idleness and lack of a proper disposition on the part of the better elements of the race to the common vice and assist in bringing criminals to justice. He admitted that many individual negroes had scored brilliant successes, but thought the examples of success were too few when the wonderful environment and opportunities with which the race is blessed in this country are taken into consideration. He appealed to his race to rise to the plenid id opportunities afforded them, to cultivate good manners and morals and a higher standard of respectability in their lives at home and abroad, and to labor for the attainment of the fullest rights of American citizens by deserving them. In the discussion which followed, the views presented by Mr. Langston were supported by A. W. Scott, E. C. Campbell, Benjamin F. Barrow and Henry H. Jones. Walter M. Farmer, Dr. W. P. Curtis and Dr. J. W. McDowell took the opposite view, holding that the progress made by the negroes of this country since their emancipation from slavery had been phenomenal, in the face of almost insurmountable obstacles and unequal opportunity.—Globe-Democrat. Prof. Langston's address aroused theire of many of his race. Many of our race will argue that they are aware of their shortcomings, but it is unbecoming a negro leader to make those faults public. If a child is permitted to convey food to his mouth with a knife and never corrected, he will soon grow to manhood ignorant of the fact that he is violating a rule of table etiquette. So it is with a race. The only way to correct the evil existing in a race is to apprise it of the fact that the evil exists. Prof. Langston is to be complimented for his fearless attitude in expressing his hope" conditions. Thanksgiving Services. The 17th of May, 1903, has been named for the thanksgiving services of the Order of U. B. F. and S. M. T. We presume that the lodges and temples will do their fll duty in this matter as members of a great order. We should obey the edicts of the National Grand Master and State Grand Master. Pickett's Headache Powders give instant relief. 2601 Lawton avenue. Notice to our many readers of the Palla dium. Please pay to Mr. John W. Wheeler, Jr., our agent. --- M. H. Mme Beulah Patterson-Harris. A RARE TREAT. Mr. Jas. W. Grant presents Mme. Beulah Patterson-Harris, everybody's favorite soprano, supported by a company of eminent artists at the First Baptist Church, Fourteenth street and Clark avenue, Thursday evening, May 21, 1903, for the benefit of the church. SOCIETY NOTES. Mrs. F. C. Parram is recovering from a severe illness occasioned by the chilly breezes while viewing the military parade on dedication. Miss Berenice F. Dore is convalescent after a week's indisposition from the same causes. Mrs. Frank C. Vashon is very ill at her mother's residence, North Market street. Messrs. B. Randal and Richard Smith, of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; Summer Harrison, of St. Paul, Minn., and Jos. Morrison, of Chicago, spent a very pleasant evening with the Misses Parram during their visit in our city. One of the bright lights of the school room has been extinguished by the death of Miss Maude Watkins, of Wheatly School, who gave every evidence of taking her place among the first of those engaged in the work. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tapp have returned to the city after spending a short visit at Detroit, Mieh. While there they were guests of honor at several social functions, and declare themselves as delighted with the city and its people. Mr. Harry Lankford will take a pharmaceutical course, beginning this autumn at Howard University, Washington, D. C. Notice. Now the city is crowded with strangers and many sights will be seen, the public should be on their guard for confidence men and women. On leaving your house some one of the family should be left at home to look after the house. The Palladium man has been taken in by a so-called son of Bale Churchill, of Memphis, Tenn. So look out the confidence man is here. The bank porters are in trouble caused by an article that appeared in the Palladium concerning the Barber-Butcher nuptials. Remember the Busy Bee Restaurant at 2887 Market street, has good icecream. Call and taste then guess whose ice-cream it is. We call especial attention to the fish stand of Mr. M. Meyer, dealer in fresh fish, oysters, etc., 2704 Franklin avenue. Our race must learn to patronize those who patronize us. So give Mr. Meyer a call. There is more buying of real estate in St. Louis at present than at any other time in its history. You cannot rent anything now, so why not buy as the time may soon come when there will be nothing to buy. A bargain is good at all times, and a better thing now than it will be after the World's Fair. I have several bargains in houses. Insurance placed in the best companies, HUGHINS INGE. HUTTON Attorney-at-Law and Real Estate Agent or agent, engenue ST. LOUIS, MO., SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1903. Braden, Who Deserted His Wife and Children in Nashville, Tenn. "With smooth dissembler's skill of grace- A devil's purpose, with an angel face." * * * Some months' ago, when the Palladium man censured one who did him wrong, this negro Braden, undertook to meddle in the affairs of the Palladium man. He was told then that it would be more to his interest to attend to his two wives and two children and not to interfere with what did not concern him. Last week as one of our staff was soliciting advertising in Walker's Furniture Store, on 12th street, between Pine and Olive streets, this half-witted negro came in and interrupted the conversation by informing the proprietor of the store that Wheeler was a mean man. He continued to give vent to uncomplimentary remarks, to which the gentlemen listened. The solicitor attempted to explain to the proprietor. This Braden, by his interference, prevented the solicitor from securing the advertisement. We wish to say that all boodlers and crooks fear our Circuit Attorney because he is bringing them to justice. All wife and child deserters fear the Palladium man because they dread exposure, that's why the bigamist Braden said Wheeler was a mean man. A New Rooming House. Mrs. Mary White has fitted up a new rooming house at 200 South 14th street. It is indeed, a model in beauty and convenience. She has ten rooms fitted up in the most elegant style from bottom to top. She is now ready to receive guests, both single and married. Don't fail to give her a call. She will give general satisfaction to her many guests. Remember her number—200 South 14th street. For Rent—Neatly furnished room for couple of men or man and wife, with or without board. 1610 Glasgow avenue. Furnished rooms for rent to men; rooms comfortably furnished; second and third floors; with or without board. 2336 Wash street. T. T. Thompson. Stop that cough. Pickett's Cough Syrup, 2601 Lawton avenue. The Old Folks' Home. The managers of the Old Folks' Home are working hard for the success of the same. On the 3d of June the Home will be dedicated by the Masons' State Grand Lodge. Don't fail to help this worthy cause. Go to Miss Teresa's Store, 1308 Olive street, the place to get your natural flowers. The young gentlemen should get their bouquets for young ladies at 1308 Olive street. NOTICE. From the 9th of May all who wish to call at the office will find either the Palladium man or or someone who will answer in his place in all matters per to the Palladium. J. W. WHEELER, Manager. $4 to $8 a day guaranteed to every person sending their name and address to Scott Remedy Co., P. O. Box 570, Louisville, Ky. Write at once. A Coal Yard. Mr. John Fitzhugh, of 2354 Chestnut street, has opened a coal yard. Mr. Fitzhugh's legs were broken at the Century building, May 30, 1902. He has been confined to his home for eleven months. He is able to get about and has opened a coal yard. We trust that the good people will help a worthy at 2354 Chestnut street. Mr. James H. Harrison has returned to St. Louis from Washington, D. C., and with father and brother will start in undertaking business about the 20th inst. Messrs. Harrison and McKoin are both graduates from the Rayonaid training school of embalmers and have had a thorough practice. Come with me and we will go to the Annual Picnic at FLT C.F. HOLLAND 1909 St. Louis Hope Lodge, 2117, G. U. O. of O.-F., at Ofenstein's Grove, Monday, June 22. A. E. A. W. WASHINGTON, Reporter. First Baptist Church Notes. St. Louis, Mo., May 10, 1903. the B. Y. P. U. of the First Baptist Church met at 6:00 p. m., with Rev. W. H. Pierce, presiding. Opened with prayer by Bro. Thomas Webb. The lesson was read from Luke, 19th chapter first to the tenth verses, being conducted by Mrs. Annie R. Davis and discussed by many. Rev. E. C. Cole made a few remarks. At 8:00 church service began. All the members of the choir were on hand. They sang one or two of their best selections. Afterwards Rev. E. C. Cole began his sermon which was very interesting. After the preaching a lady came forward with a very lovely child for the purpose of receiving a blessing from Dr. Cole, to which that gentleman quickly assented by invoking the divine blessing on the child. Mr. and Mrs. William Lyons stood God-father and mother for it. A. W. WASHINTON, 1011A Walnut street. Get ready for the excursion May 18th given by the Madison club. The burden of "The Mule" is rather heavy, but that isn't half. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Whitfield have moved from 2412% Franklin avenue to 2220 Wash street. Their baby has been ill recently but is much better at present. Mr. G. H. Martin left St. Louis last Sunday morning for Chicago, where he will remain for eight or nine days, and will return to Nashville by way of St. Louis. Mrs. Lettie Richards, of 3116 Rutger street is quite sick. Miss Josephine Hubbard and father, Theodore Hubbard, visited St. Louis a few days ago. Miss Hubbard was entertained by the Girl's Guild of All-Saints' Church, last Friday. They returned home last Sunday, well pleased with their visit. Mr. M. W. Moore, of 2215 Walnut street, has written a very interesting poem on the Louisiana Purchase. You should buy one and keep it as as a token of remembrance of the World's Fair. Mrs. A. D. Hyatt, of 2200 Lucas avenue, has been sick for several days. She is the Worthy Princess of Electa Temple, No. 31, S. M. T. We are the leaders, others will follow. GRAND MOONLIGHT EXCURSION Given by the MADISON CLUB on the Steamer Corwin Spencer, Monday Evening, May 18th, 1903. Admission, 25c.; children, 15c. When our last lesson closed, Paul had been brought under guard to Caesarea, the Roman capital of Pales tine, and had been imprisoned in what was originally Herod's palace. It was now the governor's office. Mrs. Laura Acklin arrived in St. Louis on April 30. She is stopping at 2615 Lawton avenue. She is looking well. Mrs. A. B. Harris, 3949 Finney avenue, is enjoying good health. Miss Francis Jones, of 4588 Cottage avenue, will soon leave for Hot Springs to visit her brother. A Serious Accident, Miss Josephine Malory, the young daughter of Mr. Hugh Malory, of 4513 La Salle street, last Sunday afternoon fell down a flight of stairs and broke her arm. Little Miss Malory was quite fortunate to have escaped with only a broken arm, as the stairs down which she fell are under a trap-door leading to the basement below. This trap-door is generally left down and used as a floor to a closet. On this occasion the door had been left up by someone and Josephine, upon going into the close Mr. E. H. Taylor, of 2621 Morgan street, was sworn into governmental service last Monday, and a sub-post-office has been established in his drug store. Anything in the line of postal requirements can be secured there. Mrs. W. B. Williams, of 1307 Pine street, has had a tombstone erected over her late husband's grave. All free doings will hereafter be excluded from the Palladium. Mr. and Mrs. Williams buried their beloved son la t Friday from All-Saints' Church. Many floral offerings were presented which showed the warm esteem in which the family is held. The parents were deeply affected by the death of their son, but they should be comforted to know that he is at rest with God and a beacon light for them to follow. Stop that cough. Pickett's Cough Syrup. All good men and women admire the straight forward manner of the Palladium, but all crooks and bigamists, like Beaden, say that Wheeler is a mean man. When the Palladium gets through with him, an X-Ray will not be needed to see through him. The dirty cur-dog who deems it the thing to do—to pay for vicious-minded publication to wreck vengeance—is not man enough to attack his name. He is a damn dog of the deepest dye. W. S. WALTON. A. B. RUSSELL. J. B. Redd, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Wm. Robinson, of Chicago, Ill.; C. A. Phrelkill, of Indianapolis, Ind.; Andrew Bell, of Chicago, Ill.; Dennis Atkins, of Jersey City, N. J.; Zach Smith, of Chicago, Ill.; Harry Jones, of New City City; Geo. Hairston, of Washington, D. C., and Richard Patterson, of Washington, D. C. are stopping with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Washington. J. M. Braden, who deserted his wife and two children in Nashville, Tenn., some years ago and came to St. Louis and married another woman, is the solicitor of the Walker Furniture Store, on 12th street. Any one wanting to get a bargain can go to him. The bigamist some months' ago said that he whipped the book-keeper for meddling with him. We presume that he owns a share in that store form the number of wives he has. Miss Emma Pitts is up again. She is looking as of yore. Baby is well. The pet of the family is little Jessie A. Pitts, four years old, the most beautiful child on Rutger street, 3229. $2.00 Per Annum, Single Copy 5 cents. the Annual Picnic at U. O. of O.-F., at ay, June 22. ders, others will follow. NLIGHT EXCURSION UB on the Steamer Corwin Spencer, Mon- Admission, 25c.; children, 15c. A Serious Accident. Miss Josephine Malory, the young daughter of Mr. Hugh Malory, of 5413 Laalle street, last Sunday afternoon fell down a flight of stairs and broke her arm. Little Malory was quite fortunate to have escaped with only a broken arm, as the stairs down which she fell are under a trap-door leading to the basement below. This trap-door is generally left down and used as a floor to a closet. On this occasion the door had been left up by someone and Josephine, upon going into the closet fell without any warning. The attending physician who set the broken bone and treated the other bruises anticipates no serious results, much to the delight of the many friends of the family. Art in Our Schools. The proceeds of the Banneker School entertainment of April 24 have been invested in a choice collection of studies from such artists as are studied in the school-room, from the primary to the eighth grade. Works of Herring, Michael Angelo, Millet, Bonheive, Sandseer, Rphaeel, Murillo, Bodenhauser, Holmes, Guido Reni, Le Brun, Jaoque, and Van Dyck adorn the walls of each room and attest the artistic ability as well as executive capability of the head and corps of the Banneker School. Mr. Jack Harris has left for the West St. Paul, Minn. Prof. A. W. Scott, a thorough and practical teacher, holding some of the highest grades of certificates from the states of Indiana, Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Missouri, will conduct a summer school, beginning June 29, 1903. Courses in mathematics, languages, bookkeeping and the common braches will be offered. Call or address him at 2223 California avenue, city. One of the most entertaining young girls is Miss Lottie E. Pitts, 13 years old. We shall speak of this interesting young girl soon. She is in the fifth grade in Wheatley school. She lives with her mother at 3733 Rutger street. J. M. Braden, the man with two children, is said to be a leading light in some Christian congregation. Miss Irene Hamilton has developed into quite a star whist player, and whenever she enters a game, all others concede their defeat. Mr. J. R. Wilson and Mr. Geo. E. Johnson, two prominent railway mail agents, are stopping with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Washington. Miss Laura Beatrice Lefroy finishes from the Normal Department of New Orleans University, May 26, 1903. Her essay is "Life's Deepest Meaning." Miss Lefroy is well-known in St. Louis, and her friends here wish her a most successful life. that he has. She well. bie A. autiful There are many weddings to occur in St. Louis during the summer season, but the most important one to occur soon is that of Miss Janetta Thomas to Mr. Harvy D. Moore, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Moore is one of Cleveland's leading young men and wetl-known in St. Louis. THE PALLADIUM. J. W. WHELELER, Editor and Manager. ET. LOUIS, : ; : : MISSOURI. CURRENT COMMENT. The impression is growing in New York city that the saloon business is a money maker. Barely two per cent. of the saloons closed by the law doubling the license fee. Some day there will rise up in Kentucky a governor of the "By the Eternal" sort who will crush out assassination in that state, "if he has to hang a man to every tree" in Breathitt county. Rev. Dr. Britt, of Jersey City, N. J., complains because there were only 13 babies born last year in his flock of 402 families. Evidently Parson Britt has what is ecclesiastically known as a "wealthy congregation." Twelve days after his return to Washington, which is set for June 5, President Roosevelt will deliver an address at the University of Virginia. The president promises to become our first expert in state geography. The entire mileage of the railroads of all the world outside the United States—Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North America (Canada and Mexico), Central America and South America—is something like 300,000, or less than half as large again as that of the United States alone. The story is being told in Linecoln county, Ok., of a four-legged chicken that was hatched by a farmer's hen recently. The minute the chicken became strong enough to walk, the story goes, two of the legs started one way and two the other and strained the body so that the chicken died. In a habeas corpus suit for the possession of a daughter, brought by the father, Judge Hiram Brownlee, of Indiana, ruled the other day that a mother's love and care are of more benefit to a child than all the money, clothes or support that a father can give. The child in the case was given to her mother. The completed statistics of silver production show that last year was the record-breaking year in the world's mines, the total reaching 179,000,000 fine ounces. It is also the first year in just a half a century that the United States took second place as a silver-producing country, Mexico leading by 2,250,000 ounces. Gen. John B. Gordon, commander of the United Confederate Veterans, has issued a circular letter calling the attention of the members to the restrictions in the constitution of the federation prohibiting in the camps any political or religious action or the indorsement of any candidate for political office. Large rehearsals are going on for the national saengerfest, to be held in St. Louis June 17 to 20. In general effects this gathering is the most massive American musical event. Important music festivals are held periodically in various cities of the United States, but it is seldom that their choral organization reaches even one-fifth of the saengerfest choruses. The director of Wagons Lits (sleeping car company) says a journey around the world in the course of the next year may be accomplished in 40 days. The time table around the world will be: Paris to Vladivostock, 13 days; to Nagasaki, two days; to Yokohama, two days; to Vancouver, 12 days; to New York, via the Canadian Pacific railroad, four days; to Cherbourg, six days, and to Paris in less than half a day. The wealth of the world is estimated at $400,000,000. These figures are lower than they should be, for the reason that returns form South and Central American countries and from semi-civilized portions of the globe are incomplete. But taking this estimate as correct, the United States owns one-fourth of the entire accumulated capital of the world. The fact, however, does not mean that the Americans are the best off financially. The English are the wealthiest, with the Scotch a close second. One of the compensations of poverty has been the belief that a scarcity of food and the absence of luxurious and even of comforts promote long living, while untimely death is the common fate of those who can afford costly foods and drinks, soft beds and whatever a luxurious taste can suggest. A German statistician has gathered from the census returns of the various nations figures which show that there are proportionately many more centenarians among the poor and uneducated than among peoples who live high. The United States is sustaining a greater invasion than was ever experienced by any other nation. The barbarian deluge upon Rome; the Angle, Jute and Saxon storms and the Norman tidal wave that o'er-swept Britain; the Saracen descent upon Europe—all were trifling in comparison. The peculiarity of the invasion which we are undergoing is that it is peaceable. Since the beginning of the present fiscal year about 600,000 foreign immigrants have been admitted to this country. Kansas City Journal. NATION'S MIGHTY FUTURE. The Theme of President Roosevelt's Address in the Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco. A MIGHTY THRONG LISTENS TO HIM. Expansion and Trade Development and Protection of the Country's Newly-Acquired Possessions in the Pacific Factors of Incalculable Moment in the History of the Great Nation. San Francisco, May 14.—President Roosevelt arose early Wednesday, and at nine o'clock left the Palace hotel, escorted by a squadron of cavalry. The streets were lined with people, who cheered as the president's carriage passed to the Native Sons' hall, where a reception in the president's honor was held. At night, in Mechanics' pavilion, the president made the most important speech he has delivered since he left St. Louis. His subject—"Expansion and Trade Development and Protection of the Country's Newly-Acquired Possession in the Pacific"—together with the advocacy of a greater navy, was one that made his discourse of particular interest to Californians, and he aroused his auditors to a high pitch of enthusiasm. It was a mighty gathering that listened to the president. M. H. De Young, president of the citizens' committee, opened the meeting, and Mayor Schmitz formally introduced the president to the people of San Francisco. It was some minutes before the cheering subsided and the president was able to make himself heard. He said: The Nation's Mighty Future. "Before I saw the Pacific slope I was an expansionist, and after having ruled it, I felt to understand how any Campus should stand in the past and adorn their full "Justice and show Mercy and the Truth" and be on hand. ress of the Pacific will be factors of incalculable moment in the history of the world. Now, in our day the greatest of all the oceans, of all the seas, and the last to be used on a large scale by civilized man bids fair to become, in its turn, the first in point of importance. Our mighty republic has stretched across the Pacific and now in California, Oregon and Washington, in Alaska, in Hawaii and in the Philippines holds an extent of coastline which makes it of necessity a power of the first class on the Pacific. The extensions in the area of our domain has been immense, the extension in the area of our influence even greater. America's geographical position on the Pacific is such as to insure our peaceful domination of its waters in the future if only we grasp with sufficient resolution the advantages of this position. We are taking long strides in this direction; witness the cables we are laying down and the great steamship lines we are starting—steamship lines some of whose vessels are larger than any freight carriers the world has yet seen. We have taken the first steps towards digging an isthmian canal, to be under our own control, a canal which will make our Atlantic and Pacific coast lines to all intent and purpose continuous, and will add immensely alike to our commercial and our military and naval strength. March of Events "The inevitable march of events gave us the control of the Philippine islands at a time so opportune that it may without irreverence be called providential. Unless we show ourselves weak, unless we show ourselves degenerate sons of the sires from whose loins we sprang, we must go on with the work we have begun. I hope earnestly that this work will always be peaceful in character. We infinitely desire peace, and the surest way to obtain it is to show that we are not afraid of war. It behooves all men of lofty soul who are proud to belong to a mighty nation, to see to it that we fit ourselves to take and keep a great position in the world for our proper place is with the expanding nations and the nations that dare to be great, that accept with confidence a place of leadership in the world. All our people should take this position, but especially you of California, for much of our expansion must go through the Golden Gate, and the states of the Pacific slope must inevitably be those which will be most benefited by and take the lead in the growth of American influence along the coasts and islands of that mighty ocean where east and west finally become one. My countrymen, I believe in you with all my heart and I am proud that it has been granted me to be a citizen in a nation of such glorious opportunities and with the wisdom, the hardihood and the courage to rise to the levels of its opportunities." STRIKE AT A FUNERAL. Hack Drivers Strike Against a Non-Union Hearse Driver at a Funeral in Toledo, 0. Toledo, O., May 14.—During the funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Mary Kamm, here, the drivers of hacks struck and refused to work because the hearse was driven by a non-union man. The officiating undertaker filled the strikers' places just in time to prevent a scene as the casket was being taken to the hearse MISSOURI STATE NEWS. State Encampment of G. A. R. The state encampment of the G. A. R. was held at Boonville. The encampment next year will be held at Lexington. Officers elected: Frank M. Sterrett, Blair Post, No. 1, St. Louis, department commander; senior vice-commander, John T. Birdseye, Nevada; junior vice-commander, Joseph Lieber, Boonville; chaplain, Rev. J. J. Martin, Independence; medical director, P. M. Stewart, Kansas City. Col. D. P. Dyer, St. Louis was elected delegate at large to the national encampment, to be held at San Francisco. The Ladies' Auxiliary officers: President, Mrs. Margaret Van Meter, Lamar; senior vice-president, Mrs. Jeannette Neybert, Kansas; junior vice-president, Mrs. Lizzie J. Harding, Hannibal; secretary, Mrs. Mary M. Stark, St. Louis; treasurer, Mrs. Olive D. Hofmeister, Kansas City; chaplain, Mrs. Emma Douglass, Warrensburg; counselor, Mrs. Emmert Fields of Hannibal; council of administration, Mary M. Stark, Lulu Carter and Alice Eckhardt, all of St. Louis. The ladies indorsed the St. Louis World's fair and adopted the McKinley pink carnation as the official flower to be worn by the members while attending it. An Important Ruling. Some time since a hardware company of St. Louis notified secretary of State Cook that it had increased its capital stock and sought to have him issue it a certificate. This he refused to do on the ground that 60 days' public notice had not been given that the proposition to make an increase in the capitalization of the company would be submitted to a vote of its stockholders. A writ of mandamus was applied for in the supreme court, and that tribunal granted a peremptory writ against the secretary of state on the ground that all the stockholders voted in the meeting at which the proposed increase was considered. The Case of "Boss" Butler. with T. Gentry, of Columbia, one of attorneys for Edward Butler, the political "boss" of St. Louis, who convicted of attempted bribery w. The trial at Columbia, last November and sentenced to two years in der penitentiary, visited Jefferson City, where he filed motion for appeal. Mr. Gentry said these cases were usually disposed of within 60 days, but because of the unusual importance of this case the attorneys for the defense hardly expected a decision within six months after the hearing in October. College Boys at a Circus. At Columbia a party of students attended a circus, and in trying to prevent a jam a negro struck one of the students with a club. "Lynch the nigger!" was the cry from the students, as they made a rush for him. The negro escaped by rolling under the tent and taking to his heels. The student was not much hurt. What St. Louis Shows. Typhoid fever statistics have been introduced by St. Louis in Chicago drainage canal hearing, showing that there has been an increase of deaths in St. Louis since the opening of canal, while there has been a decrease in cities above St. Louis, which take their water supply from the same source. Attacked Wife and Drowned. George E. Littleton, a stone contractor, at St. Joseph, leaped to death in the river, after attempting to murder his wife. He struck at her repeatedly with a knife, but his weakened condition, due to drinking, made it impossible for him to hold the weapon. Says It Is Not True. Capt. Douglas, of Alva, Okla., indigently, denies the statement made by Kansas City papers that his company of the Oklahoma national guard was shabily treated while in St. Louis. Upheld St. Louis. Prof. Whipple, biologist of the New York water department, in his testimony in the drainage canal hearing, upheld St. Louis' contention that fever germs came from Chicago. Show Business is Good. During April the post office receipts at St. Louis were $252,112, compared with 221,142; Kansas City, $99,173, compared with 83,697, and St. Joseph $16,029, compared with $14,827. Clothes Torn Off by Lightning While hauling hay, two miles south of Sturgeon, G. W. Peacher was struck by lightning. His clothes and shoes were torn into shreds, and he was badly injured. Injured at a Crossing. Dr. Jerome K. Bauduy, an aged and well-known St. Louis physician, was seriously injured beneath wagon wheels. The vehicle struck him at a crossing. Monticello at the Fair. At the annual meeting of the Virginia Society of St. Louis the success of the plan to reproduce Monticello at the World's fair was practically assured. Started Free of Debt. At dedication of Maple Avenue Methodist church, St. Louis, $45,000 was subscribed or pledged to allow the church to start free of debt. Church Destroyed by Lightning. Pleasant Hill Methodist church at Oronogo was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $2,000. The Bible was saved. Camp Jackson Day. Camp Jackson anniversary was observed at St. Louis by the G. A. R. posts of the city. Camp Jackson was captured May 10, 1861. STATE ITEMS First Time in Many Years. First Time in Many Years. For the first time in nearly twenty-five years the St. Clair county judges held court in the courthouse, and may be the last for some time. Federal Judge Philips has issued many writs of mandamus ordering the county judges to levy a tax to pay over $1,000,000 bonds for a railroad that was never built. They have held court in the brush to avoid deputy marshals, and whenever one of the judges was caught he was thrown into jail for the balance of his term for contempt of court. Now, for the first time in many years, there is an entirely new court, with no holdovers. None of them is as yet in contempt, so they are safe in holding open court. When they adjourn, as they will, without making the levy, they will be in contempt, and will have to take to the brush, as their predecessors have. A Double Execution. Henry Wilson and Sampson Gray, negroes, were hanged together in St. Louis. Gray killed another negroe, and Wilson was party to the murder of a white man. He never revealed the name of the man who fired the shot. Dan McGowan, another participant in the killing of the saloon-keeper, is serving a life sentence. Wilson, on the scaffold, made a speech, warning men to beware of wine, women and a gun. "Hurry up! Let's get through," said Gray to Wilson; and soon thereafter the trap was sprung and they dropped eight feet. The Oil Fever at Nevada. The oil excitement in the vicinity of Nevada was given a new impetus when the Missouri Oil & Asphalt Co.'s drill struck oil in the Bellamy field, at a depth of 150 feet. The oil is of a very fine quality, and is in paying quantity. The Bellamy field land has increased in value so much that land can not be purchased at anything like a reasonable price. People are offering fancy prices for leases, but the owners have become so interested in the drilling that they refuse to lease their land. Will Be Investigated. The facts surrounding the death of Howard, the three-year-old son of Mrs. Alice Nessenhemer, who died at Hannibal from the effects of carbolic acid poisoning, are to be thoroughly investigated by the coroner's jury. The mother claims the child drank the acid from a vial on the floor. Several years ago Mrs. Nessenhemer was convicted of killing her husband by means of morphine and sentenced to be hanged, the decision being reversed in the Missouri supreme court. Death of Charles P. Lucas Death of Charles D. Lucas. Charles D. Lucas, a prominent politician of Kansas City, died, the other night, of paralysis, aged 69. He was prominent in Pythian circles, having held the positions of supreme prelate of the supreme order of the world and grand chancellor of Pythians. He was the first vice-grand chancellor of Pythians elected in Missouri. For 20 years he was recorder of deeds of Jackson county. To Sell School for the Blind. Gov. Dockery has appointed John F. Shepard, James C. Jones, of St. Louis, and J. Kelley Pole, of Centralia, a commission to sell the site of the Missouri school for the blind in St. Louis and secure another site for the institution, as provided for in a bill which passed the legislature last winter. Two Old Citizens Buried. Two of the oldest and best-known citizens of St. Louis county were buried the other day, Jacob Studt, Sr., of Creve Coeur lake, and Nathan D. Allen, of Webster Groves. Both died on the same day, after short illnesses. Missing Child Found Dead Loretta Webb, five years old, was found dead in an excavation at the rear of her home, 821 Hickory street, St. Louis. She had fallen into the hole early in the morning, and a search had been going on for her all day. Their Marriage Evidently a Failure, Benj. T. Delafield and wife, of Webster Groves, are about to air their matrimonial miseries in court. He charges cruelty and she says for years he would not allow her at the same table with him. Jumped Into a Well. While visiting at the house of his father, James Wyckoff, in Appleton City, Fenton Wyckoff became suddenly insane, and committed suicide by jumping into a well. Had Trouble at Home. Dr. George H. Miller, coroner of St. Charles county, has resigned his office and left the county. Matrimonial troubles are said to have prompted his action. Girl Commits Suicide. Mary O'Shea, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Shea, 2746 Manchester avenue, St. Louis, committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. Dangerous Place to Sleep. Alois Joenen, a shoecutter, was killed while asleep on the street car track in St. Louis. Wrecking car called to get body from under car. Eighteen, and Sued for Divorce. Margaret Allison, of St. Louis, has sued her 18-year-old husband for divorce. They were married last September, but never lived together. For Killing Iier Husband. Jennie Thornton, colored, was sentenced to imprisonment for life, at St Louis, for killing her husband. She lay in wait and shot him. THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY. President Roosevelt Dedicates the Monument in San Francisco to Celebrate Dewey's Victory. San Francisco, May 15.—Under a balmy sky and on the greensward of Union square, Thursday morning, President Roosevelt participated in the dedication of the magnificent monument erected in commemoration of the victory of the American navy at Manila. The monument consists of a high shaft of white California granite, surmounted by a bronze figure of Victory holding in one outstretched hand a wreath and in the other a trident. The president was escorted from the hotel to the square by all of the marines of the warships in the harbor. On the stand from which he addressed the assembled multitude were the officers of the warships in San Frisco bay and vicinity, and the officers of the cruiser Grafton, the flagship of the British Pacific squadron. In a few words, Chairman James G. Phelan presented the monument to the city of San Francisco, and it was as briefly accepted by Mayor Schmitz on behalf of the municipality. President Roosevelt said San Francisco should glory in commemorating the navy's victory at Manila, as it had opened the Pacific ocean to American commerce, and more than any other event had contributed to give the United States a high place among the naval powers. He dwelt on the necessity of preparing ships, armament and men for the navy. Naval battles are fought in advance, and the Americans won at Manila because they had made ready for the strike. The necessity of improving the navy was first made apparent in 1882, and all of the warships we now have were built since that time. Since the last war, the naval strength of the United States has been rapidly increasing, and under the wise provisions of the last congress has particularly advanced. He urged practical work at sea, particularly in marksmanship, saying: "Remember that the shots that count in war are the ones that hit." IN CAP AND GOWN. The President Made a Doctor of Laws by University of California. Berkeley, Cal., May 15.—The citizens of Berkeley united with the members of the faculty and students of the University of California, Thursday morning, in tendering a tremendous ovation to President Roosevelt and party. Long before the hour set for the arrival of the special train the school children of the city, gaily festooned with flowers, assembled on either side of the street leading to the university entrance. The thoroughfare had been brilliantly decorated for the occasion, and when the presidential party passed up the street the avenue was completely carpeted with blossoms. The presidential train arrived at the Berkeley station at 10:30 o'clock. Carriages and a committee of representative citizens were in waiting, and the drive to the new amphitheater at the university, where the commencement exercises were held, was immediately begun. As President Roosevelt stepped from his carriage and made his way to the ampitheater, he was surrounded by 16 cavalrymen. He wore a hood and gown, in conformity with the degree of doctor of philosophy. The programme had been timed so that the presidential party arrived just before the conferring of degrees by Gov. Pardee to members of the graduating class. When cheers that greeted the appearance of President Roosevelt had subsided the rulers of the student body greeted the head of the nation with the Harvard yell. He gave approval to nods and smiles. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler then conferred degrees upon the 400 collegians who sat upon the stage with cap and gown. After this the president was introduced by President Wheeler, who simply said: "Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States." Then as the chief executive, attired in a black academic robe, trimmed with purple, stepped into the sunlight. President Wheeler said: "Theodore Roosevelt, by authority of the regents of the University of California, I confer upon you the degree of doctor of laws. This is the highest honor the state knows how to confer on you. Its best it gives gladly." President Roosevelt then addressed the assemblage, eulogizing the state, its people and the university, speaking in affectionate terms of his old-time friend, President Wheeler. The Bulletin says President Roosevelt has reached the conclusion that the quarters and barracks at the Presidio are disgraceful, considering the size and importance of the reservation. He is, therefore, going to make it his immediate business to write to Secretary Root and ask that a large sum of money be diverted immediately to the renovation of the Presidio. Missionary Society Election Pittsburg, Pa., May 15.—The most important work accomplished at the third day's session of the Women's General Missionary society of the United Presbyterian church was the election of officers. The officers elected are: President, Miss Eliza M. Kendrick, of Bellevue, Pa.; first vicepresident, Mrs. Chas, Crowe, of Pittsburg; secretary, Mrs. Mary W. Porter, of Latrobe, Pa.; treasurer, Miss E. J. Sloan, of Pittsburg. Members of the womens board: Mrs. Annie R. Herron, Mrs. R. S. Smith, Mrs. Mary C. Porr, Miss Elizabeth Coughey Jim Drew a Full Hand "It was this a-way, jedge: Ye see, I doled de cards, and Jim Brown he had a pah of aces and a pah of kings." "What did you have?" "What did he draw?" "He drew a razzer, jedge."—Phila- delphia Inquirer. Easy to Decide. "Now, if you have what I think you have," said the young doctor, "this medicine will do you a lot of good, but if I am mistaken it will do you a lot of harm." "But can't you tell for sure, doctor?" "Of course I can tell for sure. Just you take it and in another 24 hours we'll know all about it. Why, it's the easiest thing in the world to settle the matter."—Chicago Post. A Palpable Slander Mrs. Cobwigger (at the opera)—There's that Mrs. Lowoutte in the box to the right. I think her gown is perfectly indecent. Mrs. Malaprop—So it is, my dear; but what lies are told about her. Her husband once said that every cent he could scrape together she put on her back—N. Y. Herald. Quite a Difference. "I don't know why it should surprise you to find that I love you," said the elderly gallant. "But, really, Mr. Oldbean," replied the fair girl, "I always thought you were an old woman-hater." "Quite so, but I'm not a young woman-hater."—Philadelphia press. The Observer Youth. The pompous new resident had been, having a set-to with the smart boy of the neighborhood. This was the youngster's parting shot: "Aw, you don't need t' think you're no whole legislator jist beecos everybody's alays presentin' bills to you!" -Baltimore American. Luck Enough. Tess—Actually married, is she? When was she married? Jess—On the 13th. Tess—The 13th? Isn't that unlucky? Jess—How could it be unlucky? She's really married. — Philadelphia Press. The Wise Barber. The Young Barber—But a fellow can't talk politics without fear of offendin' some one he don't know. The Wise Barber—Don't ever mention names, you know, but growl about "political humbug." Each man "ll think you're abusing the other fellow's party." Tit-Bits. A Theory. "Who originated the remark; 'It is always the unexpected that happens.'" "I don't know," said the melancholy government attache; "but I suspect he worked in the weather bureau."—Washington Star. Economy. Father—I don't believe that young Smithers earns enough to pay for his neckties. Daughter—Perhaps not; but after we are married I'll buy them for him and then we'll save money.—Chicago American. Important Part. "I trust," said the ward boss, "that we will be able to roll up a handsome majority for you." "I don't care whether it's handsome or not," replied the candidate, "just so it's a majority."—Chicago Daily News. Willing Helper. Miss Youngerly had an old beau Who made her weary, and seau She told him at length If she needed length She'd help him to get up and geau. —Chicago Daily News. He—What would you say, my dear, if I should win a big stake to-day? She—Why, I'd say to have it cooked rare, to be sure—Chicago Chronicle. But It's Cheeky. "Could you admire a girl if she made remarks about her own beauty?" "M'm—well, if she really is beautiful you can't blame her for having the face to say so."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Learned. Biggs—Your friend Dobbs seems to be a very well-educated man. Boggs—I should say he is. He knows so much that he doesn't believe anything.—Judge. Experience Told Him. Teacher—What is velocity. Johnny? Johnny—Velocity is what a chap lets go of a wasp with.—Cincinnati Enquirer. She—Oh, she needed to husband her wealth.—Columbia Jester. a qHE PALLADIUM. pases 4. WHEELER, éitor aud atawer PM MM sil THE LOST. own In the crowded, busy street WNiiqle. child was: lost; sie ran with weary little feet jeran Serving hundreds crossed; * piu Thote wno stopped Re turned aside, vem ied with sudden feat, sp wiaiy, piitully erted wits who did not hear, is anxious father came at last is sqsped the weeping Boy, giSinany a, one who hurried past ad vied a tear Of SOY. mova kissed the little face te fate the stadas tt bore, an ictfal trust was tn the place na Uisvear had Deen before, tam tut a child that's lost; 2 ietafal doubts oppressed ue oe quits that must be crossed, ‘oink or is in my breast. onus my faith return to me, . ill fe eomne back some day qoiniere Tlinger doubtingly, a nitea me on the way? “sod 1504 7° "Chicago Record-Ferald. ‘Tre KIDNAPPED MILLIONAIRES sian by FREDERICK U. ADAMS CHAPTER I—Conrixvep. ‘certainly he proposed a remedy,” sid Hestor, rallying to the support tf the editorial staff. “He demands tiv enforcement of the anti-trust law which, if put into operation, will re- ult in the disintegration of criminal , “You talk like a political platform, Walter.” replied Hammond. “You be- jive nothing of the kind. You are ertectly well aware that no effective [ntitrust law will be affirmed by the courts. Every time a test is made, the various courts pronounce such law unconstitutional. Twenty states lave passed anti-trust enactments, aud all have met the same fate. I do not believe it is possible by law to prevent ony two men, 20 men or 100 men from consolidating their inter- ests and thereby saving and increas- ing their profits, The trust is the inevitable result of revolutionary forces. It possesses certain adyan- tages. These must be conserved. On the other hand, the trust of to-day possesses certain features which menace our very existence as a peo- ple. A remedy must be found; but it must be a natural remedy. You know my views on this subject, and I | jo not propose to abuse your hospi- tulity by inflicting anew on you the elails of my pet theory, which may «may not be worthy of considera- tn.” {we could but devise some plan ‘toving about a national or interna- tial eSngress of such men,” said Evor, taking out his pencil and jot- toy down a list he had in mind. “I in imagine the headlines, ‘College of Tnancial Giants,’ ‘Millionaires as Re- finmers,’ ‘Syndicates to the Rescue,’ Trists Tremble,’ ‘Wealth Willing to Compromise.’ It would be great! If we could get some foreign financiers with titles to stand sponsor for the idea, our home product would be more likely to follow their lead. It 1s worth thinking abou®, Iam going to ile Van Horne and suggest it to tim.” °No, Ido not think it possible to bring such a body of men into a con- ference,” continued Hammond, as Testor remained silent, with a far- away expression, in his eyes. “In the first place they would not meet; in the second place, they would not talk. they are not willing even to defend their methods, to say nothing of tak- ing the initiative towards reforming them, We must possess our souls in patience; do the best we can, and let the sequence of events work out its lestiny, It is our good fortune that we can better afford to wait than most of those who think they have reason to complain, A millionaire lawyer with a good practice, and the nillionaire correspondent and special envoy of a newspaper, should be able ‘to withstand the onslaughts of trust magnates for a considerable period.” “Lam going to form a trust,” said Uestor suddenly, “Yes” “You need not laugh. Iam. Iam Seine to form a newspaper trust.” Ml right, Walter,” rejoined Ham- mond, who was familiar with Hes- tor's moods. “It is too late for you a begin to-night, Let me know when you are ready to draw up the pers and L will render you my best piles: as your attorney. ‘Thus far {have been more snecessful in or- Stnizing trusts than fighting them.” 1} ¥ll need your services in a short list said Hestor, with some exeite- Sent, which Hammond attributed to ‘he wine. “Iam not jesting. Of re this is confidential.” eae nly. Lam going to Chicago 2 ana? and will be back im about ee see you when you get ~ a all wish to talk with you.” Hamel do so. Olive, by dear,” said intends addressing his sister, “tt way he your aged brother was on his of tne shall ask the permission host ¢, Jllies; and of our exellent ney ale atart a8 T have a long jour. Brrr scat ne Wo o'clock." ow Peng epee ag L2° 8d Walter are as ungallant {ou can be,” pouted Mi: Re WAL, Weston oat, a eee © the sigual for the party to disperse. “Just because you have taiked all you wish, we must all run along home like good little girls, Tam going to give a supper party soon, and it will last until everybody has talked as much as they care to.” And with this awful threat Miss Le Roy was captured by Mr. Hestor and led away to her carriage. nor did her smiling face ehow that her resent- |ment was deep or lasting. CHAPTER I. MR. HECTOR PLANS A NEWSPAPER ‘TRUST. Re ee hae ta ae i Siok eee ee a ee ee importance. ‘This off his mind, Hes- tor made the rounds of the office. He chatted awhile with Mr. Chalmers and then drifted into the art depart- ment. He was in effervescent spirits, and seemed highly satisfied with all the world. Finally he returned to his room and proceeded to work off the exuberance of his animal spirits by performing a clog step to a live- ly tune, the words of which he sang with more regard for speed and ex- act time than for expression: “There was an old geezer, and he had s ‘wooden leg: No tobacco could he borrow, no tobacec could he bes: Another old geezer was as cunning as a fox, And he always had tobacco in his old to: bacco box." (Spirited breakdown and repeat—) “Yes, ho always had tobacco in his old ‘tobacco box.’” As the versatile Mr. Hestor paused to contemplate with much _ satis- faction, the success which had been attained in this terpsichorean di- version Mr. Chalmers, the managing editor, entered the room. “By the way, Chalmers,” said Hes- tor, as he paced up and down the room, “why wouldn't it be a good scheme to let the women of New York assume entire charge of the Record for a week. Get some well-known society woman to act as editor-in- chief, and advertise for women writers of all kinds. Of course you will have to look after the mechani- cal and routine part ot the paper, but let them collect and write all the stuff, Select young women to report the horse races, prize fights, the po- lice news, the courts and to handle all departments of the paper. ‘They could run just as much or as little foreign and out-of-town stuff as they pleased, They would write all of the editorials and draw all of the pictures. Great scheme—don't you think so?” Mr. Chalmers said it would prob- ably drive him into an insane asylum, but that it was nothing short of an inspiration. He agreed to outline a plan and to confer with some pro- gressive women he had in mind. While they were discussing this project, word was received from Mr. Palmer J, Morton that though very busy he would be pleased to see Mr. Hestor about four o'clock that after- noon. The financier was not unac- quainted with the erratic correspond- ent of The Record, and while not in sympathy with the aims or methods of that paper was not inclined to in- cur hostility by refusing the request made by Hestor. At four o'clock the Hestor automo- bile wheeled in front of a Broadway office building, and a few minutes later the famous correspondent. was ushered into the magnate’s private office. This apartment was severely plain, Mr. Morton was a large, broad- shouldered man, with # close-cropped beard which must have once been black or dark brown. Shaggy grey eyebrows stood guard over eyes of steel blue-grey; eyes which looked you full in the face as if to bid you tell your innermost thoughts; and to tell them quickly. Enormous hands were knotted with muscles of which the foreman of a railroad section gang might be proud. A dark suit of blue; a scarf of the same color, without any pin; and a modest watch chain, were features of ap- parel which distinguished Mr. Mor- ton from the well dressed attend- ants who ushered Hestor into this office. “I am glad to see you again, Mr. Hestor. Take a chair. You _ will find that one more comfortable. 1 trust you do not intend to interview me. You know my rule.” Mr. Mor- ton looked sternly at Hestor, who smiled and replied that he had long ago abandoned that enterprise as a vain pursuit. “J have called on a matter of bus- iness,” said Mr. Hestor, briskly, as he removed his gloves, and leaned slightly forward in his chair. “You are a busy man and I will attempt to state my proposition as concisely as possible. According to popular report and to general knowledge you have been ‘cept the moving spirit in those great financial undertakings which have resulted in the reorgani- zation of various industries. Your standing is such that your name is sufficient to guarantee the success of any undertaking of this character. Did it ever occur to you that there is one great industry which never yet has tested -ne benefits which come from a community of owner- ship? In other words, have you con- sidered the possibilities of a news- paper trust?” Mr. Hestor paused. ‘The stern ol millionaire did not answer for a mo ment, and seemed to be waiting for the editor to continue. Hestor was content to wait. “[ have thought of it, but I did 101 deca chek tia eae aeeention swell enough about newspapers, and es- pecially metropolitan papers, to un- derstand the exigencies of politics,” he said. “You will concede that our criticism of trusts has not seriously interfered with your plans. In ai “I do not concede that,” interrupted Mr. Morton. “That, however, has aes to do with your proposition. State your plan, { am willing to lis- ten to it.” “There is mo industry im the coum- try offering so great am opportunity for trust management aa that of the newspaper press,” said Mr. Hestor, with earnestness. “It is true that we have the Associated Press service, which is a co-operative affair, but this, while an invulnerable adjunct, is really a small item in the total ex- pense of a great paper. It simply does on a small scale what can and should be done on a large scale.” “You would have a syndicate of pa- pers—one paper in each of the large cities,” suggested Mr. Morton, “T would have a syndicate which would own two papers in all cities having populations in excess of 100,- 000,” replied Mr. Hestor. “Yes, I see. One republican and one democratic paper in each city. Ah-um-m. That would be quite a | SS £f2)) \\= ARS AG \ Shay JA AY eS A “1 HAVE THOUGi OF 1m" SAID plan,” said Mr. Morton, drawing his hand slowly over his stubbled chin. “Both under one general manage: ment, I suppose?” “Certainly.” “Have you made any general estl- mates of the expense of such a plan, ‘or prepared any synopsis of the way in which it could be executed?” asked ‘Mr. Morton, with the first manifesta- tion of real interest. “I did not care to go to the trouble and expense of doing so until I had a conference with you,” replied Hes. tor, who guarded himself against over-enthusiasm when he saw that he had made some progress. “It will require considerable capital, much work, and good judgment in the exe- cntion of the plans; and more than all, the most rigid seereey must be maintained. You are the only man to whom this subject has been broached, and I need not ask you to regard this matter as strictly conf- dential in case you should decide to do nothing in the way cf its advance- ment.” Mr. Morton nodded his head and growled a consent to this injunction, which he evidently regarded as. un- necessary. “[ would start this syndicate in a chain of 30 cities, with two papers in each,” continued Mr. Hestor, who rapidly noted a list. “Here are the cities I have in mind: New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal- timore, Washington, Rochester, But- falo, Atlanta, New Orleans, Louis- ville, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Chicago, Mil- waukee, St. Paul or Minneapolis, St. Louis, Omaha, Galveston, Kansas City, Denver, Helena, Seattle, Taco- ma, Portlend, San Francisco and Los Angeles.” Mr. Hestor then entered into a de- tailed and comprehensive explanation ‘of the proposed newspaper trust. He submitted figures showing that 60 pa- pers could be purchased for less than $115,000,000, and proved that these pa- pers were then earning $7,500,000 a year, or more than five per cent. on the required investment. Hestor pro- posed retrenchment in three impor- tant departments, viz: the Sunday papers, the editorial staffs, and the abolition of the advertising agency. Instead of preparing 60 Sunday pa- pers, the syndicate would print four each of surpassing excellence. These four papers would give all syndicate papers in contiguous territory a dis. tinct Sunday paper. Each of these four Sunday papers would have a marked specialty, and each would strongly appeal to a certain class of readers. One would make a special- ty of amusements; another of litera: ture; the third of fiction, and the fourth of science and art—but each would be a complete magazine. Hes: tor showed that four such Sunday magazines could afford to employ the highest literary and artistic genius of the world, and proved that no competition with them would be pos- sible. The saving would amount to not less than $4,000,000 a year, in the single item of Sunday papers. The editorial department would be conducted on a similar plan. Instead of 400 editogial writers—as at pres- ent—he would have a staff of 20; ac- Knowledged authorities in their re- spective specialties. ‘The editor-in- chief would keep in touch with the owners of the. syndicate, who would thus be able to dictate the thought of the country in the leading repub- lican and democratic papers. “The reduced expenses of the edi- torial departinent will be about $700, 000,” said Mr. Hestor. “You can place your own estimate on the financial benefits your syndicate will receive from being able to inspire and regu: late the thought of a nation.” Bestor then exolained how willions could be saved by dealing direst with advertisers without the intervention of the advertising agency, which he characterized as the “most stupid survival of the middle-man system.” He explained that the agency levied tribute on advertiser and newspaper, and that an enormous percentage was absorbed by a worthless parasite. Hestor said that a staff of ten men could do the work now performed by several thousand. “The expense of securing advertin- ing will be practically nothing,” con- cluded Hestor; “the average rates will be doubled, and we will receive all of the enormous fund which now goes to the agencies. This will be of benefit to all concerned, except to the useless and decadent advertising mid- dle-man. I would not dare place any estimate on the added revenues from this much-needed reform. It certain- ly will far exceed any other item of saving.” “You make out a strong case,” said Mr. Morton, after an interval, in which both gentlemen said nothing. “This is too important a matter to decide off-hand. I should not care to go into it without consulting with some of my associates. What finan- cial interests have you in mind in this connection?” “I propose to leave that matter en- tirely in your hands,” replied Mr. Hestor promptly. “I do not know that I am on unfriendly terms with any of the men who are reported to be your associates in similar organ- izations. I stand ready to invest $10,000,000, provided a company is fi nanced for a total of $125,000,900 or $150,000,000. I have talked this mat- ter over with Mr. Van Horne, and you can count on his co-operation.” “You have the proper confidence in your plans,” said Mr. Morton. “I will discuss this project with some of my associates. If I find they deem it worthy of more careful examination, it might be well to arrange a confer- ence and settle on some definite mode of procedure. Mind you, I am not holding out any promises. If these gentlemen evince a decided interest in the matter I will communicate with you, The secrecy of the plan will not leak out through the men I have in mind.” “When can I reasonably expect to hear from you?” “Four of the gentlemen I have in mind meet here to-morrow afternoon at a director's meeting,” said Mr. Morton, consulting a memorandum. “Later they dine with me at an up- town club. I will see what they think about it and send you word when I can see you. In the mean time it will be @ good idea to reduce your plans to writing. If possible, make an es timate of the amount annually ex pended by your 60 papers for com missions paid to advertising agen cies. Make your report as comprehen sive as possible. I can give this ne more time to-day, T have an engage ment at five o'clock.” Mr. Morton arose, closed his desk and shook hands with Mr, Hestor ‘That gentleman joined the crowd 01 clerks who had finished their day’t work, descended the marble stairs and stepped into his automobile. RUINED HIS REPUTATION. How an African Fetish Man Ousted an English Doctor Who Had Supplanted Him, A hunter and explorer who has s0 journed for years among the Africar natives tells the following amusing story, says Cassell’s Journal. “One day an English doe* sr, a young fellow of roving disposition like my- self, appeared in the native village, where he stayed as my guest for some months. His medical skill soon gained him a great reputation as a medicine man, and the native fetish man soon found his occupation gone and his own healing powers utterly diseredit- ed, for his patients all flocked to the white doctor “one day the fetish man was found ina trance, but everybody, myself and the white doctor included, believed him dead. The natives proceeded to bury him. when he suddenly came to himself and naturally vigorously re- sisted burial, But his frantic asser- tion that he was not dead was em- phatically negatived by his would- be undertakers. “you dead, sure ‘nuff!’ they insist- ed. ‘White doctor say so. White doc- tor know best. You know nothing.’ “And they would actually have bur- ied the unfortunate wretch alive had not the white doctor got wind of the proceedings and come running up. Of course he at once indorsed the fetish man’s frantic statement that the lat- ter was alive, but by doing so he ruined his own reputation in the na- tives’ eyes, for they thereafter looked upon him as a blunderer and an ig- orant imposter, while the fetish man was raised to high honor as a mighty magician who could die and come alive again whenever he pleased.” A Schoolboy’s Logic. Indifferent correspondents will sympathize with the lad, who, after he had been at a boarding-school for a week without writing to his par- ents, penned the followng letter: “Dear people—I am afraid I shall not be able to write often to you, because you see when anything is happening T haven't time to write, and when nothing is happening there's nothing to write about. So now, gooy-by, from your Georgie.”—Liverpool Post. “Proof Positive. Little Mabel—Ethel must think you're lots better than any of her other beaux. Mr. Spoonaway (gratified and blush- ing)—Why, dear? Little Mabel—Because she let me stay in the room when you call, and ‘she don’t when the others eall~Strar ida THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson im the International Series for May 17, 1903—Paul Be~ fore #elix. ‘THE LESSON TEXT. Taare ie pee meena ia een gar 12. And they neither found me in the temple @isputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the syna- fogues. nor in the city: 48. Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. 14. But this I confess unto thee, thatafter the way which they call heresy, 90 worship I the God of my fathers, belleving all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: 15, And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shail be & resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. 18. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience vold of offense | toward God, and toward men, j ogh And after certain days, when Fella came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. 2%, And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time: when I have a conventent sea- son, I will call for thee. 24, He hoped also that money should have been gtven him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the often- er, and communed with “him. GOLDEN TEXT—I will fear no evil: for thou art with me—Ps. 23:4, OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION, Paul's accusation..s.e-csveeeees-ACts U:1-9, Paul'sdefense....1.-c cesses Acts 10-21 Pauls imprisoninent.....cccrs Acts 28 5 Felix's Indecision.......sccrss.s/Aete 26-20 PIMA, D. 8, PLACE.—Cacsarea. NOTES AND COMMENTS. It will be seen that Paull makes a perfect defense, so far as the charges against him are concerned. But it should also be noted that he does more than acquit himself of them; he so makes known the character of “the sect” to which he is accused of belong: ing (but which he calls “the Way”), that he justifies its existence and its right to his fealty. Paul did not think of himself alone. When our last lesson closed, Pau! had been brought under guard to Caesarea, the Roman capital of Pales- tine, and had been imprisoned in what was originally Herod’s palace. It was now the governor's official residence, and was fortified. ‘The “orator” the Jews took with them was their advocate or lawyer and conducted the case. He began ih true orfental style by flattering the judge. The Jews, through their law- yer, made three charges. Bear in mind that while Felix had not been a good ruler, he had been active in ridding the country of “robbers and _impos- tors who deluded the multitude.” He had executed many of them. The first charge was that Paul was one of these very trouble-makers whom Felix was trying to get rid of; the second charge was that he was a ringleader of the heretical “‘sect of the Nazarenes” (Christians), and the third. that he was guilty of sacrilege, having attempted to profane the temple by taking Gen- tiles into the forbidden inclosare. In his defense Paul took up in order the three charges that had been made against him. He began courteously but with no flattery. “Forasmuch as Iknow . . . I cheerfully make my defense:” He was especially glad te have a judge who had known the Jews for a number of years, for the better the judge knew them and their re- ligious fanaticism the surer would he be to understand the situation. “Not more than twelve days:” Paul's stay had been short and his record could be easily looked up. “Neither can they prove:” Paul flatly denies the first charge—the only one that would seem serious to a Roman—and challenges proof of his guilt. The second he frankly admits. “The Way:” One of the earliest names applied by the dis- ciples to Christianity. Paul claims, however, that he does not belong toa heretical sect, because (1) he wor- shiped the true God, (2) he reverenced the Hebrew Scriptures, (3) he believed with the Pharisees in the resurrection of the.dead. “Herein:” In this faith. “J also exercise myself:” I school my- self to do right, strive to have a clear conscience, which, even to Paul, was not always easy. Verses 17-21 give Paul's answer to the third charge. Felix saw that no case had been made out against Paul, and yet he did not want to anger the Jews, s0 he sim- ply adjourned the case till another time. : Felix was interested in Paul. He was also interested in the Nazarenes, and so summoned his prisoner to a private interview. Paul did not preach to the Roman a gospel of forms and cere- monies like Judaism, but one of right eousness and self-control—a gospel in which wrongdoing should be followed by what wrongdoing deserved. It was ail terrible truth to the guilty Felix, but he was not man enough to change his life, and #0 he closed his eyes to the truth and tried to forget it. Paul was sent back to his prison, but Fellx did not forget it, and kept sending for Paul and talking with him. Of course he expected Paut to offer a bribe for his freedom, but that does not account for his action, which was that of a man seeing the truth, and fascinated by it ‘and yet too weak to accept it and live by it. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. Like Felix, one may havea pretty ex- ‘fact knowledge concerning the Way. Like Felix, one may have a pretty ex- act knowledge concerning the Way. and yet not walk in it. Like Felix, one may hear faithful preaching, and yet try to throw off the convictions it produces. Like Felix, one may be moved with ‘fear of the judgment, and yet post- pone preparation for it. Like Felix, one may put off repenting to a more “convenient season,” and thereby mever repent. It is easy for a man to be a model nusband when he has no wife, ATYPICAL RANCHMAN said a well-known illustrator who was re cently in Washington, “It was on a visit that I made to Wyo- ming and Idaho for a collection of ranch types wherewith to illustrate a western story that I had in hand. I took my cam- era along to save myself the trouble of rapid sketching—that being a practice I often follow, working up the photographie ‘material upon my return to my studio in she east. “I was particularly anxious to get hold of 8 first-class) ranch foreman type—not am idealized young chap, but a grizzled man with lege bowed by ‘the saddle, shoulders Perhaps little stooped forward, hide browned to such a hue by exposure that no bleaching could take it out. Not all ranch ioremen answered to the type that Thad in mind, although most of them had exhibited those general exteridr character- istice to my view on visits that I made to the ranch country years before. “After three months’ search for a man of thie sort I caught sight of him one after- noon as I was stepping from a train at a little station in Idaho, from which I was to travel a distance of 30 miles to a ranch belonging to an old friend. My man was sitting in a buckboard, with the tied reine of a pony carelessly thrust around his neck, while he rolled himself a brown paper cigarette. He was my ranch foreman to the life, even if he wasn’t a foreman, and it didn’t take me long to unstrap my ko- dak from its case. As I did so, 1 was de- lighted to see him step down from the buck board, and to observe that even his lege fitted my ideal of the sort of ranch fore- man I had in mind—his legs were mag- nificently bowed from long years in the saddle, as well, perhaps, as by the aid of a little original’ nature. “I approached within ten feet of him, getting the focus as I did so—he was stand ing in a bit of shade, by a shack, where the light just suited my purpose—and when he heard’me and turned to face me I was making the final movements toward get- ting him in the center of the ground glass and snapping him. “He watched me curiously for half a min- tute from under his huge wind-tanned eye- brows, and then the gun in his belt came ‘out quicker than a flash. “‘Drop it, Ombrey, and up with your hands, quick!” he amazed me by saying, in a very quiet but meaningful tone, never taking his eye from the camera, and. I stooped enough to break the fail of the camera and dropped it and obeyed that other order about raising my hands with more alacrity than I’ve shown in obeying anything else since I left school. “Now, Ombrey,’ said my perfect type of a grizrled ranchman, ‘what fur kind of @ foursquare shootin’iron is that that you're tryin’ t? stack up th’ bulge on me with, hey?” and he kept regarding the dropped camera steadily with his gray ayes. “Then, of course, I had to laugh, and suppose ‘my laughter was so innocuous or natural or something that he couldn’t but laugh along with me. But I didn’t display the unwisdom of lowering my hands until Thad explained to him what the camera wes, and how innocent my purpose had been in trying to ‘get the bulge’ on him with it, Then he tucked his gun back into hia belt and picked up the camera, while T explained its workings to him. He had never before seen a camera of the band variety, it appears, although he had heard of them, and so he had regarded my move- ments as menacing from a perfectly nat una point of view, even though Twas plainly a tenderfoot. “‘T’d like to have you permit me to take a view or 80 of you as you stand,’ I said to him after our mutual explanations, ‘and in return for the favor I'll send you half 1 dozen copies of each when I have some printings made from the negatives.” “He scratched his chin over that and a | studious expression came into his face. “Well, I'll tell you what, Ombrey,’ he said, aiter a moment's pause, ‘I hain’t got much more than a minnit’s time right now —got 1” hike up t’ th’ old C—eirele—S with th” mail, but ef you wants t” wait till I git back—an’ I won’t be gone more than a hour or less—w'y, I'll let you fire away all you ines up to, an’ welcome.” “Willing to oblige him, feeling that he might sour on me and pass my camera performance up altogether if I didn’t, and knowing that I had a couple of hours to wait before the conveyance was due to ar- rive to carry me out to my friend’s ranch, I replied, certainly, aml that he'd find me at the Golden Age feed joint up the way, when he got back. He nodded at that, jumped into the buckboard and drove rap- idly away. “I was still lingering over the chuch and bacon and coffee of the Golden Age, about three-quarters of an hour later, when there was a whirl of dust out in front which caused me to look out. Aman was get- ting out of a buckboard that looked familiar. But the man didn't look familiar by the Tongest 20 leagues that were ever surveyed. “He was, as I saw when I got a look at his grinning face, my ideal type of the ranch foreman. But, in place of his cor Guroys of the plains’ make, the withered rusty boots, the red shirt with the polka dot blue knotted handkerchief, the gun belt and the characteristic slouch’ hat, he had got jute as bunchy, buley and generally jopeless a suit of Omaha store clothes as ever I saw on a man’s back. He wore & paper collar about four sizes too large for him, with a large bone collar button, un- sereened by any cravat whatever. His shirt was a conventional biled one, worse off than it had been from the road dust, and he had on a pair of cheap-looking laced shoes in which he limped painfully. He had shaved himself apparently with great cere, and his hair was slicked up under an ordinary-iouking Kossuth hat. He was grinning broadly as he stepped into the feed shack and addressed me. ee aD Be =m THE PALLADIUM. Entered at the postoffice at St. Louis Mo., as second-class matter. Published Weekly by J. W. WHEELER, Manager and Proprietor. JOHN W. WHEELER, JR., General Collector and Solicitor. MISS BEATRICE ROSS, Secretary. 2617 Lawton Avenue. MISS KATE JOHNSON.....Editor. WILLIAM D. McKOIN.....City Reporter. MISS ANNA PARRAM.....Society Reporter. JAMES HUSTON.....Religious Reporter. J. M. CRAWFORD.....Sporting Reporter. JAMES HAYES.....Chief Reporter. Business matters pertaining to the paper should be addressed to The Palladium Office. Communications for publication must reach us not later than Wed- nesday. 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The neighbor's proxy, said Mr. Degbert, is a dog, a large bulldog. Debert. Mr. Debert explained how throughout the summer the animal had been in the nubit of visiting the Debert place and playing with the children. At last he noticed that after each of these canine visits some small article, a coat, a shoe or a small farming implement was missing. Mr. Debert's chattels took to disappearing in such a mysterious and inexplicable manner that the agency of a two-legged thief was precluded. Either a ghost or some animal, concluded Mr. Debert, was depleting his household goods. As the unknown thief sometimes displayed poor judgment in making a selection of foot, Mr. Debert decided that the thief was no ghost. He believed that the shade of some departed bandit would never take one shoe and leave the other. The hypothesis, to be accepted, would call for the conclusion that the thief the possessor of but one leg. But it remained for the children to discover the real culprit. One day the dog was seen dragging a rake down the road. Then a watch was set on his movementts, and sure enough, says Degbert, the dog was the villain. The complainant was told that the dog's owner could not be punished for the canine's thefts unless it was clearly proved that he had taught the dog to steal. Of course any damage the dog had been guilty of the master would have to settle. But it was not a matter of criminal prosecution.—Rochester Post-Express. FATTEST KING IN EUROPE Dem Carlos of Portugal Enjoys That Distinction. Dom Carlos, king of Portugal, who succeeded the emperor of Germany as King Edward's guest, is the fattest monarch in Europe. He is stouter than the king, and the latter sovereign weighs more than the king of Belgians, who is six inches taller. Dom Carlos has thirteen baptismal names, but they haven't kept him slender. He has a gargantuan appetite and his skill as a trenchman is as great as his skill as a marksman. Dom Carlos, like nearly all other royalists of Europe, is connected by ties of blood with the sovereign of England. He is third cousin of the prince of Wales. He is also connected with nearly all the other royal families of Europe. The present king of Italy is his first cousin and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is his second cousin. He can hang up his hat in all the courts of Europe and feel at home. As kings go, Carlos is a good constitutional monarch. Portugal, under his reign, is slowly emerging from the obscurity of me dielalism — St. Louis Star. Bad Bunions on Her Kismet. Street Cleaning Commissioner Paul Iglehart came back to the city hall this week from a gunning trip in Anno Arundel county and brought with him a supply of new stories told in the historic old South River Club. The one that particularly took Mr. Iglehart's fancy was of the Irish servant girl who one day asked his mistress what was the meaning of the word "kismet." After thinking a little while, the mistress said: "Why, Bridget, it is another name for Fate." A day or so afterward the mistress discovered Bridget hobbling down the stairs, evidently in great pain and walking very lame. "Why, what on earth is the matter with you?" she asked. "Oh, sure, ma'am." was the reply "I've got bunions on my kismet"—Baltimore Sun. NO PERFECT COUNTERFEIT. A Singular Fact Observed by the Secret Service Men. "It is apparently an absolute impossibility for a man to make a perfect counterfeit coin or note," said William P. Hazen, former chief of the United States secret service, in a conversation a few days ago. "It is certain," he continued, "that a perfect counterfeit has never been made and, strange as it may appear, with all the will and endeavor in the world the counterfeiters seem to be wholly unable to complete a perfect job, although they may get many details of the bill or coin to absolute perfection. "Some strange power appears to get possession of these criminals at a crucial moment in their fraudulent work and to render their art vain. The real reason for this I have never been able to fathom. "It may be psychic. You may smile—some people will—but the criminals themselves, so far as I have ever talked with them on the subject after we have captured them, have indicated to me that they believe that it is a conscience which balks them." During his term at the head of the secret service Mr. Hazen had a large experience with counterfeiters, the record of captures for those years being a longer one than later times have shown. Having noted that all counterfeits were defective in some particular he made inquiries as to the reason of this. It is not, by the way, always by reason of a defect that a counterfeit is detected. Sometimes suspicion is raised merely by an indefinable feeling on the part of a treasury or bank employee that a bill or coin does not look or feel just right, and then examination discloses the fatal error in the bogus money. "Even the most expert engravers," Mr. Hazen said, "and it of course is known that some of the best have gone into the counterfeiting business, cannot turn out in their counterfeit work the perfect results which they can readily get in legitimate work. With counterfeit bonds it is the same as with notes and coins. "One of the most remarkable cases occurred with counterfeiting of the old United States 7-30s by the notorious Brockway-Smith gang. One of the members of the gang got his freedom by offering to go to Washington and pick out the spurious from the good bonds, for the government experts themselves could not do it at first. He was Charles Ulrich, who is straight new, one of the few of whom that can be said. "He said that at some point or other conscience was sure to prevent him from making a perfect job at crooked work. The only error in those bond plates was in the lathe work border. Up in one corner this border in the counterfeit was not uniform in its lines. "Thomas Johnson, now dead, who made the counterfeit Windom $2 notes, had a curious experience with his plates. He made five plates, each one wrong in some minor particular. In one plate the error was in the right eye, which was so drawn that it gave the portrait the appearance on close examination of being cross-eyed. "He said that when he was making that part of the plate he was frightened by some noise, a thing that would not have bothered him in the least if he was at honest work, as he was an expert engraver. Had it not been for this error the plate would have been a finer one than the government plate, really, for it gave a clearer impression. "In another of his plates he got the letters in 'two' reversed, so that they read 'owt', and yet the bills printed from that plate got into circulation. "Johnson was even a better engraver than Ulrich, and in the middle of the four to counterfeit this bill he endeavored to correct an error. Yet in each one he made another error. He simply coul' not help it, he said, so long as he was at the crooked work. "His last error, that is, the one on the last of the five plates, was in the Treasury numbers. In that, the '8 was not uniform with the rest of the numerals. So throughout the series of plates, he would correct one error only to make another, and no effort would save him from making one. "A person would scarcely believe that a $ bill with the word 'owing' spelled 'owing' could into circulation, but this happened with a bank note counterfeit after one of a Tamaqua, Pa., bank. In another instance the word 'thousand' came out on the counterfeit 'thousand'. "The counterfeit half dollars and bills circulated so largely here not so long ago through the street car lines of Manhattan and Brooklyn had only slight defects, and those were such that anyone would say that there was no excuse for them in the work of expert criminals. But they went through the banks of both companies and were detected at the sub-treasury. "These coins were made of silver, 442 fine, or 30 points finer than the United States coin silver. But in the fifty-cent piece the word 'half' was spelled 'hale,' and in in the quarters the 't' was dropped below the line in one plate, while in another the '1' was above the line. "I remember one bogus note in which the counterfeiter failed to make the little drops of water that in the good note trickle from the car. That may have been mere oversight. "In another instance a counterfeit plate was perfect except for the lack of a crossing of a 't'. The maker of that plate was run down and caught, eventually, but not until after a long chase and after he had done other work. "There have been counterfeiters over since history began, apparently, and the counterfeiter began his work in this country early. Samuel Browne, tailor, was indicted in the province of New Jersey for altering a lottery ticket from the number 6,014 to 6,015 in 1742. No punishment for his crime is recorded. "But in 1744 John Stevens was hanged in the same New Jersey for passing bad bills. In 1748 a fractional note was altered on Staten Island, being raised to several times its original amount, and this was, I think, the first piece of note raising by pen work here."—New York Sun. A. F. and A. M. of Missouri and Its Jurisdiction. Masonic Lodges. GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI. OFFICERS. A. R. Chinn, Grand Master, Glasgow, Mo. E. W. Perkine, Deputy Grand Master, Trenton. T. P. Mahammitt, Senior Grand Warden, Omaha, Neb J. C. Cobb, Grand Junior Warden, Cape Girardeau. R. T. Coles, Grand Treas., Kansas City. J. H. Pelham, Grand Sec'y., Hannibal, Mo. Prince Hall Lodge No. 1, St. Louis Mo., meets first Monday in each month. All Masons in good standing are invited, W. T. Dixon, W. M.; H. W. Lawless, Sec'y. Lone Star Lodge No. 2, St. Louis Mo., meets second Monday in each month. All Masons in good standing are invited. R. W. Marshall, W. M.; Joseph A. Smith, Sec'y. H. M. Gee Alexander Lodge No. 3. John Casey, W. M.; Albert Hedgman, Sec'y. Onward Lodge No. 17, St. Louis Mo., meets the third Monday in each month. P. Johnson, W. M.; J. W. Grant, Sec'y. J. Q. Johnson Lodge No. 30, meets the first Thursday in each month. J. L. Henderson, W. M.; J. G. Stevens, Sec'y.' 3948 Fairfax Ave. Widows' Son Lodge No. 105, meets second Tuesday in each month. James Fleming, W. M.; J. T. Anderson Sec'y. True Blue Lodge No. 107, meets the first Tuesday in each month. Aug. Barrow, W. M.; J. T. Anderson, Sec'y. CHURCHES. St. Paul's, A. M. E., Leffingwell and Lawton; Rev. D. P. 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BODY MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT THE Providence National Medical College FIFTEENTH YEAR. ized by all State Boards. All buildings are the property of and have been entirely remodeled with fully equipped es and Hospital. two Graduates in various parts of the country, every one of being a lucrative practice. School of Medicine. Four years of six months each. Session throughout this year. Each session is divided into four three months each. Attendance upon any two terms entitles credit for one year's attendance. uses: January, April, July and October. Examinations at end m. Students may enter at beginning of any term. Department of Pharmacy. Two years, six months each divided into two terms of three months each. other information and Catalogue address W. A. BURNEY, M. D., Dean, Louisville, Ky. --- --- Will furnish samples at reduced prices to those desiring agency. Exclusive territory given. Address, Bourbon and Rye Whiskies Bourbon and Rye Whiskies Importer of Fine Wines, Gins, Brandies, Kuemmels and Cordials. Sole Owner Blue Wing Whiskey. Kniogh, D-162 HARRY PENN, Night-MIXERS-JOHN H. CLARK, Day. The 200 Bar, Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars with the best of accommodation. E.J.BRUNER and D.G.HOGAN, Proprietors. At 1911 Market St. (Opposite Union Station) Choica Wines, Liquors, Gigars, and the best up-to-date. Billiard Room. Remember the Gem, 1911 Market. THE "OWL" SALOON. 33 South 20th Street. Choice Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Bottled Beer. Everything Genuine. Remember the Place. Phone, Kinloch C-43. WILLIAM JAMES and MR. R. SAUNDERS, - - - Managers. CHARLEY HARRIS, Proprietor. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR MEN ONLY. BILLIARD ROOMS IN CONNECTION. EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. The Brunswick Saloon, The Brunswick Saloon, 1925 Market Street, (Near Union Station), Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos. ST. LOUIS. St. Louis Dairy Co. St. Louis Dairy Co. Delivers exclusively in Bottles to the family trade 2008 Pine Street. BESUIT OF 5 WEEKS CHAS.H. Bourbon Importer of Fine Wine Sole Own 2654-56 HARRY PENN, N TOM TURPIN, Prop. The 1322 Choice Wines, I best E. J. BRUNER a Fine Wines and Liquors. Buffet a 2801-3 Manchester TH HUGH B SALOON and At 19 (CO Choica Wines, Liquor Bill Remember THE "C 33 Choice Wines, Liquor Everything Gen P WILLIAM JAMES and CHAR FURNISHED ROOMS FOR EVERYTH The Brut G. W. 1925 Marl Fine Wines, Liquors, Cig JEFF. SMITH, Propr. St. Louis Delivers exclusive 2008 2220-2222 Market Street, Phone—Kinloch D-855. St. Louis, Mo. Pool Room in Connection. 200 Bar, 2 Market St. Liquors and Cigars with the of accommodation. and D. G. HOGAN, Proprietors. Imported and Domestic Cigars. DYE'S and Pool Room, WM. P. DYE, Proprietor. ter Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Telephone—Kinloch B-1812. THE GEM. S. WHITE, Proprietor of BILLIARD HALL, 1911 Market St. (Opposite Union Station) Liquors, Gigars, and the best up-to-date. Billiard Room. Over the Gem, 1911 Market. DOWL” SALOON, South 20th Street. Liquors, Cigars and Bottled Beer. Quine. Remember the Place. Phone, Kinloch C-43. MR. R. SAUNDERS, . . . Managers. BARLEY HARRIS, Proprietor. FOR MEN ONLY. BILLIARD ROOMS IN CONNECTION. HING STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. Bunswick Saloon, HOLT, Proprietor. Market Street, (Near Union Station), Liquors and Tobaccoos. ST. LOUIS. The Greeley Saloon. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Excursionists give us a call. Headquarters for sports. Ask for it, you'll get it. 1201 Morgan St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Jas. Williams, MIXERS Chas. St. Clair. GEO. FOUNTAIN, Mgr. Excursionists give us a call. Headquarters for sports. Ask for it, you'll get it. 3 MONTHS USE THE HILL SALOON. James Collins, Proprietor. 2807 Manchester Ave. CHOICE WINES, Whiskies, Tobacco and Cigars. Williams & Head, Props. Pink Coat Bar. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. POOL ROOM. S. E. Cor. 22d and Market Streets, ST. LOUIS, MO. THE JOCKEY CLUB. WM. DOVER, Proprietor. 3924 Sophia Avenue, Cor. Margaretta, St. Louis. Choice Wines Liquors and Cigars. H. L. FRANKLIN THE O. K. SALOON 4000 Papin St. St. Louis, - - Missouri. Choice Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos. $4 to $8 a day guaranteed to every person sending their name and address to Scott Remedy Co., P. O. Box 570, Louisville, Ky. Write at once. Mrs. Susan Gross, 2609 Pine Street. Millinery. Up-to-date Hats. Trimmings and all material in that line. DR. S. B. BELL, FIRST-CLASS Barber Shop and Bath, In the True Reform Hall. First-class Barbers. S. W. Corner Pine Street and Jaffer son Avenue. IF YOU BUY FURNITURE. AT Thuner's ITS GOOD. 2122-24-26 South Broadway Jacob B. Rosenblatt Merchant Tailor, 2735 Franklin Ave., ST. LOUIS, MO. Sam, the Tailor, is the place to get your Spring Suits, Made to order. One of the Best 204 North 14th Street. Sexton & Maxwell, First-class Photographers 1407 Market St. WM. A. OVERTON, Plumbing and Gas Fitting Furnaces, Stoves and Ranges Repaired and put up. Expressing and Moving. Phone Kin. D-2137. 1124 N, Sarah St. FARMER'S HAIR TONIC. Warranted to make the hair grow. Stops falling hair. Farmer's Hair Cream, an indispensable hair dressing. Cures Dandwuff. Mrs. Lulu Farmer, Manufacturer and Sole Proprietor, 2724 Morgan Street. Miss Mary Graham. of 4121 Fairfax avenue, has opened a Hair Dressing Parlor. She will shampoo the hair for 15c and press the hair for 25c. Call and if not write her and she will go to any part of the city. Louis Huggins Pays the highest price for all kinds of Household Furnishing Goods, Carpets and Stoves, in large and small lots. Feathers a speciality. Furniture taken in exchange for moving at 2132 Franklin avenue. Kinloch Phone, 1489 D. THE TRUE REFORMER CAFE. Short orders and regular meals are served between the hours of 6 a.m. and 11 p. m. We have also in connection with this an Ice Cream Parlor, which will excel any in St. Louis. H. B Richardson, Fashionable Miss Anna L. Cohen. Miss Edith Floyd. 2718 Wash Street. Reveribe Badges for Lodges, Temples, Royal Houses and Past Masters' Councils at the very low prices—50 cents, 60 cents, 75 cents and upWard, depending upon the quality desired quality is considered. Regalias of all kinds, worth $2 and upward, depending upon quality. Knight's Full Uniform at prices to suit the trade. Swords for Sentinels at $3.50 each. Metal Top Pieces, the most beautiful the order has ever had, and will last for ever at $4 a pair. These top pieces for supporters' staffs are capable of the highest polish and make a splendid display. We have the only first-class beautiful enameled button for U. B. F. and S. M. T. in the world. They are tricolored and in harmony with the ritualistic law. Fo one is ashamed to wear one, all who see them want them. Rolled Golo Buttons.....75 cents Solid Gold Buttons.....$1.25 Banners of the very latest design and finished workmanship can be procured by paying from $8 to as high a price as you desire. Banners are very necessary and every organization should have one. Jewels for anp department of the order at 75 cents each and upward according to quality desired. All kinds of Paraphernalia furnished for initiation in every degree known to the order. Those desiring these requisites must on naming articles defined give sufficient proof that srid applicants are entitled to handle goods ordered. I am in a position to furnish anything desired on short notice. My connection with the order for 22 years enables me to assist the membership in getting anything wanted. Six years National Grand Secretary and an officer of one kind or another since 1884 are evidences that I am reliable. Order before you need the goods. Send all orders with cash to F. W. GROSS, P. N. G. S., Victoria, Texas, U. S. A. Terms—All transactions absolutely cash or C. O. D. Orders must be accompanied by one-half cash, at least, but it is cheaper to send cash and save return charges. Special terms for large orders. One of our watch charms would make a pleasing gift. Send for prices. Buy badges and regalia before you need them. A fine gold pin or button would be a nice holiday present. Good Advice. If you are troubled with kinkey or curly hair use Ozonized Ox Marrow, it will make your hair straight, soft and beautiful. If your hair is falling out, Ozonized Ox Marrow will stop it. If you have dandruff and itching in the head, Ozonized Ox Marrow will give you instant relief, and make the hair grow. Ozonized Ox Marrow is half food that imparts to the hair a healthy life-like appearance so much desired. Sold over 40 years. Never fails. Warranted harmsess. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle expresspaid. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. REMOVED. Mr. Sanford Warfield, who formerly owned a Barber Shop at 803 North Jefferson avenue, is now at 729 Beaumont street. Give him a call. First-class work in the barber line. HOUSEHOLD DUCHESS IN SLUMS. Her Grace of Newcastle Lives in Whitechapel, the Most Degraded Part of London. The rich and handsome dowager duchess of Newcastle, who lives by preference in Whitechapel, London's worst slum, has at last consented to tell the story of her slum life. She's not intellectual, at least she says she isn't, but she tells a good story of her home in Whitechapel in the current number of the Pall Mall magazine, and, furthermore, she has given us a few pleasant opportunities to see how she lives. Her grace says among other things that she thinks there is more morality on the Whitechapel side of London than in the West end. She says she never began to know the value of money until she moved from Mayfair. She thinks it would do society good if they'd give up comfort for a part of their time and see how high their income seemed when spent in Whitechapel, on Whitechapel proportions. The duchess is an English edition of Jane Addams. Philanthropy has found in her grace an ardent advocate. When she forsook society for the poor, the duchess was thought of merely as a beautiful and rich woman. Ten years of Whitechapel life have shaken her up considerably, and the English have begun to take her seriously. While Miss Addams is a student of economics, the duchess is urging people to go to mass. She visits the sick and befriends the orphan. Committees galore claim her grace as a member, and she's very much in with the clergy of the Catholic church. Even the pope recognizes in the widow of the late duke of Newcastle a valiant ally, and when she visits her daughter, Princess Doria, in Rome, as she is doing now, all sorts of favor is shown to her in high places, all of which is very different from Miss DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE. Addams, far removed as her life is from formalism. But the two are in some ways alike. The duchess is much older than Miss Addams, although she looks nearer 40 than 60. In expression, these women resemble each other closely. They seem to have absorbed the same calming influences from their contact with the slums. In fresh coloring they are alike and in full figure, while I was struck by their similarity of taste in dress. The last time I saw Miss Addams she wore a severely plain tailor-made gown, from which the duchess might easily have copied the dress she has had on every time I have met her. The Englishwoman and the American are both simple of manner and gentle voiced. Each is fired by the same motive—an overwhelming sympathy for the world's under dog. The dowager duchess of Newcastle has been twice married. Her second husband, a musician and a man without a title, died before her grace went into philanthropy. She kept her title by courtesy. It's a title, by the way, that May Yohe might one day have had if she had stuck by Lord Francis Hope. For Lord Francis is heir to the present duke of Newcastle and is the younger son of the woman who looks like Jane Addams. Formalism is a fad with most of the Newcastlers. The little lame duke is a high church Anglican, almost a Roman Catholic, like his mother, who left the English church to go to Rome. The chapel attached to Clumber, the family place in the north of England, is the finest private place of worship in England, but the uninitiated would think it Roman Catholic, not Anglican. The duke has some democratic tendencies. For instance, he taught his little nephew's governess to ride the bicycle, and trotted along beside her day by day regardless of the weather. The pupil, moreover, was neither young nor beautiful. His grace was merely kind.-Lady Mary, in Chicago Chronicle. Little Trick Worth Knowing. Hickorynut cake is deservedly a favorite among sweets, but it is not every cook who cares to spend the time required for shelling the nuts. A little trick that is worth knowing in this connection is this: If boiling water is poured over the nuts and the latter allowed to remain immersed for 20 minutes before cracked it will be an easy matter to extract the nut meats. BABY'S FIRST CRADLE. An Idea from France Which Deserves to Be Adopted by Young American Mothers. When baby first comes to reign in nursery land, don't put him into a cradle right away for his 20 hours of sleep a day! The custom that the French have of providing a dainty bassinet is not only a pretty idea, but a practical one as well. The bassinet can be placed where one wishes, and its depths of laxurious comfort prevent all danger of draught. A pretty home-made bassinet can be made out of an ordinary clothes basket. Make the lining by quilting, with a thin layer of cotton between, two thicknesses of any soft material; then fasten this in place around the inner sides by baby ribbons, sewed at intervals and fastened to the wicker-work of the bassinet. The handles can be wound with ribbon and tied with a finishing bow. DAINTY BASSINET. and the outer side of the basket can be hidden by a graceful valance curtain hung from the top and gathered to the edge of the quilted lining. If one wishes, a canopy can be added by fastening wires in an arched shape to the side at one end and shirring the same material used for the valance closely to the wires, letting the extra fullness fall at the sides to the same length as the valance curtain. A pillow placed in the bottom of the basket, and baby's rest is complete, and there is no temptation to rock him to sleep! One of my toddlers came with the June roses, and I made for him a home-made bassinet. Then I would carry it out on the piazza for his morning nap, and I could read or sew while he slept, and both of us were better for breathing the fresh air.—Orange Judd Farmer. THEY LACKED TACT. True Stories of Two Women Who Made Remarks That Had Better Been Left Unsaid. A woman who would consult her husband on his deathbed as to what mourning she would wear for him might fairly be pronounced lacking in tact. You agree with me? I should not hesitate to say that she had not proved herself a perfect wife. "Monstrous!" I hear you say. Yet this really occurred the other day. The woman in question belongs to that class in which reticence is a quality almost unknown, and in which arguments are conducted by means of lighted paraffine lamps and sharpeded fenders. Think of the poor man clinging to life and cherishing a hope that he would get better, and being plunged into an abyss of desolation by the wife of his bosom murmuring tenderly in his ear: "The doctor says you are too far gone to recover, 'Arry. What sort of a widow's bonnet shall I buy?" Several instances of a want of tact have come before me lately. One was the case of a wife who had gone abroad and sent home a foreign postcard to the following effect: "Safely arrived, and have just enjoyed the first well-cooked meal I have had for months." Her husband wrote to her: "What madness possessed you to write what you did on a postcard? You have bitterly exasperated my mother and her cook, and the house is in such a turmoll in consequence that I am most uncomfortable." The peccant wife's reply was this: "I can't forgive myself, and I am sure you will never forgive me for writing that idiotic postcard. You will scarcely believe me when I tell you that writing in Germany, as I did, some ridiculous idea possessed me that a postcard in English could not be understood, forgetting that its destination was England."—London Truth. How to Make Kalsomine. One pound of uncolored gelatine glue, as free from grease as possible, is soaked over night in cold water sufficient to cover the glue. Thirty pounds of English cliffstone Paris white, bolted or best bolted gilders' whiting, is also soaked in sufficient water to make a paste over night and next morning both are heated with steam or over a moderate fire in a water bath to the boiling point and when the glue is fully dissolved the two materials are thoroughly mixed. In summer time on cooling, a small portion of carbolic acid, say about one-eighth of an ounce, diluted with water, is added for each pound of glue used in the aforesaid formula to keep it from souring, and in this way the kalsomine will keep for some weeks. It is said that the workmen rather like this preparation, because of its good working properties. -Painter's Magazine. Why He Favored Hanging. A literary society in Philadelphia was recently debating the question: "Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished?" A speaker in the negative took the position that, as the general sense of justice of mankind for centuries had justified the death penalty for great crimes, therefore those of this generation ought not to abolish it, "for." said he, "if hanging was good enough for my father, it is good enough for me." FOR SUNDAY READING GOD'S GUIDANCE. Show me the way, O Lord! I cannot tell— Which way to turn, if right or left, today. The mists of time and sense so rise and swell. They blur my sight and from me hide the way! Show me the way, O Lord! I cry aloud, And ask of earth to show the path; and then Comes back, from mocking mountain top and cloud, Men learned, wise above their brothers, they— To show that path in which to go I ought; They mumbled words, but could not teach the way! Show me the way, O Lord! For Thy consent To place each halting footstep now I seek! Where Shou shalt point, to go am I content. How rough the path or high the mountains bleak! THE CROWN OF LIFE 15 Wrought from Within, Not Conferred from Without—The Creation of a Character. The crown of life, says J. D. Freeman, in the Baptist Union, consists in nothing external to ourselves. It is not conferred upon us from without, but wrought out from within. The crown of life is woven of the very substance and essence of our being. A statue may be crowned with a chaplet of gold, but a human life blossoms into coronation through the manipulation of its spiritual quality and power. The crown of life is holy character. It is this which makes and marks the monarch man. Compared with this all other crowns are tinsel. There is your rose plant. You may deck it out with jewels, twining its stalk with pearls and loading its branches with pendant diamonds. But for all its jeweled splendor your rosebush lacks its crown. These ornaments are not of its own substance. They are alien to its life. With no flower waving upon its branches it stands there a poor puppet of a king, mocked by its gemmed magnificence. The true crown for a rosebud is a diadem of roses. It is in the fragrant flowers that blaze full blown upon its stem that it brings its life to consummate manifestation. The same is true of men. We wear our crown when, by right thinking, fine feeling and noble acting we compact a character that unfolds in spiritual fragrance and beauty. Since the crown of life is character it is one that can never fade away. It is imperishable because it grows from a deathless root. The soul is immortal, and holy character is the fadeless immortelle blooming upon the stalk of immortality. It can never wither, because nourished into everlasting brightness and beauty by the sap of an endless life. We can understand also why the crown of life is said to be reserved for use in Heaven. It is in the heavenly life that we shall be manifested with Christ in glory. Here the buds swell and the leaves are loosened, disclosing something of their inner splendors, but these the tree of our life shall burst into consummate efflorescence. Heaven is the summer land of the soul, and there our life shall come to coronation. But we must not forget that the crown is for the conqueror. The crown is character, and it is trial met and mastered that creates character. We cannot crown ourselves either with athletic vigor, or intellectual mastery, or spiritual sovereignty, except we strive. Only the rose tree that endures the sun and rain can weave and wear its diadem of roses. Only by conflict and conquest can we weave and wear the crown of Godlike character. "Blessed is the man that endureth trial, for when he hath been approved he shall receive the crown of life." The crown is for the conqueror and we conquer by the cross. It is at the cross that we pass under the spell of "Love divine, all love excelling." And love is invincible. "Love never faileth." Love is the triumphant energy that weaves all crowns of glory for men and angels. The crown of life "God hath promised to them that love Him." The conqueror is the lover. The lover is he who has feasted the eyes of his soul upon the cross. Plant the tree of the cross in your heart, and the tree of your life will blossom into a character that shall be a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Though we win all other crowns, yet life goes out in darkness and defeat if we miss this crown—the crown of life. Stars Shining in Darkness. When darkness shuts in, lights are the more vivid and the more valued. This is true in the moral world as in the world of nature. While the sun shines we have little need of minor lights. In the gloom of night we appreciate, and are grateful for, the stars that guide our course. In the glare of prosperity we think little of the aid of personal friends, but when adversity presses on every side we realize that "a friend in need is a friend indeed." True Life. True life is not measured by nuggets of gold, by stocks and bonds, by billets of steel or by cars of coal, but by devotion to the service of Jesus Christ.—Rev. R. S. Holmes. GRUDGES. Are Mean Things It Never Pays to Cultivate—"Love Your Enemies" a Better Principle. It is not uncommon to hear person say: "I have a grudge laid up against so and so, and I mean to get even with them, if it takes years to do it." What is a grudge? It is usually a desire for revenge for a real or fancied offense; a feeling of ill will towards another, that seeks to gratify itself by retaliation. There it lies, like the wart on the face, says the Chicago Advance, a canker-worm on the mind a sore spot in the heart, impelling its possessor to wait and watch for an opportunity to catch his victim unawares, and retaliate with compound interest for the offense given, either real or fancied. The more their victim is pained or disconcerted, the more gratified is the grudge-payer. What good does it do? Who is benefited by it. Suppose all persons should cultivate this kind of fungus growth in their lives and homes and spend their time and talents in this abnormal business of paying off grudges, what kind of homes, churches and business should we have? Would not the atmosphere smell of brimstone; and the name of the "gentleman in black" be strongly suggested? Grudges are mean things. It never pays to nurse them; they sour the milk of human kindness; they put thorns in our pillows; displace smiles with sneers; turn beauty into ashes, and joy into mourning. The greatest Teacher that ever walked the earth taught us to "love our enemies," and when reviled not to revile again. The grudge business is always a hard one; keep out of it. The cultivation of kindness, honesty, and "As ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them," will have no use for grudges. LAW OF HELPFULNESS. The Favored Ones Are Not Those Who Have Only Their Own Trials and Burdens to Bear. "Bear ye one another's burdens." We easily see how it would help the other for us to bear his burdens. It would lighten his load. But would it not be adding just that much to our own? It may seem that way, but often it is not the case. Bearing the burdens of others often makes us throw aside and forget our own. We have a friend who has had, and still has, sufferings and infirmities. She has often told us of them. But now another member of the family is lying low and she has forgotten about herself. She no longer talks of her pains and infirmities except to lament that she can do no more. It is often thus. Concern for others causes self-forgetfulness. Bearing the burdens of others relieves us of our own. The law of help to others proves a law, of help to ourselves. We once read of a traveler so benumbed with cold that he was about to lie down to die. But just then he saw another traveler who was already overcome with the cold. He went to him and began to rub his stiffening limbs. In a little while exertion brought warmth and vigor to his own, and thus in saving another's life he saved his own. The favored ones are not those who have only their own trials and burdens, but those who, through bearing the burdens of others, forget their own and develop a noble, unselfish disposition. — Presbyterian Advocate. THOUGHTS FOR THE TWILIGHT Love is the flavor of life. The body is awakened by noise, but the soul awakens only in silence. A man is not to be blamed so much for his sins, as how he atones for them. There is no great or little in nature, and there is no favoritism with God. A man of mean vision will imagine himself to be the biggest thing around. Divine comes from "diurnal," the Greek God of Day, and it means living to-day. All wealth is in other people's names; but our best wealth is in God's name. In the bright lexicon of the Christian's hope there is no such word as death—United Presbyterian. Great men are ironical, but in nothing more than this, that they make adverse fate minister to their comfort. Venus and the pigmies of the solar system may be measured in half a minute, but it requires 12 months to measure one of the suns of space, and 100 years to size up a great man—George Llewelln Rees, in N. Y. Observer. Doing What We Can Do. Doing What We Can Do. Doing what we have the power to do is our highest privilege and duty. We often feel that, if we had more money, or more influence, or more power, we could do something worth doing, but, as it is, our possibilities are sadly limited, and we can have no hope of greatly honoring God, or helping our fellows. Yet the one woman in the world whose name stands highest above her fellows for what she did in her day and generation was not a woman of great wealth or of special power. Of her it is said simply: "She hath done what she could." She may have thought that her sphere and abilities were limited, but God blessed her simple doing with his blessing and with her ever-growing fame. All that God would have us do is to do what we can. That much we ought to be ready to do gladly.—S. S. Time. Forkyoung People When I grow into a great big man, And buy what I want to wear, I'm going to have trousers a mile or two long. And never will brush my hair. I'll buy a silk hat, with a very tall crown, And carry a gold-headed cane. I'm going to eat candy whenever I please And play on the street till it's dark. With peanuts my pockets will always be stuffed. Oh, say, won't I just have a lark! I'll hitch on the icewagons all that I please With no one to make me get off. I won't be polite to a nurse or a girl, And my hat I will never doff. And never, oh, never! will I go to bed Before it's at least half-past eight. Ah! a jolly good time I'll have when a man, You'll see if you only just wait. —Boston Budget. THE DOG WHO TALKED His Eyes, Ears, Tail and Mouth Helped in Carrying On an Intelligent Conversation. When two years old Ben was noted for intelligence and industry. One of the herders remarked of him, one day, that he could do anything except talk. Moss became indignant. "Anything except talk!" he retorted. "He can talk. Why, we do a lot of talking on the prairie. He talks with his eyes, with his ears, with his tail, sometimes with his mouth." The others laughed at this, but it was true. The man and the dog, in the hours of watching the sheep grazing, held lengthy conversations. Moss sitting with his back against a big gray rock, Ben with his head upon the man's knees. "Feeling all right to-day?" Moss would ask. "Yes!" Ben would answer. "Fine as silk." "It's nice weather now, and the sheep are doing well." "You bet; this weather makes a fellow feel as if he could jump out of his skin, and the sheep never did better." "I think we'll try a new grazing-ground for them soon, though. The flock needs a change." "Yep-yap! That's a good idea. In fact, everything you say is all right. You are a great man—the greatest man in the world." "Yonder goes a jack-rabbit, Ben, "FEELING ALL RIGHT TO-DAY?" loafing along. S'pose you try him a whirl." "Not any for me. I got rid of the jack-rabbit habit when I was little." "Down by Mustang Water-hole I saw wolf-tracks one day, Ben," said Moss in a whisper. The muscles stiffened, the ears lifted slightly, the tail became straight as an iron bar, the most black lips curled upward, and a low, thunderous growl sounded in the dog's throat. It said as plainly as words, and more strongly: "I know about 'em. I hear 'em sometimes at night. I was afraid of 'em when I was a little chap, but I've got over that. They mean harm to our sheep, and if they come around I'll nail 'em sure." "Good boy, Ben! You're not afraid of a wolf as big as a house, and you've got more sense than the ranch-boss." This was praise that could be answered only by a series of rapid leaps, a dozen short barks, and a tremendous scurrying round and round. Then Ben would make a complete circle of the flock, driving in the stragglers, and, returning to a dignified seat on the hill, cook his eye at the sun to estimate the time of day.—H. S. Canfield, in St. Nicholas. Troublesome Porcupines A wall is going up from Maine over the invasion of the state by porcupines. During the last 25 years they have come across the Canadian border from New Brunswick, where they have been as thick as ants, and now are such an army in Maine that they are killing young spruce trees by the thousand. These porcupines seem to be gnawers by wholesale, for they have been known to eat the handles from haying tools left in the field over night! And fight! Why, when gathered in packs they fight as savagely as wolves. There does not seem to be any alternative save a bounty on porcupines—and then woe to porcupineland. Every man and boy in Maine will be on the tracks of the spiny little pests. Animal with Rapid Pulse. The hamster, a rat-like animal of Europe and northern Asia, stores up grain for winter use in subterranean cells. In summer its pulse beats at the rate of 150 a minute; but in cold weather, when the creature hibernates, the puise-beats average only 15 a minute. ```markdown ``` Come to all who overtax the kidney. Don't neglect the aching back. 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Although the electric cars offer a quicker, smoother and much more pleasant way of moving about, the resi- dents of Havana cling to the old-fash- joned busses which were once the only public conveyances in the streets, and the bus patronage is apparently as good as ever it was. ‘The busses take advantage of the car tracks for a road, however, andi their passengers benefit from the electric line indirectly, if they do scorn the cars, The fare is the same in both. Havana is as clean as intelligent sanitary supervision can make it. The prominent streets are clean, the court- yards are clean, and the walks are clean. A bad smell is practically un- known in the streets. The street cleaners, most of them in white, are at work day and night. They wake one up cleaning, and they lull him to sleep cleaning. Havana was not clean- er under the American military gov- ernment than it is to-day. The street cleaning costs more than any other department of the city government. MEN OF AFFAIRS. Sir James Marwick retires from the town clerkship of Glasgow after a 30 years’ service on a pension of $12,500 per year. His salary was $17,500, mak- ing ‘the office he held the best paid municipal post in Great Britain. Emperor William has been taken to tack for asserting in a recent after- dinner speech that he is “one of the youngest sovereigns of Europe.” In fact, the German emperor stands about midway between the venerable King Christian and the boyish king of Spain. ‘The rulers of Bulgaria, Portugal, Rus- sia, Italy, Servia, Holland and Spain are all younger than Emperor William. Senator F, Dumont Smith, of Kins- ley, lectured on “Words” in Wichita, Kan., a few night ago. He is for spell- ing reform, and in advocating it in his lecture said that he knew of only one argument in favor of the old way and that was given by an English bishop who declared that the present method of spelling helped the churches. Ac- cording to the bishop: “By the time yon can make a boy believe that ‘th-r-o-w-g-h’ spells ‘through,’ that ‘th-o-u-g-h’ spells ‘though’ and “-o-u-g-h’ spells ‘tough’ you can make him believe anything.” The upper circle of Cleveland were much exercised the other day on hear- ing that Gen, J. Warren Keifer, former speaker in the house of repre- sentatives had appeared at breakfast that morning in the Hollenden hotel Gining-room wearing a dress suit. He was accompanied by Gen, Joe Wheeler and some other prominent citizens. A friend explained that the general had adopted full dress for all occasions and that he wears no other style of costume. The elite, however, offers the more charitable explanation that ‘Gen: Kelfer had not vet been to bed; SLANDEROUS PROVERBS. 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Over one hundred thousand Americans have made Western Canada their home within the past five years, and fn this year upwards of 50,000 will take up homes there. Miss Gray took her leave for Dids- bury, Alberta, the home of her sister and other relatives and friends on Jan. 10 last, and after a two months’ sojourn in her western prairie home, she writes of it as follows: “I know I shall grow to love the prairies. We have a beautiful view of the moun- tains, and it seems wonderful to me to sce home after home for miles, and it is becoming thickly settled all around us. With the exception of the last few days, which have been cold and stormy, we have had beautiful spring weather ever since I came. The days are beautiful. I call this the ‘land of the sun,’ as it seems to be always shining, the nights are cold and frosty. On arriving here, I was so greatly surprised in every way. Didsbury is quite a business little town. All the people I meet are so pleasant and hospitable. They ee a Baptist, Presbyterian, Evangelical and Mennonite, ‘The Evangelicals have just completed a handsome chureh, very large and finely fur- nished, costing $2,500, ‘They have a nice literary society here, meets every two weeks. They have fine mu- sical talent here. “Your friend, “ANNA C. GRAY.” “TI feel happy to-day,” said the Club Wo- man, “I havven’t a thing in the world to do, Not a club to attend. I’m going in for ‘some relaxation. I’m going to clean houre and have a good time!”—Pittsburg Dis- patch, Do You Know that ‘Texas ig a State of unexaggerated pow: sibilities? No one can foretell its great future. If you want to know what it is and what is being done to make it better known aod appreciated, write for copy of book ene titled “Texas,” and pamphlet “"Timely Top- les No. 3.” ’ Address “Katy,” 502 Wain- wright, St. Louis, Mo. 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Butts, ex-Member of Con- gress from North Dakota, in letter from Washington, D C., says: “That Peruna is not only a vigorous, as wellas an effective tonic, but also a cure of catarrh is beyond controversy. Itis already established by its use by the thousands who have been benefited bytit Ieannot too highly express m appreciation of its excellence-—C. W. Butts. Dr. R. Robbins, Muskogee, I. T., writes : “ Peruna is the best medicine I know of for coughs and to strengthen a weak stomach and to give appetite. Beside prescribing it for catarrh, Ihave ordered it for weak and debilitated people, and have not had a patient but said it helped him, It is an excellent medicine and it fits so many cases. “T have a large practice, and have a chance to prescribe your Peruna. I hope you may live long to do good to the siclc and suffering.” Only the weak need a tonic. People are never weal except from some good cause. One of the obscure causes of weakness and the one oftenest over- looked is catarrh. Catarrh inflames the mucous mem- brane and causes the blood plasma to escape through the mucous membrane Ga Ga Shean al enmiane... Picks alanine fd eh) om \° P (oy }of mucus is the same as the loss of blood. "It produces weakness. ‘Peruna stops the catarrh and prevents the discharge of mucus. This is why Peruna is called a tonic, Peruna does not give strength by stimulating the nervous system alittle. * It gives strength by preserving the mucous membranes against leakage. It gives strength by converting the blood fluids and preventing their drain- Ing away in mucous discharges. nstant spitting, and blowing the nose will finally produce extreme weake ness from the loss of mucus. If you do not derive promptand satis- factory results from the use of Perana, write atonce to Dr. Hartman, giving @ full statement of your ease and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad- vice gratis. Address Dr.Hartman,President of The ‘Hartman Senitavine, Columbus, Ghia. ```markdown ``` OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. A UNION OR A DEPOT FOR NEGRO NEWSPAPERS. ```markdown ``` To all who are fond of negro news- papers the Palladium office can furnish any of the following papers: Freedman Journal. Chicago Conservator. Topeka Plaindealer. Indianapolis Recorder. The Afro-American. The Vicksburg Light. Arkansas Appreciator. The Dallas World. The Springfield State Capital. The Sedana Times. Eagle-Herald, Gainsville, Fla. The Reformer. The Truth Teller, St. Louis. Southern Christian Recorder. Cincinnati Brotherhood. Star of Zion. Washington Bee. Seattle Republic. Woman's World. Bluegrass Bugle. Chicago Broad Ax. Paducah Bee. The Parson Weekly Blade. The City Times, Galveston, Tex. The Eagle, Kempsville. Ala. Christion Recorder of the A. M. E. Church. The Press, Quendo, Kan. The Light, Vicksburg, Miss. The Mayor, Hopkinsville, Ky. 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Southern Advocate, Hot Springs, Mississippi. Etheopian Abbiville, S. C. Wisconsin Advocate, Milwaukee. Wisconsin. Eagle, Kempsville, Ala. Chicago Visitor, Chicago, Ill. Kennucky Reporter, Owensboro, Ky. Pythian Journal, St. Louis, Mo. Rising Sun, Kansas, Mo. Southwestern Advocate, New Orleans, Louisiana. Republican Guide, Baltimore, Md. The Advance Citizen, East St. Louis, Doug Sun, Kansas, Mo. The Albuquerque American, a newspaper published in New Mexico, is on our desk. A paper well edited and quite newsy. We heartily exchange. J. M. Griffin, editor and proprietor. Any of the above papers can be had at the Palladium office. We will count the list next week. Mrs. J. W. Wheeler, MODISTE. Dressmaking, Designing, Cutting, Fitting, Purchasing, 2617 Chestnut St. ST. LOUIS, MO. Newly Fitted. Mr. Hugh B. White has had his window newly fitted up and now it looks very nobby with the plain inscription—Hugh B. White, the Gem. Mr. E. L. Arnett has also had his saloon newly fitted up in the latest style. Go and look upon Mr. Arnett's newly decorated saloon. We have been looking for it. Holt's Saloon, 1925 Market street. Something new. The Jockey Club, 3924 Sophia avenue. Wm. Dover, Proprietor, is always ready to fill you up. Remember within P. Dyes' Buffet, 2901 Manchester avenue, is the place to get an eye-opener. Bruner and Hogan, the 200 Bar, at 1322 Market street, is just the place for you to get a "night-cap." The Gem Saloon—Hugh B. White, Proprietor, is the place to rest the weary head—1911 Market street. If you wish to help the good cause along, go to old friend Jeff Smith, 1201 Morgan street, and get good drinks. Then we see the Pink Coat Bar, Twenty-second and Market streets. Williams and Head will do you up fine. Passing to Chas. Harris, 33 South Twentieth street. He will attend to you in first-class style. Good beer and wiskey. A fine place of resort is 1911 Market street, where you can get either an "eye-opener" or a "night-cap." Hugh B. White, Proprietor. The Rosebud Bar, 2220 Market street, Tom Turpin, proprietor, can "dress you up" with all that makes a man lively—good beer and whiskey. Wm. P. Dye's Buffet and Saloon, 2801-3 Manchester avenue, has been newly decorated. He has put an Easter front on it. Don't forget to give him a call. Try Pickett's Headache Powders. Don't fail to get them. 2601 Lawton avenue. Don't forget Teressa, the Florist, 1308 Olive street, the best in the city. The Palladium wants ads. If our true friends wish to assist us, they will secure ads., for us. FANNIE LEE, World's Fair artist. Pictures of all kinds called for and delivered. All sizes crayon, pastel, water color and oil paintings, a spectaly. Fine frames and high grade work. Terms reasonable. Cash or credit; also lessons given. Call or write to 456 N. Sarah st. The World's Fair. President D. R. Francis is well-known to the Palladium man. In 1884 the acquaintance of this honorable gentleman, D. R. Francis, was formed, and since that time he has become noted as a most worthy gentleman, with all the push characteristics of a Kentuckian. He is now the talk of the entire civilized world. All hail to the World's Fair President—D. R. Francis! $4 to $8 a day guaranteed to every person sending their name and address to Scott Remedy Co., P. O. Box 570, Louisville, Ky. Write at once. Notice. Sam, the Tailor, will not be responsible for money paid to agents unless those contracts are signed by him at 204 North Fourteenth street. Electa Temple, Meets Second Thursday of each month at 8:00 p. m., Knights of Pythias Hall, Lucas and Jefferson Aves. Mrs. Annie D. Hyatt, M. W. P. Lulu O. Dell, Sec'y. James Barnes, FIRST-CLASS BARBER - SHOP, 1433 Morgan, Street. SOMETHING DOING AT DALE'S CAFE, 805 N. 23d Street. Meals to Order at All Hours. BEFORE. AFTER. Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. OZONO. with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain quest forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied w not true to all we claim for them? We under this guarantee, and we are glad Ozono has been satisfied in every respect we are to-day using our preparations, a Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. O out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, it will make short, harsh hair long and s itching, worrying scalp diseases. Icch ot live after Ozono has been applied. I it will restore gray hair to its natu- rity. where, let us make a statement. Many ighten hair, but when they send the brons. Friends, do not use hot irons; the and cause it to drop out. Ozono stora race. Nothing but Ozono is necessary. You can stop the use at any time. in a day or two after the first application Ozono is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do t which is good at day. Cut out with it the sum of One Dollar, and we of Ozono and one large bottle of Elec ack skin bright, rough skin soft and Also removes all facial imperfections, a We will also include one fancy jar o great beautifier—removes wrinkles, me mblemishes; makes the old look young. to include one package of our celebrated MICALLY PURE, and no soap but a p DRUG ST 51(Franklin A.) Also Marcus and East R. L. PICKETT in DRUGS I 601 LAWTON AVENUE for. Jefferson and Lawton Day and Night Brewer and A. H. How Proprietors of TAURANT and DINNER at 2837 Manchester Ave. -Class Meals, place where you can get the Give them a call. 20 years constant and co in this business has s d me for the continued o ducting of same. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Retractory, Troublesome Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, and Scurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; they will burn up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozono straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. The price of Ozone is 50c, a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozone and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. We will also include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever 3 BIG DRUG STORES. 2605 1901(Franklin Ave. Also Marcus and Easton Avenues. 2601 LAWTON AVENUE, N. W. Cor. Jefferson and Lawton Aves. Open Day and Night. Both Telephones First-ClassMeals,15c The only place where you can get the very best for your money. Give them a call. My nearly 10 years constant and consistent experience in this business has specially fitted me for the continued conducting of same. GORDON, Une reet. Phone C 1744. W. C. GORDON, Undertaker, 2216-18 Morgan street. Phone C 1744. St. Louis, Mo TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. AFTER be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U. S. Government has granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washington; so if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have thousands of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: **Boston Chemical Company:** Dear Sirs, -You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. Gentlemen.—After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. BONO is absolutely guaranteed to store luxurious growth. If your hair is secure a glossy long growth. Buy a $1.00 at once, and the goods will be order. BOSTON CHEMICAL 310 E. Broad St., N. Boston Chemical 310 East Broad Street, R. I enclose you $1.00, for which pl ono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp S House, No. City. State. like above, send $3.00. If you have write her name on a piece of paper and order. thoroughly experienced and competent Colored Undertakers. A. RUSSELL Ling and UNDERT A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total. $4.00. If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. We are the only thoroughly experienced and the only practically competent Colored Undertakers in the city. our own conveyances and do all our Carriages furnished for all occasions. Market St., ST. LOUIS, MO. 2118-20-22 Market St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Telephone, C-390. CHOP HOUSE. Harrison Cook, Proprietor of a Lunch Room, better known as a Chop House, at 1930 Chestnut Street. First Class Food. RIDER AGENTS WANTED one in each town to ride and exhibit a sample 1902 model bicycle of our manufacture. YOU CAN MAKE $10 TO $50 A WEEK besides having a wheel to ride for yourself. 1902 Models High Grade Guaranteed $9 to $15 1900 and 1901 Models BEST MAKES $7 to $11 500 Second Hand Wheels $3 to $8 taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores, all makes and models, good as new. We ship any bicycle IN APPROVAL to anyone without a cent deposit in advance and allow 10 DAYS FREE TRIAL. You take absolutely no risk in ordering from us, as you do not need to pay a cent if the bicycle does not suit you. DO NOT BUY a wheel until you have written for our FACTORY PRICES & FREE TRIAL OFFER. Tires, equipment, Sundries and sporting goods of all kinds, at half regular prices, in our big free sundry catalogue. Our reliable person in each town to distribute catalogues for us in exchange for a bicycle. Write today for our catalogue and our special offer. J. L. MEAD CYCLE O., Chicago, III. Boston Chemical Company ; Dear Siria,—You are all used OZONO, and give it fooled so often, it does me g Here is another: Gentlemen,—After using that my hair is already stra A last word. OZONO cause a beautiful and luxur you can use it to secure "OZONO." Send us $1.00 day we receive your order. MAGGIE B. PROCTOR, Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. MISS BESSIE POWERS, 883 Missouri street, Toledo, O. guaranteed to straighten hair and if your hair is already straight growth. Buy only the genuine the goods will be sent the same. BIN CHEMICAL CO., E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Chemical Co., Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. 100, for which please send at once. Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, in Food, worth 50c. 1 Package Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. ... House, No. city. state. 0. If you have a friend who has piece of paper and pin to coupon. relienced and the only pundertakers in the city. SSELL, DERTAKIN and do all our own work. or all occasions. S, MO. Telephone, C-