Savannah Tribune

VOL. XXII. TO STOP SQUABBLE In Central America Secretary Root Makes Move. JOINS IN WITH MEXICO Holds Conferences With Mexican Ambassador at Washington to Adopt Some Plan of Action for Secretary Root and Mexican Ambassador Creel, at a conference in Washington Saturday, decided that the time was ripe for concerted action to terminate hostilities in Central America if that result could be accomplished by moral suasion and earnest representation, beyond which point neither the United States nor Mexico is willing to go. The appearance in Washington of a minister from Salvador with large powers, believed to be authorized to speak for Honduras, seemed to afford the opportunity for diplomatic action at this end. Therefore a series of conferences began early Saturday morning at the state department between these interested parties, which it is stated by the participants will probably lead to a peaceful settlement of the trouble, and moreover one that will endure longer than the few months that frequently marks the life of these Central American compacts. The basis for the agreement is yet to be defined in its details, indeed it was stated that beyond the agreement among the parties to the conference, that the time had now come for action by them, that the plan had not been perfected. A notable fact was the absence of the Nicaraguan minister, Senor Correa. It was suggested that the purpose of the conference is to frame an agreement for the future settlement of all disputes between Central American countries and then submit this to Nicaragua and request her adhesion, falling which that country would find itself standing alone among the Central American states and without their sympathy. It is believed that a few days will bring about important developments and that either peace will be declared or a general war will follow between Nicaragua and the four other states. DAIRYMEN BOOST PRICES. About Four Hundred Meet in Atlanta and Form Combine. Some 400, dairymen held a council in Atlanta Saturday night, agreed upon a scale of prices, an increase over the existing ones, formed a union and decided to employ a milk inspector of their own. In future milk will be sold to the retail trade at 44 cents per gallen, an increase of 10 per cent; to hotels, restaurants and soda fountains at 35 cents, an increase of 16 cents; to the dealers at 25 cents, an increase of 25 per cent. Cream will be sold to the retail trade at $1.80 per gallon; to hotels, restaurants and soda fountains at $1.40; to the dealers, $1. GRAIN PRICES JUGGLED. Telegraph Operator Tells of Crooked Work of Board of Trade. A. W. Harris, former telegraph operator of the Superior board of trade, at Minneapolis, testified in the federal inquiry, now on in that city, that grain quotations were there manipulated, and then telegraphed to St. Paul, Cincinnati, Kansas City and Omaha. This evidence was brought out Saturday in the suit of the Minneapolis chamber of commerce against the Superior board of trade to restrain it from using the chamber's market quotations. PROVED TO BE WRONG NEGRO. Mrs. Tolbert Declares That Jim Lewis Is Not Her Assailant. The negro, Jim Lewis, was carried before Mrs. Hugh Tolbert Thursday at Fairmount, Ga., for identification. "He is not the negro who assaulted me and murdered my baby," declared Mrs. Tolbert. A large crowd had gathered waiting the result of the identification. When it was found that he was the wrong man a purse was made up for him, and he was carried back to his home in Alabama. The Savannah Tribune. LATER STORM REPORTS Fully twenty-five deaths and more than twice as many seriously injured resulted from last Friday's tornado through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Less than half of those killed were white persons. As communication is established with the towns in south and west Alabama, the list of casualties increases and the loss to property is shown to be enormous. In Coffee county the town of Central City, Clayhatchee and Waterford were swept away and at least twenty persons were injured. At Brocktown and Enterprise the people fled in terror from their homes and many were hprt by flying timbers. Houses were blown over and stock were killed. At Lanesville, Hale county, many negro cabins were razed. Near this point a large flock of sheep were caught in the path of the storm and every one of them were killed. Specials to the Montgomery Advertiser from various parts of Alabama state that growing cotton has been whipped from the ground, young fruit trees have been broken and twisted and that vegetables and plants have been destroyed. Negro Workmen Mangled in Crash of Freight Trains. About 7 o'clock Saturday night a disastrous wreck occurred on the Southern railroad one-half mile west of Mableton, Ga. The wreck was occasioned by a collision between two freight trains, extra 635 going west and No. 47 eastbound. As a result of the collision eight or more negroes were killed and twelve or fifteen injured. The accident occurred about a half-mile west of Mableton, where the double tracks from Austell merge into the main line. Some one had left the switch open and No. 635 going west should have taken the right-hand track, but instead took the track on the left hand, crashed into east-bound freight No. 74, which was standing on the track waiting for the other to pass. The engineer and fireman of both trains jumped. The engineer of 635 had his ankle broken and the fireman of the same train was badly bruised up, though his injuries are not serious. No one on train No. 74, castbound, was injured so far as reported. The negroes killed were all residents of Austell and were returning from work. MUCH FEELING ENGENDERED. President Receives Many Letters Regarding Rich'Men's Plot. President Roosevelt is receiving a great many letters from different sections of the country regarding the combination, which, it is asserted, has been formed to defeat at the coming presidential campaign the policies of Mr. Roosevelt. Information as to the identity of the writers and the precise nature of their communications is with, but those who are close to the president say the disclosures have stirred up considerable feeling. Old Dominion Line is Importing Daga Strike-Breakers to Norfolk. There is little improvement in the situation at Norfolk caused by the strike of the longshoremen which has seriously interfered with coastwise shipping for the past week. Sunday the Old Dominion steamer Monroe brought 200 Italians from New York to work in the places vacated by the negro strikers. Alabama Deputy Sheriff Meets Death in Attempting to Make Arrest. Deputy Sheriff John Roderick of Centerville, Ala., was shot and instantly killed in Bibb county Wednesday afternoon. Roderick and Sim Darden, a Tuscaloosa deputy, had gone to a house to arrest a man, named Redd, charged with burglary. As they approached the door was thrown open and Roderick instantly killed. Darden was covered with pistols by three other men, and the guilty all got away. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. APRIL 13. 1907. RICH MEN COMBINE To Make Fight on Roosevelt is Current Report. CONSPIRACY IS ALLEGED Scheme Divulged at Recent Dinner of Multi-Millionaires — Plan is to Buy Up Newspapers to Fight the President. A Washington special says: Quite the most startling development since the president's application of the word "liar" to Mr. Harriman was the statement given out at the white house Thursday that a conspiracy is on foot to defeat the president's reform policies, and that the opposition has already subscribed $3,000,000 to prosecute such a campaign. With a barrel of this proportion at their back and a determination based upon thorough realization of the struggle in store, it is apparent that the future holds some interesting things in store. The spokesman of the administration said: "The trail of the conspirators goes right across the continent. They will stop at nothing and will buy legislatures, newspapers and votes, if necessary, to accomplish their purpose and down the president. "It seems that the first inkling of this conspiracy, the existence of which is firmly believed at the white house, was obtained from an ill-considered remark made at a banquet by a friend of the alleged "Harriman-Hearst-and-Rockefeller" combination, The gentleman who made the slip is understood to be Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, who is close to Rockefeller. - "Senator Foraker is supposed to be in the advisory counsel of the conspirators, and the president has also issued a defy-to the Ohio senator. The negotiations between them in future will be all in the open, and a rough and tumble fight is inevitable. The president believes - Senator Foraker will receive the backing of the interests who are opposing his plans." It was also stated authoritatively at the white house that part of the plan to encompass the defeat of the president's policy is the election of state delegates to the national convention from those states known to favor the president, these delegates to be instructed for President Roosevelt with the knowledge in advance that the president would not be a candidate for renomination. Then, according to the statement made, these delegates, upon the president declining to be a candidate for renomination, as he has said he would decline, t delegates are to consider themselves tree, and are to be switched over to some opponents of the president, and the policies for which he is standing. The men behind this movement are said to be E. H. Harriman, J. Pierpont Morgan, the Rockefellers and other Standard Oil interests, the tobacco trust and certain other capitalistic combinations which have suffered from the president's activity. The movement is much like what is known as the "Rich Men's Conspiracy of 1904," when, at a meeting, Harriman, so the president has been informed, solemnly expressed his conviction that he could deliver the delegates to the republican convention from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Colorado and California to an anti-Roosevelt man. Investigation demonstrated that this claim was preposterous. It was apparent from what the president said to newspaper men that he is not at all concerned about the movement which has been started against him. The president is quite content to accept the gage of battle offered by Harriman and the other trust magnates. It is out of the question now for him and Harriman ever to resume friendly relations. JAPS ARE SHUT OUT. Secretary Strauss Upholds Inspector at El Paso, Texas. Secretary Straus, of the department of commerce and labor, has just denied admission to this country of five Japanese immigrants. These are the first Japanese exclusion cases to reach the secretary since the promulgation of the new immigration law. Secretary Straus' action was based upon an appeal taken by the Japanese from a decision of the inspector at El Paso, Tex., denying their right to enter this country on passports from Mexico. THAW DECLARED SANE By Lunacy Commission and Trial Must Proceed-Prosecutor Jerome A New York dispatch says: Harry K. Thaw is declared sane by the unanimous report of the commission in lunacy, appointed to inquire into his present mental condition. The moment the decision was handed down from Justice Fitzgerald's desk Thursday, District Attorney Jerome was on his feet, vigorously protesting against its confirmation by the court. He charged that he had been excluded from the last session of the commission, and demanded to be allowed to have access to the minutes and stenographic notes of what transpired at the final mental and physical examination of the defendant. When Justice Fitzgerald declined to turn the minutes over to the district attorney, Mr. Jerome declared he would carry the case to the appellate division of the supreme court, asking that a writ of prohibition or mandamus be granted to prevent a continuance of the Thaw trial until the higher court had ruled upon the legality of the commission's course Justice Fitzgerald reminded Mr. Jerome that he had waived the statutory right of attending the last session of the commission by suggesting himself that all the attorneys be excluded from the sitting in question. He then granted the district attorney an adjournment until Monday in order that he might have time to prepare his application to the appellate division. Mr. Jerome protested that the time was not sufficient, but Justice Fitzgerald cut him short with the announcement that the trial must be concluded forthwith. It was authoritatively stated late Thursday night that District Attorney Jerome will appeal from the decision of Justice Fitzgerald. The appeal will be in the nature of an action to obtain review of the justice's decision, and will be taken in the appellate division of the supreme court. FOR SELLING STOLEN LETTER. Former Stenographer of Harriman is Placed Under Arrest. Frank W. Hill, a stenographer, was arrested in New York Thursday night charged with having sold to a newspaper a personal letter of E. H. Harriman. The warrant was sworn to by Alexander Miller, secretary of the Union Pacific Railroad company, of which Mr. Harriman is the president, and was served by a detective from the district attorney's office. Hill was locked up at police headquarters The letter in question was addressed by Mr. Harriman to Sydney Webster and was first published by The World last Tuesday morning. Statements therein contained called forth the controversy between President Roosevelt and Harriman. Hill is 37 years of age and lives in Brooklyn. Action against Hill was taken under the section of the penal code, which defines as a misdemeanor the act of "a person who willfully and without authority either takes a letter, telegram or private paper belonging to another, or a copy there- and publishes the whole or any portion thereof." FIFTEEN DIE IN FLAMES. Holocaust Occurs in Dago Boarding House at San Francisco. Fifteen Italian laborers were burned to death and a score badly burned or injured in a fire which destroyed a lodging house in San Francisco early Thursday morning. The names of the dead, with two exceptions, are unknown. The victims were asleep in their rooms when the fire started. Before they could be aroused, the flames had spread all through the building. The inmates were burned in the ruins, twenty being taken out dead and dying. ATLANTA VOTES WATER BONDS Day Was Saved by Narrow Margin of Only Sixty-Two Ballots. Water bonds were carried in Atlanta Tuesday in a special election by the small majority of 62 votes. The number of votes necessary to carry the bonds was 2,134, the number of votes cast in favor of the bonds was 2,196. The registered number of votes was 3,201. Some of the wards lacked a few votes of carrying the bonds, but other wards, which went for the bonds, overcame these losses, and saved the day. ACQUITTAL VERDICT Given in - Alleged Peonage Cases in Atlanta Court. THE BIG BLUFF IS CALLED Jury Was Out But Short Time Before Reaching Decision—Brief and Succinct Charge Was Delivered by Judge Newman. It took just fifteen minutes in the United States court at Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday afternoon for the jury in the Coleman-Zeigler-Brewster - Robinson conspiracy case to bring in a verdict of not guilty. And within another five minutes the defendants had received the congratulations of the few friends about and the court room was empty. The case went to the jury without argument, but it was a day of strenuous work by the attorneys for both the government and for the defendants. When court convened in the morning the defense had the witness stand and during the day two of the Messrs. Cole, Mr. Zeigler and Mr. Thompson were placed on the stand. Mr. Zeigler admitted the existence of the warrants and told of the arrest of the runaways and of their return to Newman. He denied most emphatically that any threats were made to retain the men in service after they were carried back to Newnan, but on the contrary asserted that the men were told to go where they pleased after they had reached the point from which they started. It was then according to the evidence that the men expressed a desire to return to work and did so of their own free will. Judge Newman began his charge at twenty minutes to five, and closed twenty minutes after the stroke of five. He read from his prepared notes, making frequent references to revised copies of the statutes and once to a state book of enactments in which the labor law of 1903 was written. The charge was entirely acceptable to both attorneys for both prosecution and for the defense. The judge took the bill of indictment; after declaring that it was one charging a conspiracy defined a conspiracy as interpreted by the law. Referring to the fact that it was charged to be a conspiracy in peonage the judge illustrated the various features of that offense against the revised statutes and then directed the jury minutely as to the manner in which they should arrive at its verdict. The closest attention was given Judge Newnan by the jury, by the defendants, by the attorneys for both sides and by the small gathering within the court room as he instructed the twelve men in the law. Despite the verdict, Colonel Henley and Colonel Sheppard, who came from Florida, to assist in the prosecution, because District Attorney Carter Tate was disqualified, on account of his relationship with one of the Messrs. Cole, made an excellent fight. Stubbornly they contested every inch of the ground and contended vigorously for the conviction of the defendants. Though they had a losing fight they took their defeat with a grace that comes only to a gallant fighter. JOCKEY CLUB IS INDICTED. Because Betting Was Allowed at the Matinee Races in Memphis. Charged with permitting betting at its matinee races, held Saturday, April 6, and thereby violating the Foust anti-race track betting law, the new Memphis Jockey Club was indicted Tuesday by the Shelby county grand jury. The claim is made that a hand book was operated and that odds were offered on every horse in every race. STATE CAN TAX NOTES. Louisiana Wins Important Case Before U. S. Supreme Court. The constitutionality of the Louisiana law of 1898 making taxable in that state notes taken by non-residents on account of business transactions there was brought into question in the case of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, vs the city of New Orleans, which was decided by the supreme court of the United States Monday in favor of the city. FOR A YEAR LONGER Uncle Sam Will Wield Control Over Cuba—May Turn Over Affairs to Islanders July 4, 1908. Secretary Taft and party arrived in Cuba Sunday on the Mayflower. The trip from Panama was uneventful. Governor Magoon, Brigadier General Barry, commanding the army of pacification; General Rodriguez, commander of the rural guards, the mayor of Havana, the heads of departments and prominent Cuban officials went out in launches to welcome Secretary Taft. The secretary surprised the Cubans greatly by waiving an introduction and by calling a majority of them by name. Monday morning the members of the committee of insurgents with whom Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon made arrangements for peace in Cuba, in September last, had a conference with the secretary lasting from 10 o'clock until 1:30 in the afternoon. Secretary Taft in spite of the requests of the committee refused to give his visitors the date of the withdrawal of the American forces from Cuba. The committee asked that the moderate governors in the different provinces and the moderate mayors and city councils be replaced by liberals, but Mr. Taft declared that he would leave that entirely to Governor Mugoon. He added that the administration was highly satisfied with the governor's conduct of Cuban affairs, and he would be given more authority than ever. The secretary met the conservatives Monday afternoon and discussed the insular situation. He said that owing to economical conditions he considered a national election at an early date to be unwise, and recommended that such election be postponed until the result of the municipal and provincial elections, be known. The conservative representatives expressed their willingness to leave all to the good judgment of the United States. After this interview representatives of all the leading banks of Cuba called upon Secretary Taft and asked him to give them one or two years' notice before the holding of the national elections, claiming that unless this was done, the effect upon commercial conditions in the island would be disastrous. The bankers urged the secretary not to change the present currency to American money, claiming that to do so would increase the cost of living 1-2 per cent. The committee of the chamber of commerce spoke to the secretary in a similar vein. There is a general impression that the American occupation of Cuba will last for another year at last. The liberals are anxious that the final elections be held in December, 1907, and the government turned over May 20, 1908, the anniversary of the inauguration of the first Cuban republic; they also request that all the provincial elections be held simultaneously. The conservatives, on the other hand, desire that the final elections be held later than next December and that the municipal and provincial elections be held six months apart. In view of this divergence of desire, a compromise will result in the turning over of the control of Cuban affairs on July 4, 1908, is probable. It is known that Secretary Taft insists upon a thorough census, considering such a step absolutely necessary before successful elections can be held. BARRED FROM SOCIETY Wife of Former Senator Broods Herself Into the Asylum. As a result of brooding over being denied admission into Joplin, Mo., society, when her husband, the late Senator Thomas Conner, became suddenly rich from mining operations, Mra Connor has just been adjudged insane. Senator Connor died recently leaving an estate valued at over $2,000,000. OGDEN DECLINES RENOMINATION As President of the Southern Educational Conference. Better educational facilities, more school houses and continued war against illiteracy, was the slogan of the speakers at the conference for education in the south, which convened at Pinehurst, N. C., Tuesday, in tenth annual session. A message from President Ogden, who was prevented from attending the meeting on account of illness, addressed to the conference, asking that another be elected president, was read. Largest Sick and Death Benefits Largest Sick and Death Benefits; Smallest Premiums. P. EDWARD PERRY, Vice President. Relief Society The Guaranty Aid and SOL. C. 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It will make every one independent, sure and self-reliant in all practical calculations connected with farming and other lines of business. It will prevent mistakes, relieve the mind, save time, labor and loss. It is a pocket edition with pocket for papers and a loose silicate slate from which lead pencil marks are easily erased, and is an invaluable assistant for every farmer or business man. ```markdown ``` Eulogies and laudatory paragraphs, alternating with sneers, ridicule and depreciations, long have been the lot of the country editor. Pictured in the comic papers as an egotistic clown, exalted by the politicians as a mighty "molder of public opinion," occasionally chastised by angry patrons and sometimes remembered by delighted subscribers, he has put his errors where they could be read of all men and has modestly sought a fair credit for his merits. At times he has rebelled—not at treatment from his constituency, but at patronizing remarks of the city journalist who sits at a mahogany desk and dictates able articles for the eleighteen-page daily, instead of writing local items at a pine table in the office of a four-page weekly. Thus did one voice his protest: "When you consider that the country weekly is owned by its editor and that the man who writes the funny things about country papers in the city journals is owned by the corporation for which he writes, it doesn't seem so sad. When you see an item in the city papers poking fun at the country editor for printing news about John Jones new barn you laugh and laugh—for you know that on one of the pages of that same city daily is a two-column story in regard to the trimming on the gowns of the Duchess of Wheelbarrow. And it is all the more amusing because you know that the duchess does not even know of the existence of the aforesaid city paper, while John Jones and many of his neighbors take and pay for the paper which mentioned his new barn. Don't waste your pity on the country newspaper worker. He will get along." After all, no one man in the community has so large an opportunity to assist the town in advancement as the editor. 'It is not because he is smarter than others, not because he is wealthy—but because he is the spokesman to the outside world. He is eager to print all the news in his own paper. Does he do it? Hardly. "This would be a very news paper." explained a frank country editor to his subscribers, "were it not for the fact that each of the four men who work on it has many friends. By the time all the items that might injure some of their friends are omitted very little is left." "I wish you would print a piece about our schoolteacher," said a farmer's wife to me one afternoon. "Say that she is the best teacher in the county." "But I can't do that—200 other teachers would be angry. You write the piece, sign it and I'll print it." "What are you running a newspaper for if you can't please your subscribers?" she demanded—and cancelled her subscription. So the country editor leaves out certain good things and certain bad things for the very simple reason that the persons most interested are close at hand and can find the individual responsible for the statements. He becomes wise in his generation and avoids chastishes and libel suits. He finds that there is no lasting regard in a sneer, no satisfaction in gratifying the impulse to say things that bring tears to women's eyes, nothing to gloat over in opening a wound in a man's heart. If he does not learn this as he grows older in the service he is a poor country editor. "The power of the country press in Washington surprises me," said a Middle West Congressman last winter. "During my two terms I have been impressed with it constantly. I doubt if there is a single calm utterance in any paper in the United States that does not carry some weight in Washington among the members of Congress. You might think that what some little country editor says does not amount to anything, but it means a great deal more than most people realize. When the country editor who is looking after nothing but the county printing gives expression to some rational idea about a national question, the man off here in Congress knows that it comes from the grass-roots. The lobby, the big railroad lawyers and that class of people realize the power of the press, but they hate it. I have heard them talk about it and shake their heads, and say, 'Too much power there!' The press is more powerful than money." This was not said in flattery, but because he had seen on Congressmen's desks the heaps of country weeklies, and he knew how closely they were read. The smallest editorial paragraph tells the politician of the condition in that paper's community, for he knows that it is put there because the editor has gathered the idea from some one whom he trusts as a leader, and the politician knows approximately who that leader is. So the country editor often exerts a power of which he knows little. But politics is only a part of the country editor's life. The social affairs of the community are nearest to him. The proud father who brings in a cigar with a notice of the seventh baby's arrival (why cigars and habies should be associated in men's minds I never understood), the fruit farmer who presents some fine Ben Davis apples in the expectation that he will get a notice, are but types. The editor may have some doubts concerning the need of a seventh child in the family of the proud father, and he may not be particularly fond of Ben Davis apples, but he gives generous notices because he knows that the gifts were prompted by /kind hearts and that the givers are his friends. When joy comes to the household it is but the working of the heart's best impulses to desire that all should share it. The news that the princess of the family has, after many years of waiting, wedded a prosperous merchant of the neighboring county brings the family into prominence in the home paper. Seldom in these busy times does the editor get a piece of wedding cake, but nevertheless he fails not to say that the bride is "one of our loveliest young ladies and the groom is worthy of the prize he has won." The city paper does not do that. Here and there a country editor tries to put on city airs and give the bare facts of "social functions" without a personal touch to the lines. But unfrequently does he succeed in reaching the hearts of his readers, and somehow he finds that his contemporary across the street, badly printed, sprinkled with typographical errors and halting in its grammar, but profuse in its landmarks, is getting an unusual number of new subscribers. Even you, though you may pretend to be unmindful, are not displeased when on the day after your party you read that the guests "went home feeling that a good time had been had." And when sorrow comes! Into the home of a city friend of mine death entered, taking the wife and mother. The family had been prominent in social circles, and columns were printed in the city papers, columns of cold, biographical facts—born, married, died. But the news went back to the small country town where in their early married life the husband and wife had spent many happy years, and in the little country weekly was quite another sort of story. It told how much her friends loved her, how saddened they were by her passing away, how sweet and womanly had been her character. The husband did not send the city papers to distant acquaintances; he sent copy after copy of the little country weekly, the only place where, despite his prominence in the world, appeared a sympathetic relation of the loss that had come to him.—Atlantic Monthly. BEAUTIFYING THE HOMES. School Children Taught to Make Flower Gardens. A few years ago the Twentieth Century Club starred school gardens and tried to get the children, as well as their parents, interested in beautifying their homes and schools, with the aim of training the young Americans to have an eye for the beautiful, and to aid the city in bettering its conditions wherever they could. Most of the principal schools have their gardens now where the scholars work diligently, each room vying with the other in having the prettiest bed. Seeds are also sold by the club at a very nominal price to the pupils to take home and grow in their own yards. Many of the children have beautiful beds laid out in artistic designs; others have their flowers planted almost any way, but each child is striving to win a button, which will show they belong to the association. Every child bringing in a collection of flowers grown by these seeds to be shown at the exhibit this week will be presented with a button showing the possessor to be a member of the Home Gardening-Association. The ladies of the club, who call occasionally to inspect these home gardens of the little folks, say they find most of the young gardeners to be boys, and those between the ages of seven and twelve years. One bright little fellow has a large back yard laid out in perfectly shaped beds, of different designs, the flowers all planted with the best taste so that the colors and shapes blend gracefully. In the centre is a bower over which vines are growing, and climbing flowers reach almost to the top. In this place he has his tools and garden implements, and all his spare time is spent there. The mothers say it is a fine thing for the children, keeping them off the streets, and giving them a pleasant and helpful occupation. Three years ago, when the work began, just a few packages of seeds were sold, while this year's statistics show 53,770 packages of seeds delivered to children in this city. Sixty-seven schools have been supplied, and many out-of-town schools have received seeds. The flowers which seem to be favorites, according to the numbers used, are gladiolas, 8151 packages; asters, 7138 packages with China pinks and nasturtiums following closely.—Detroit News-Tribune Squarated From His Mind. Rufus Choate once tried to get a Boston witness to give his idea of absent-mindedness. "Well," said the witness, who was a typical New England Yankee, "I should say that a man who thought he'd left his watch to hum, and took it outen his pocket to see if he'd time to go hum and get it, was a leetle absent-minded."—House Beautiful. Prussian Income Taxes. Since the Prussian income tax was applied, thirteen years ago, the number of persons, affected has increased from 2,440,000 to 4,680,000, and the aggregate taxable incomes have increased from $1,445,300,000 to $2,605,444,000. These taxes aim to reach all incomes above $200.— Springfield Republican. The average weight of a full grown elephant is 6000 pounds. THE LADY'S DRESS New York City.—The waist that can be worn over a separate yoke is always a dainty and attractive one, and just now is among the very latest developments of fashion. This one is adapted to silk, to wool and to 10 washable materials and can be utilized for a great many occasions, as the cuffs are adjustable, so that the sleeves can be longer or shorter at will. In the illustration it is made of 'velling with trimming of velvet 10 overlaid with applique and the chemisette of lace over chiffon. The chemisette, however, is entirely separate, and consequently several can be made for wear with one waist. All lingerie materials are as well bled as is lace. The trimming also can be almost anything that may be liked. A very pretty effect is obtained by making the shaped bands of silk and either embroidery or braiding them in some simple design, but applique or banding of any sort can be used. The waist consists of the front and the backs, which are tucked to yoke depth and joined to the band. The chemisette is separate and is adjusted under it and the two are closed invisibly at the back. The sleeves are comfortably full, tucked at their lower edges and joined to the bands. The cuffs are entirely separate and are finished with hems at their upper edges, in which elastic is inserted so that they can be slipped on and off at will. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and seven-eighth yards twenty-one, two and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven Light Tops For Shoes Popular. Though the shops are attractive in all their departments, the fact remains that it is in the shoe section that the newest fad has developed. The wearing of light-topped boots has become extremely popular. White Velvet Adds Beauty. Trimmings of white velvet embroidered in gold heighten the beauty of gowns in the new shade of hellotrope that has a pinkish tinge. or one and three-fourth yards forty-four inches wide, one-half yard of all-over lace for the chemisette, one and three-fourth yards of appliqué. one yard of all-over lace if long sleeves are used. Nine Gored Tucked Skirt. Tucked skirts are always pretty, always graceful, always attractive in light weight materials and just now, when everything fashionable answers to that description, they are adapted to almost all seasonable materials. Here is one that is treated after a quite novel fashion and that is abundantly full below the stitchings, while it is flat over the hips. In illustration it is made of one of the lovely pongee silks in the beautiful sapphire blue and is trimmed with silk braid, but it will be found admirable for the very lovely cotton and silk and cotton materials as well as for those of wool and of silk. As it can be made in either round or walking length, it is adapted both to the street and to house wear, and consequently to the slightly heavier as well as the extremely thin materials. The skirt is made in nine gores and there is a group of three tucks at each seam which effectually conceal it. The fulness at the back is laid in inverted pleats, and the tucks are stitched flat for graduated lengths. The quantity of material required for the medium size is eleven and one-half yards twenty-seven, five and F three-fourth yards forty-four or five one-half yards fifty-two inches wide when material has figure or nap; nine and one-half yards twenty- seven, five and one-fourth yards forty-four or four and three-fourth yards fifty-two inches wide when it has not, with twelve yards of braid to trim as illustrated. Buttonholes in Collars. Some new collars have little buttonholes worked in the turndown part and link collar buttons are passed through this, holding the collar in place without pins. A stud matching the link buttons goes with the set. Sleeves of Different Fabric An oddity of some evening gowns is that the short puff sleeves are of different fabric from the rest of the gown. One of the most annoying of small grafts is the raffle, as conducted for gain. It is bad enough to be held up twenty-five cents or fifty cents for a ticket which entitles you to a chance on a rug or a clock when you reasonably are sure that the proceeds will go to charity, but no man likes to be fooled out of his small change by a cheap grafter, even if the grafter happens to need the money. A story is told of two printers who lived for a month on a cheap silver watch which they raffled off almost daily, until they had "worked" nearly all the printing offices of any size in town. Those typographical grafters are unworthy of the noble craft to which they belong. They pretended to be jobless on account of last year's strike, and unable to live with their families on the money furnished by the union. During the noon hour, or about closing or opening time, one of the men would saunter into a composing room and put up a hard luck story. He had an old silverine watch that he wanted to rattle off if he could sell twenty tickets at twenty-five cents each. He usually managed to sell the tickets. About the time the drawing was to take place the confederate entered and cheerfully took a chance and won the watch without any difficulty. Thus they had the watch and the $5 also. They would split the money, and on the first convenient occasion the raffle would be repeated at another place, and by some trick known only to themselves the drawing was manipulated so that the confederate always won the watch. A south side woman recently had 500 rattle tickets printed, to be sold at ten cents each, the drawing to be on Thanksgiving Day for a "grand parlor clock," the proceeds to be for the benefit of a "poor widow." As the woman herself happens to be a poor grass widow, and as the place of the drawing could not be learned, neither could there be obtained a sight of the clock, it is not difficult to guess the final destination of $50 for which the tickets will be sold. At many saloons and cigar stores there is a continuous raffle in progress for a "fine gold watch." It is well for those who buy chances to inspect the timepiece with a critical eye. One of these watches was submitted to a jeweler by the man who won it. "It's what we call an auction watch," said the expert. "It is worth about eighty-seven cents wholesale. The case is gilded, and the works are of less value than the movement of a sixty-nine-cent alarm clock. It may keep time until the brass begins to show through the plate, and it may not." One of the most attractive forms of the raffle ticket game is valuing the ticket at from one cent up to as high as desired. The man who buys a chance draws a little envelope containing his number. If he is lucky and secures a small number he is encouraged to try again. This is a sort SOME OLDER SCHOOLS. For Policemen, Nursemids, Grave Diggers, Judges and Croupiers. There are some very strange educational establishments open at the present day. A school for cash boys was opened some time ago, says the Boston Transcript. According to a prospectus pupils, who must not be under fourteen years of age, are taught arithmetic in every day use, bookkeeping, pennanship and the quick handling and counting of money. Many of the boys who have attended the school are earning good wages as cashiers in some of the largest stores in New York and Chicago. It is proposed to open in London a school for nursemaids, where girls over sixteen years of age may be given lessons in the management of infants, preparing of children's food, plain sewing and laundry work and the kindergarten system of education. Such an institution already exists in Berlin. It was founded two years ago by a clergyman and is in connection with a foundling hospital). The growing girls of this establishment are taught to become competent housemaids, and positions are found for them in the houses of the best families in Germany. Russia possesses a school for policemen, where young men are trained for the force. The school is situated in St. Petersburg, and in a museum connected thereto the pupils make themselves familiar with jimmies, drills, chisels and other tools used by professional thieves. A particular branch of the school is the Russian passport system, which every budding policeman has to study in detail. A remarkable educational establishment is the school for Judges opened recently in Paris. Here make believe trials are held by pupils under the supervision of well known attorneys. The whole procedure, from the issuing of a warrant for arrest to the summing up and the Judge's verdict, is carried through in a business like manner. At Monte Carlo there is a school of croupiers. It is held during the six month summer in the club room of the Tir aux Pigeons and the Salle Escrime in the Casino building. of double gamble, and many men can not resist the temptation to speculate upon the chances simply in order to have the fun of drawing the little envelopes. Of course, many of the raffles are for cases of genuine charity, and it is an easy way to raise funds for some worthy object. Many a person who would not accept an outright gift, even in case of sickness or death, will permit friends to raffle off a piano or a bicycle for a good round price in order to obtain a fund to tide him over an emergency. To buy tickets for this kind of a raffle is praiseworthy. But sharpers are not above getting money by the same means. If a strange man, or a doubtful looking woman, wants to sell you a chance for the benefit of "an old soldier," or a "little orphan girl," or a "striker out of work," it might pay you to investigate. But here is where the easy money comes in for the sharper. It is too much trouble to investigate, and the tender hearted person would sooner give up the ten, twenty-five or fifty cents to an unworthy grafter than to take chances of refusing to aid a case of genuine need. Then, too, there is what might be called a legitimate raffle business. Of course, the raffle is a lottery under the law, and, therefore, is a criminal transaction. But in many cases goods of known value but slow sales are disposed of through raffles, and the drawings conducted honestly. A north side man disposed of an automobile in this way. It had been a good "wagon" in its day, although the type was old. He wanted to get a new one, and as the makers would not allow him anything in exchange for the old, he sold raffle tickets to the amount of $500, and the winner got a real bargain—the losers paying the bill. A group of young men who wanted to build themselves a little clubhouse in the Fox Lake region resorted to a raffle that was almost a downlight steal. They had the printer make them tickets and each one went among his friends and organized a "suit club," selling chances for a $20 tailor-made suit. Of course those who invested understood that the suit probably would be worth about $18, but they were satisfied to help build the clubhouse on that basis, and besides they thought they had a fair chance to get the suit. It was learned afterward by accident that there were twenty "series" of tickets sold by these young men, and instead of each series standing for a suit, only one drawing was held and only a single suit made for the entire twenty series of tickets. In other words, they sold $500 worth of tickets for a $20 suit of clothes. They built their clubhouse, however, and laughed at the man who kicked because he thought he did not get a square deal for the half dozen tickets he bought. They thought it was a good joke.—Michigan Tradesman. Here are tables similar to those in the Casino gaming room, and each pupil in turn takes the role of croupier, while others personate players and stake money over a table. At a given signal the croupier must be ready to calculate and pay out the winning stakes. There are usually between forty and fifty pupils in this school, and a six months' course is generally sufficient to turn them into finished couplers. A very odd educational establishment is the school for grave diggers in Belgium. It was founded by the directors of the Great Evere Cemetery, and all candidates for posts as sextons in Belgium must undergo training in the school and pass an examination. There are several schools of housewifery in England, the principal of which is connected with the National Training School of Cookery in London. Every branch of household management is taught at this school, the keeping of accounts, the principles of domestic sanitation and a certain amount of sick training being included. Let Everybody Plant Trees. If every land owner would plant in every available place such trees as would not only give present beauty but also insure a, future supply of valuable timber, it would $^{6f}$ supplement the larger work of a Government forest reserve that reforestation and the preservation of an adequate supply of good timber would be much simplified. The precious and almost indispensable white oak is naturally only a forest tree, but the black walnut, which intrinsically is even more valuable, will grow almost anywhere and in a much shorter time, and it will pay for itself from the time it begins to bear. $^{6}$ The same is true of the chestnut. There is no question that cabinet woods will always be in demand, for no other material can possibly take the place of wood in the making of furniture.—Craftsman. Thomas King was dned in a London police court for taking his baby to a pawnshop and trying to pawn it for fifty cent, wherewith to buy gin. The Savannah Tribune PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO 116 W. St. Julian Street. THE President has appointed Ralph W. Tyler, as auditor in the navy department at Washington. THE white property holders have been raising a rumpus about the increased valuations placed upon them by the tax equalizers. Many of the large property holders have been returning their holdings at a very low rate; they are the ones who are doing the most kicking. The small property holders were compelled to return at nearly full valuation, and in some cases more so. A fair valuation should be placed on all property. THE high handed method used by some of the policemen against our people should not be tolerated by those in power. On Wednesday a colored dealer in the city market was arrested by a policeman because the policeman claimed that he was sold a diseased chicken. The colored dealer denied it, but promised to give the policeman another in its stead. This the officer refused and arrested him. The dealer asked not to be taken from his business, but to placed be on the docket, but the chesty policeman would not hear to it, not even when an offer was made to pay him the value of the chicken. The next morning the recorder very justly dismissed the accused. The recorder should have taken the opportunity of lecturing this policeman about his uncalled for actions, and let him understand that colored men in business should not be arrested on such trivial charges, but rather placed on the docket. EVER since the organizing of the chain gang system of Sumter County there have been complaints about the cruelty exhibited toward convicts. Last summer a young colored man was alleged to have been whipped to death by one of the guards, but nothing definite was done in the case. Recently reports of continual cruelty were made which resulted in an investigation, and approval of the reports. The cruelty inflicted on the convicts was so severe and revolting that the county commissioners would not allow the notes taken by the reporters to be published. The matter should not merely end in changing the conditions of affairs, but the commissioners owe it to the law-abiding citizens of that county and too of the State to have the brutal guards punished for their uncalled cruelty to the defenseless convicts. Brutality of this kind is one of the causes of keeping good settlers from this section. HOKE SMITH was elected on the platform of Negro disfranchisement. He is wedded to this as well as nearly every member of the next legislature, A disfranchisement bill will be among the very first ones introduced in the legislature. Heretofore, similar bills were defeated because a more conservative element of white men were in control, but it is different now, and if the bill fails to be enacted into law, it would surely be a miracle. This being a constitutional enactment it will have to be ratified by the voters of the State. This ratification will come at the next State election, and for this election THE TRIBUNE is anxious for every colored man in the State of voting age to prepare and be qualified to vote, and along with the conservative white voters bury such an uncalled for and illegal piece of legislation. Leaders in every part of the State should take this matter under consideration and commence organizing to have the voters become qualified. This is the time for those who are voters to make their returns so that they will not be doubled taxed in the fall, also all young men who have become of age since the closing of the return books last year. As colored men if we value our franchise we must work to save it by being qualified to vote against this ratification. Let us not wait for it to be done before making preparations to be in line to vote against it. White Men Should Leave Our Women Alone. Reports have been rampant recently about the conduct of a certain class of white men who make it their business to be intimate with colored girls and women. Of course none of our female of any standing would be caught even looking at such libertines, but it is those women and girls of the lower class who are void of the least spark of self respect or race pride that are guilty of this illegal intimacy, and many of these women are of a class that even colored men look upon with scorn, yet relished by the men in question. Last week one of our young business men had occasion to speak to a white fellow about harboring colored girls in his place of business, soon afterwards blows were exchanged and to the credit of our young man he gave the white fellow a good punching for which the recorder fined him ten dollars the next morning. At the trial when it was brought out that colored girls were alleged to be carried in the place of business of the white man, the recorder told the defendant, it is stated, that it was none of his business if he did see colored girls go there. If this assertion of the recorder is correct, he is really not discharging his duties as he should, because it would show that he upholds white men in this illicit relation with women of a race against whom they profess so much prejudice. Let the white man be sincere and consistent in his feelings against the race and let him prove it by leaving our women alone. Many visitors within the last ten or fifteen days. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wafford, Worster, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Austin, Middletown, Mass., Prof. George E. Vincent, of the University of Chicago. Prof. Vincent made a very interesting and instructive address to the teachers and students. He said in part there are three things necessary to make a complete man, knowledge, wisdom and enthusiasm. Knowledge must be obtained with reference to some definite end not collected promiscuously like the contents of a boy's pocket a little of every thing. Wisdom is the practical application of knowledge to problems of life but wisdom without enthusiasm to inspire it accomplish little. Knowledge transformed into wisdom and wisdom vivified by enthusiasm makes the man whom the world will respect and honor for his services. Prof. Work's lecture on Africa and Africans was the event of last week. The lecture was a graphic description of habits, customs and governments of the natives. At the conclusion of the lecture a collection, taken for the Fred Douglass Home Fund, amounted to $21 50 Prof. Pearson will lecture Friday April 19th on Negro Insurrections for Freedom. Juvenile Savagery To the Editor: BAKANAH TERWOK To the Editor BAVANNAH TRIBUNE Sir; it is encouraging to note that notwithstanding the many discouraging things that are said of us as people by men in prominent and conspicuous positions as judges, and even representatives in the National House of Congress, it is encouraging to know that there are a few who have not yet bent the pliant knee to the "Baal" of race prejudice and proscription to the extent that they cannot see the wrongs and injustice that go to make up the black man's daily burden. Whatever we may forget we must not forget that Sowing and Reaping are relative terms. The above caption appeared in a recent issue of the "Morning News" which speaks of a state of affairs of daily occurrence. One only has to pass through any of the public squares of the city, where a dozen or more white boys are gathered, and the appearance of a colored man, woman or child is the signal for hateful remarks, or the incentive for throwing a missile. The writer have often seen officers of the law or policemen witnessing such cowardly acts without making any effort to restrain the boys. Those colored persons who were adjudged guilty of discharging their pistols at a crowd of these same savages in white skin, the act is only a prelude to what might act in any prelude to provocation. As citizens and tax payers, we do not ask for any special privileges, but we do ask for the equal protection of the law. Our children must be protected in their rights when they go through the streets. They must not come back to us bruised and malmed by irresponsible juvenile savages in white skin or in any other skin. White boys must learn that they are to obey the law as is required of colored boys. It was indeed quite a travesty on justice, when there could not be found one man in the police barracks with sufficient backbone to impress those youthful offenders of the majesty of the law, that it was not in keeping with good government to go gunning for any human being even in the city limits. I dare say, that if those boys were colored there would have been no end to the volunteers to get a whack at them. We ask that the police department see to it, that these boys who gather in the public squares and parks, be made to understand that they cannot throw rocks and bricks at colored people with impunity, however, much sport they may derive from such a pastime. Mrs. Herndon Honored. The Married Women's Club entertained in honor of Mrs. Adrienne McNell Herndon of Atlanta, Saturday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Jas. R. Davis, Anderson street, E., assisted by the Misses Annie Scott, Rosa Jones, Fannie Deveaux and Lillian Reynolds. Miss Scott attired in a becoming gown of ailk, received at the door, holding in her hand a beautiful bouquet, of white carnations and ferns while Miss Fannie Deveaux ushered the ladies into the beautiful parlors decorated with ferns and flowers. The president, Mrs. M. B. Branham, introduced Mrs. Herndon who was the cynosure of all eyes, gracefully and charmingly attired in a handsome'silk princess. In her introduction the president said, "I take great pleasure in introducing to you ladies, our distinguished guest, Mrs Adrienne McNell Herndon, of Atlanta. Although claimed by Atlanta, the home of her adoption, Savannah, has claims upon her which we will not surrender, and to you Mrs. Herndon, in behalf of the Married Women Club of Savannah, I extend to a hearty welcome and as time rolls on I hope that an everlasting friendship will exist between you and this club." Games such as progressive whist and others were indulged in for a part of the evening, after which Mrs. Chas Lewis rendered some beautiful instrumental selections, that were greatly enjoyed. Miss Rosa Jones then invited the club and guests to the tables which were beautifully ornamented with roses and ferns. At that stage Mrs. Howard Reed was selected by the club to convey the intelligence to Mrs. Herndon; that the ladies of the Married Woman's Club had elected her as a honorary member. Mrs. Reed said: "Ladies we have the honor and pleasure of having present with us this afternoon, one of Atlanta's most talented and gifted young women. Mrs. Adrienne McNell Herndon, formerly of Savannah. We are proud to claim her as one of our own. While we regret that we cannot have her with us always, yet it affords extreme pleasure of acquainting her of the fact, that the Married Women Club of Savannah has elected her as honorary member," to which Mrs. Herndon responded by saying: "It is indeed a pleasure to be with you ladies this afternoon, and the honor which you have conferred on me will ever be cherished. I heartily wish the club much success." Miss. Rosa Jones honored the ladies with beautiful selections, "Dearie" and "Would you care", Mrs. Herndon was tendered a handsome bouquet of white carnations by Mr. H. E. Perry, of Atlanta and a souvenir from the club, presented by Mrs. Fred Cohen. Those present were Mrs. John Deveaux, Mrs. J. H. C Butler, Mrs. Richard Bright, Miss Rosa Abhton, Mrs. Adrinne McNeil Herndon, Miss Annie Scott, Miss Rosa Jones, Mrs. L. M. Pollard, Mrs. Mack Branham, Mrs. Charles Lewis, Mrs. Daisy Keye, Miss Fannie Deveaux, Miss Lillian Reynolds, Miss Susie Scott, Mrs. Jas R. Davis Mrs. Eugene Edwards, Mrs. Claudius P. Watts, Miss Theodias Stiles, Miss Alice B. Miller, Mrs. Paul Perry, Miss Eureka Jackson, Mrs. A L. Tucker, Mrs. Fred Cohen, Miss Laura McDowell, Miss Florence Erwin, Mrs. C. E. Lewis. F. A. B. Church. Last Sunday was communion day at the F. A. B. Church, Rev. J. W. Carr, D. D., pastor. Not less than one thousand members were present and the services were interesting throughout. In fact all of the services of the church are well attended. The lecture of Prof. W. E. Holmes of Central City College on April 20, will be very interesting. The public is invited to attend. Rev. Carr carried Wednesday morning for Thomasville, where he will conduct revival meetings for Rev. J. B. Davis. Rev. Carr has also been invited to make the closing address at the Bible Training School at Tuskegee Institute in May. Second Baptist Church Revival services are now in progress, pastor May is being assisted by Rev, E. C. Cole, C. D. of St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Cole is a profound theologian and an impressive speaker, he swains his audience at will. Chorister C. F. Waters is conducting song services, and a lively meeting proceeding Dr. Cole will preach the first anniversary sermon of Dr. May's pastorate the third Sunday night in this month. The sick list is comparatively small this week, with two deaths recorded The Sunday Club held exercises here last Friday night. In the financial contests between the male and female members of the church last Sunday the females nearly doubled the males; however the contest was prolonged till Sunday (tomorrow) at which time every member is requested to be present. Deacons Noble and Osborne are representing the men. Sisters Springs and Starr are representing the sisters: 1000 cards holding $2.80 are being distributed to 1000 members to be filled and reported to the Church the first Sunday in June, please take the bearers of cards. Baptizing to-morrow morning after 11 o'clock services. Dr. Cole preach at both hours: morning subject "The Cross," Night subject, "The Basis of Human Hope." Dont fail to hear these subjects discussed. Night services hereafter will begin at 8:30 instead of at 8 o'clock sharp Bethlehem Baptist Church Bethenem Baptist Church At a m., last Sunday preaching we had the pleasure or having Rev. Prof. Curr- right out with us. He delivered to us an able sermon. It was enjoyed by all the hearers. We welcome him back to our pulpit. Sunday School was well attended conducted by Supt. F. H. Williams At 5:00 o'clock preaching by pastor It was powerful sermon. Weekly prayer meetings are going on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Strangers are always welcome. Sunday Club Tomorrow. The following musical program at the Men's Sunday Club will be rendered by the Eureka Musical Club: Quartett, "Nearer my God to thee," Miss C. Alexander, Miss M. J. Walker, A. J. Patton and W. H. Stikes; Duet, "Gently lead us," Miss C. Alexander, A. H. Patton; Solo, "Hold thou my hand" W. H. Stikes. An address will be delivered by Prof. M.1.N. Work [on Africa." An Enterprising Firm. Increase of stock and demand for space compells Scott Bros. to enlarge their store. Evidences of improvement are always in sight to those who visit the dry goods store of Scott Bros. They have a larger stock of goods than ever before. It might be interesting for the public to know the stock which is carried, also the grade. Men's Furnishings, the Double Triangle, Century and Joy brand collars are always on hand. Also an assortment of men's socks, plain and fancy, ranging from 10 cents to 50 cents. They have on hand a line of top shirts for men in desirable patterns from 25 cents to $1.00, sizes to anybody. In men underwear, they have in stock, the Balbrigan and Nainsook also the Elastic seam drawers. The other things as, suspenders, ties, handkerchiefs, belts, garters etc. are always on hand. It is surprising to see the number of hats and caps on display. Straw hats for men, women and children, also a line of felt hats for men and boys in light colors. Caps of every style and color. In Ladies Furnishings, they carry underwear, night gowns, gauze shirts, hosiery, corsets, handkerchiefs, facinator belts, also notions. White lawn from 5 cents to 25 cents. White polka dots and figured white goods for shirt waistballs. Bleaching and yellow homepun, ginghams and figured lawns. The shoe department has been giving satisfaction on all sides. The Character shoes for men sells for $3.00 and has given perfect satisfaction to all who have worn them. The Hub shoe for men, women and children are durable as well as neat and comfortable. Go and get your shoes there. A new feature has been added. Space has been made for Mrs. Buchanan who will do millinery work. She has taught hat making in several cities and has made a name by her high class work. Mrs. Buchanan has been quite busy ever since she has been here. Ladies will find it to their advantage to call and see Mrs. Buchanan before ordering hats or before having their hats retrimmed or made over. Nothing but the best of work. As we said before and will always say. Patronize our men in business and make openings for our children. Petition for Incorporation State of Georgia, County of Chatham: To the Superior Court of said County; The petition of James G. Lemon, F. A. Curtright, S. P. Lloyd, J. W. Jamerson, E. E. Des Verney, Geo W. Smith, Alberta M. Brown, Geo. W. Jacobs, Andrew Patterson, and J. H. Rogers, all of said State and County respectfully shows: 1 That they desire for themselves, their associates, successors and assigns, to be incorporated under the name and style of the SAVANNAH SHOE AND MERCANTILE COMPANY. 2 The term for which petitioners ask to be incorporated is TWENTY YEARS, with the privilege of renewal at the end of that time. 3 The capital stock of the corporation is to be FIVE THOUSAND (5,000) dollars, divided into shares of FIVE dollars each. Petitioners, however, ask the privilege of increasing said CAPITAL STOCK from time to time not exceeding in the aggregate Fifty Thousand ($50,000) dollars. 4 Ten per cent of said capital stock has all ready been paid in. 5 The object of the proposed corporation is pecuniary profit and gain to its stockholders. 6 The purpose for which your petitioners desire to be incorporated is to established, maintain and conduct a shoe store, but petitioners desire to conduct a general mercantile business to buy, sell, exchange or handle any class of goods not inconsistent with the laws of the State and United States, in conformity with the charter and purpose for which it is granted. 7 Petitioners desire the right to buy, lease or in anyway control real estate, in furtherance of the business of said corporation; to make or take notes or any other form of indebtedness that may be deemed profitable in its business; to act as agents for others and all other business that may be done in persuance of the charter when granted. 8 The principal office and place of business of the proposed corporation will be in city of Savannah, said County and State, but petitioners desire the privilege to do business in any State of the United States. WHEREFORE, petitioners pray to be made a body corporate under the name and style aforesaid, entitled to the rights, privileges and immunities and subject to the liabilities fixed by law. SECOND-HAND SHOES SOLD, BOUGHT OR EXCHANGED. Work called for and delivered. 409 Jefferson St. Bell phone 3470 There will be 2 Games of Base Ball At Bolton St Park TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY APRIL, 16 and 17. BETWKEN Claflin University AND Georgia State College Game called at 4 p. m. ADMISSION 25 CENTS. Everybody is invited. Music by the College Band. Dr. C. McKANE; 29 FARM STREET. Practice largely confined to the office, makes a specialty of Diseases of Women, The Private Diseases of Men. Attention given to loss manhood, and sterility in women. Office hours 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. 3 p. m. and. p. m. BELL PHONE 2691. Normal Concert; Beach Institute; Thursday Evening April 18, 1907. 1 Chorus "Gypsy Life" Schumann Normal Classes. 2 Recitation Miss Mamie Newkirk "Work your own way" 3 Recitation "Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech" 4 Recitation Master John Maddox "Don't Whine" 5 Three part song Miss Ruth Williams "Sweet and Low" By six Normal Girls Tennyson 6 Recitation Miss Louisa Bing "Your Father and Mother" 7 Recitation Miss Julia McGrath "Mind Your Own Business" 8 Recitation "Patrick Henry's Address" 9 Solo Master George King "A Summer Lullaby" Miss Frances Kline Gilchrist 10 Recitation Master Abram Ury "A Boy's Troubles" 11 Recitation Miss Maggie Robertson "The Gift of Triteming" 12 Recitation Master Royal B. Hill "Custer's last charge" 13 Quartette "The Kerry Dance" Malloy Misses Proctor, Cannick, Williams and Gant 14 Recitation Miss Romena Gaillard "Somebody's Mother" 15 Recitation Miss Claudia Zachary "Advice to Girls" 16 Recitation Master Samuel Heyward "Memory of Washington" 17 Solo "The Jasmine Buds" Miss Agnes Proctor Spross 18 Recitation Miss Clifford Allen "What to Expect" 19 Recitatio Miss Alvilda Boykin "Things to Remember" 20 Recitation Master Thomas Carter "What constitutes a State" 21 Trio 1. "In Our Boat" F. H. Cowen 2. "Selection from Trovatore" Verdl Misses Spencer, R. Williams and A. Williams 22 Recitation Miss Eva Cannick "Pride of Ancestry" 23 Recitation "Legend of the Organ Builder" 24 Recitation Miss Pearl Green "Bill Mason's Bride" 25 Recitation Miss Elizabeth Schroeder "You put no Flowers on my Papa's Grave" 26 Recitation Miss Edith Weston "Cheek" 27 Recitation Miss Clinton Dingle "The leak in the Dike" 28 Recitation Miss Virginia Sherman "Bingen on the Rhine" 29 Solo Miss Elise Williams "My Lady Bower" Miss Ruth Williams Temple 30 Recitation Miss Ruth Andrews "How to Get Him" 31 Recitation "Foreign ideas of Statue of Liberty" 32 Chorus "The Miller's Wooing" Normal Classes Faning Owned and managed by Colored Men You can Save from <25 Cents to $1.00> On every Pair of Shoes Purchased at SCOTT BROS., 462 West Broad, Johnson's Undertaking Funeral Director All orders promptly a First oloss Embalming, and al Our stock of COFFINS, CA is the largest in the city. We also have a first class LL nish the best Carriages, Hears We also have in our employ like to see his friends at any u Bell Phone 676. JULIAN SMITH, Pres. Union Benefi Staking Established General Directors and Embassy orders promptly attended, day or night, embalming, and all work of that kind of COFFINS, CASKETS and BUILT in the city. Have a first class LIVERY STABLE in Carriages, Hearses and Funeral Care have in our employ Mr. H. S. Dunbain's friends at any time. All orders promptly attended, day or night. First oloss Embalming, and all work of that kind guaranteed. Our stock of COFFINS, CASKETS and BURIAL ROBES is the largest in the city. We also have a first class LIVERY STABLE where we furnish the best Carriages, Hearses and Funeral Cars. ITH, Pres. GEO. W. JACOB The Benefit Assoc JULIAN SMITH, Pres. GEO. W. JACOBS, Gen'l Mgr. (Incorporated—Charter Perpetual) The leading insurance company in the south. Giving emply young men and women than any other company of like benefit. The UNION BENEFIT ASSOCIATION is the peoples f is the first home insurance company of its kind in this city. Founded, built, owned and controlled entirely by NegroIm Every policy is backed up by a deposit of $5,000 with the When you take out a policy with the UNION BENEFIT A you have made a safe investment. She is striving now to place her policies in every State in t Shrewd and energeticagents are wante Call and see us at 20 STATE STREET, W. $ Bel GEO. W. JACOBS, General Manager insurance company in' the South. Giving emp- women than any other company of like benefit. BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, is the peoples for insurance company of its kind in this city. built, owned and controlled entirely by Negroma- city is backed up by a deposit of $5,000 with the take out a policy with the UNION BENEFIT A a safe investment. now to place her policies in every State in u and energetic agents are wante us at 20 STATE STREET, W. $ Bel- EO. W. JACOBS, General Manager Founded, built, owned and controlled entirely by Negromen of the city. Every policy is backed up by a deposit of $5,000 with the State Treasury. When you take out a policy with the UNION BENEFIT ASSOCIATION you have made a safe investment. Call and see us at 20 STATE STREET, W. Bell Phone 2322 GEO. W. JACOBS, General Manager. Willie H. Johnson, The Leading Grocer Fine Stock of Groceries and Confectioneries, Also MANUFACTURER of Candies and Ice Cream. Good Profit is made on Johnson's Ice Cream. Special Prices on large orders. Bell Phone 3728. Cor. Cuyler and Duffy Sts. 9 Establishment s and Embalmers. attended, day or night. work of that kind guaranteed. SKETS and BURIAL ROBES VERY STABLE where we fur- s and Funeral Cars. Mr. H. S. Dunbar, who would me. H. S. DUNBAR, Manager. 325-333 Jefferson St. GEO. W. JACOBS, Gen'l Mgr. The— BET ASSOCIATION. (Quarter Perpetual) the gouth. Giving employment to man company of like benefit. TION, is the peoples favorite, since it is kind in this city. and entirely by NegroMen of the city. possit of $5,000 with the State Treasury. UNION BENEFIT ASSOCIATION species in every State in the union ents are wanted. GREET, W. 5 Bell Phone 2322 General Manager. TO BUILD THAT HOUSE AND SAVE MONEY, SEE E. W. BURT, Carpenter& Builder, 110 BRYAN STREET, W. Bell Phone 1131. 9-15 6m The Savannah Trillins There will be an industrial display at Masonic Temple on Friday May 3. by the industrial department of the Georgia State Industrial College. Admission will be free. Mr. J. A. Williams of 511 West Bolton street was painfully injured on Monday night last. While going home in a hack and crossing West Broad on Gwinnett street, he was ran down by a street car, thrown out of the hack and dragged quite a distance. He was thought to be mangled to death, but to the delight of all he was found alive and carried to his home where every attention possible is being given him. At this writing he is slightly improving. A concert and entertainment will be given at Masonic Temple on Wednesday night April 17, by Juvenile Chapter No. 2 O. E. S. The program will be as follows: vocal solo, Mr. J. W. Moore; vocal solo, Miss Henrietta Houstoun; duet, Misses Williams and Steward; cornet solo, Mr. J. A. Thomas; vocal solo, Miss Adra Spencer vocal solo, Miss S. Gaston; vocal solo, Miss Lula Jordan; violin solo, Mr. Sam'l Middleton; vocal solo, Mrs Fanny Green. Chorus by the Juveniles. Dancing after the concert. For rent, two furnished rooms, nicely located and well ventilated. Apply TRIBUNE OFFICE. Mrs. J. W. Carr, who has been on the sick list is somewhat improving. Rev. James Morse of Graniteville, S. C., will arrive in the city on Monday to conduct the reyival meetings at Union Baptist Church, for Rev. H. L. Haywood. The public is invited to attend. The Corner Stone of Gaines Chapel A. M. E. Church will be laid by Mt. Seir Lodge No 2441 G U. O. of O. F. on to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. All of the sister lodges are invited. W. Smith, master of ceremonies. Mrs. Elizabeth Morrell, the mother of Mrs. Mayme E. May, who has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. May of the 2nd Baptist Church, took her departure for her home at St. Louis, Mo., Friday morning. Our good wishes go with her to her home. Miss Diana Fablan left on Wednesday by steamer for New York where she will spend the summer at Larchmont. Miss Fablan is a lively body and makes everybody feels cheerful around her. Mrs. E. Lloyd Burnett of New York, is in the city on account of the serious illness of her father, Mr. John L. Lloyd, of 418 W. 32nd, street. Mr. Lloyd's many friends are anxious for his recovery. Hon. C. A. Clark, of Brunswick Ga., grand lecturer of K. of P's of Georgia, arrived in the city on last Saturday, attended the K. of P. anniversary on Sunday at St. Paul's A. M. E church and lectured to the boys on Monday night. His lecture was highly accepted. Brother Clark takes a high ground position on the moral question. Lord, send more Charlie Clarkes His effort was a masterly one.—Valdosta News. St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Habersham between Harris and Macon streets. Services: Sunday Sahool 10 a.m. church services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Hymus that everybody can sing Short sermons, all pews free, everybody welcome Mr. Clifford J. White, an old Savannah boy, is making good in New York. He is and expert stenographer, typewriter, etc. He was in the city during the week and called to see us. We are always proud to note the progressiveness of our boys. Rev. E. C. Cole of St. Louis, Mo. is conducting a series of very interesting meetings at the Second Baptist Church, Rev. J. H. May, D. D. pastor. Rev. Cole is a forceful and eloquent speaker. He will be here, about two weeks longer and the public is invited to attend the services. Mr. L. H. Griffin, of New York, after spending the winter at Augusta was in the city this week and circulated among friends. He leaves to day for New York accompanied by his sister Mrs. E. J. Rowell, who will spend the summer in New York. Mr. Griffin is in splendid health. He owns his home at Williamsbridge, New York City and has it arranged with all of the necessary comforts. Mr. Griffin's many friends were glad to great him. Among the notable and interesting articles of the current month is one by Ray Stanford Baker in The American Magazine and called "Following the Color Line." It is a very graphic, clear and interesting account of the late riot in Atlanta and the attending conditions and causes. The Magazine can be found at the Colored Library and the half hour spent there reading this and other interesting books and papers will surely be enjoyed by the colored citizens of Savannah. Miss Lenora Everly and Mr. Wm C. Lee were married on Wednesday evening last at 543 Gwinnett street east, by Rev. W. L. Cash of the First Congregational Church. The parlor-looked a bower of loveliness with a touch of flowers and plants. The bride was becoming attired. It was a quiet, yet pretty home wedding. Only immediate friends of the happy couple were present, who extended their best wishes for happiness and prosperity. Local Dots Mr. Cyrus L. Garey died on Wed nesday last. He will be buried on Sunday. He was a member of the Elks and was well thought of by all who knew him. Messrs. J. T. and M. S. Anderson entertained a few friends on Friday night of last week at their aunt's residence 707 West Waldburg St. in honor of their sister, Mrs. H. E. Trent, of New York. The house was decorated with palms and potted flowers and a very pleasant evening was spent. Those present Mr. and Mrs Batey Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel King, Misses Essie Anderson Amanda Ward, Marie Taylor, Emily Smith, Messrs. James Holmes, Olarence Brown, Joe Green, Robert Lee, Mr. Parker and Mr. Anderson. Mrs. Trent left on Monday for New York where she will resume her duty as a trained nurse. The Savannah Benevolent Society celebrated its anniversary on Tuesday night at Coles hall, 618 Walburg Street, Tuesday night. The following officers were installed: J. L. Mitchell, President; C. B. Smith, Vice president; W. H. Morrell, Financial Secretary; Chas. Cole Recording Secretary; Joseph Tropey Treasurer; H. R. Rahn, Chaplain Chas. D zera, S. A. The officers were installed by Mr. R. H. Bourke the founder of the Association and also its first president. After the ceremonies were performed the members and guests were escorted by the committee to the serving room where they participated in a feast to the delight of all. Mrs. Adrienne E. Herndon Those who failed to hear Mrs. Adrienne E. Herndon on last Friday evening missed one of the finest literary musical treats with which Savannah has been favored for a long time. Mrs. Herndon appeared at the Second Baptist Church under the auspices of the Men's Sunday Club and was assisted in her program by prominent local talent. Her work on the stage is superb and captivated the audience from the beginning. Special mention is made of her rendition of "The Colored Soldiers" by Dunbar in which she was encored and responded with "Little Brown Baby" by the same author. Mrs. Herndon possesses a sweet soprano voice which was admirably displayed in the two songs which she sang as encores to the character impersonatitions "Yo sau and chi han." Mrs. Herndon has charge of the Department of Elocution at Atlanta University where she has rendered valuable service for a number of years. Before returning to Atlanta Mrs. Herndon will give readings at Augusta under the auspices of the Lucy Laney Institute and also at Aiken, S. O. Spring Musicale 2 A spring Musicale will be given at Masonic Temple, on Friday evening April 19, by sections one and six of the First Congregational Church. By reading the annexed program it can be readily seen that many of the best talent in the city will participate and present to the public, music and readings unexcelled. The admission is only 15 cents. Program as follows: Part 1. Instrumental duet, Miss Alice M. Ellis and Miss Anna May William; Quartet, Mr. C. A. McDowell, Mr. J. W. Moore, Miss Helen M. Ellis and Miss Alice M. Ellis; Reading, Miss Laura McDowell; Violin Solo, Mr. H. O. Ward; Vocal Solo, Miss N.A. Houston; Reading, Miss H. C. Houstoun; Vocal duet, Miss Adra C. Speucer and Miss Anna May Williams; Male quartet, Messrs. C. A. McDowell, J. W. Moore, J. W. Habersham and Marlon Johnson. Part II. Instrumental duett, Miss Alice, Ellis and Mrs. Merrick R. Miller, Vocal Solo, Miss Rosa Jones; Reading, Mr. C. A. McDowell; Vocal duet, Mrs. F. H. Robinson, and Miss N. A. Houston; Vocal solo, Mr. Marion John son; Sexette, Miss Rosa Jones, Miss H. M. Ellis, Miss Lillian Addison, Miss H. C. Houstoun, Mrs. F. H. Robinson, Mrs MR Miller. Choice refreshments will be for sale Y. M. C. A. Notes. The meeting last Sunday afternoon was well attended in spite of the weather and a number of new members were enrolled. From the rapid growth the as association looks forward to a membership of several hundred within a short time. On to-morrow afternoon Dr. J. C. Hunter will read a paper on "Man's duties to himself and his God". The subject for discussion, will be success as pertaining to the association and how to obtain it. A welcome is extended to young men and boys to meet at Harris St., Hall at 4 o'clock p. m. Gone to Her Reward Mrs. Laura Simmons, mother of Mrs. Janie Edwards and Mrs. Mattie Walker, died suddenly on Wednesday morning April 3, from an attack of acute indigestion. She was an industrious, and energetic woman, possessing those qualities which are essential of an honest, upright and devout christian. This is the information furnished by those with whom she came in immediate contact. Few hours previous to this attack which resulted in her death, she conversed freely with her daughter, Mrs. Edwards, giving her the assurance that it was well with her soul. She was buried from her late residence 343 Barnard street, Thursday April 4th. Rev. G. W. Griffin, D. D., conducting the ceremony. Ministers Union. The Ministerial Union met on time Tuesday morning with Elder Lindsay in the chair. In absence of the secretary Rev. L. Guillard acted as secretary. After the religious exercises were over the Union got down to business. Rev. B. S. Hannah and Rey. Branch gave out- lines. Many valuable suggestions were made by Rev Jenkins. Rev. Wm. Cash Rev. J. Jackson, Rev. Fisher, Rev. Guillard, Rev. Holmes and Rev. Williams. The meeting was lively and interesting from the very start. The address delivered by Presiding Elder was well received. Rev. B. S. Hannah responded in befitting words—onward and upward is the language of the Union. The meeting gets better and better each Tuesday—wonder why it is that all can't come. Wanted. A few young women of good character and education to learn the Kindergarten work. Good Kindergarten teachers are always in demand. Address No Nonsense, care of Tribune Office. 420 Badges and Regallas. Badges and Begallas. Should your lodge, society or club need Badges or Regalas, call or write Mrs Rachel Keene, 101 Henry street lane, west, Savannah, Ga. Badges of any style made in a first class manner at reasonable rates. Prices reasonable. A Beautiful Art Supplement Free. Next Sunday's edition of the New York Sunday World will contain a beautiful art supplement. This art supplement will be suitable for framing, or for any decorative purpose. These pictures have been selected by the Sunday World with a view to their fine appearance. They are such subjects as sell in art stores at 25 cents and 50 cents. Free with the Sunday World. Stock for Sale The incorporators of the new colored shoe firm—The Savannah Shoe and Mercantile Company wish to announce to the public that the remaining $2,000 worth of its stock is on sale at their office and store No. 113 State street, east, by Manager Curtright and 20 State street east by Press. G. W. Jacobs. The capital stock of the company is $5,000 with privilege of increase to $50,000. The price per share is $5, payable 50 per cent and the balance monthly. The business will be opened to the public with a grand opening as soon as its stock can be delivered from the shoe plants in the north, probably about May 15. From $2,500 to $3,000 worth of shoes have been ordered from two prominent firms, including the latest and most fashionable designs in shoes for men, women and children. Strictly high grade shoe are to be carried and the company guarantees every deal. Messrs. Jacobs and F. A. Curtright are authorized to take subscription. AMUSEMENT COLUMN. Coming Events in The Social World. The Y. L. and G. S. C. will give another grand dance at Margaret Street hall, Monday night April 15th. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. A grand one night Fete will be given by Ladies Galatians Society at Masonic Temple, Monday night April 15th. Tickets 10 cents. The Merrymakers Aid and Social Club will give a grand May Hop at Masonic Temple, Monday May 27th. Tickets 25 and 40 cents. A Candy Pulling will be given at the residence of Mrs. Julia Waters, 215 Walburg street lane, east, on Monday night, April 22nd. Refreshments free. Tickets 15 cents. A grand Spring hop will be given at Harris Street hall, by the Eastern Star Aid and Social Club, Monday night April 29th. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. Dont forget the Masquerade ball given by the Y. G. E. Club at Harris Street hall, Monday night April 15th. Tickets 35 and 50 cents. A Musical Concert and Choir Contest will be given by Section 5 of the First Congregational Church at Beach Institute Monday night April 22nd. Tickets 10 cents. Contest between St. John Baptist and Congregational Choirs. Eastern Star Lodge No. 138, I. O. G. S. and D. of S. will give a grand entertainment at Harris Street hall, Monday night April 22nd. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. The Star of Success Fountain No. 2636, U. O. T. R., will give a Spring Social at Masonle Temple, Thursday night April 18th. Tickets 20 cents. A grand concert and Spring Hop will be given at Harris Street hall by the Union Brass Band, Tuesday night April 20th. Tickets 25 cents. A grand Musical Concert will be given by the Juvenile O. E. B., at Masonic Temple, Wednesday night, April 17th. Tickets 15 cents. Right-of-Way Fountain No. 2118 U. O. T. R. will give her first Spring entertainment at Our Hall, Monday night April 15th. Tickets 15 cents. A grand Masquerade Ball will be given at Harris Street hall by the Young G. E. A. and S. C. Club, Monday night April 15th. Tickets 55 and 50 cents. A Spring Musical will be given by Sections 1 and 6 of First Congregational Church at Masonic Temple, Friday night April 19th. The leading talent will participate. Tickets 15 cents. Normal Concert at Beach Institute Thursday evening April.18th, at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds for graduating expenses. Tickets 10 cents. A grand five nights fair will be given at Masonic Temple, by The G. E. Club commencing Monday night April 22nd. Admission 10 cents. Season tickets 35 cents. Don't fall to hear Pres. W. E. Holmes, of Central City College, Macon, Ga., lecture "The signs of the times and the lesson they teach," at F. A. B. Church, April 29th. Admission, single 15c. Double 25.0 Joint Committee I: O. G. S. and D. of S. will give a grand entertainment at Duffy hall, April 29th. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. A grand entertainment will be given at Margaret street hall by the 20 Stars A. and S. Club Monday night April 22nd Tickets 25 and 40 cents. The G. B. A. Association will give a grand dance at Our hall, Monday night April 29th. Ticket 15 and 25 cents. The 20 Stars A. and S. Club will give another grand entertainment at Harris street hall, Monday night May 13. Tickets 25 and 40 cents. DR. L. S. PARKS, 240 Barnard St., Savannah, Ga. Does all kind of high grade dental work of the best quality and workmanship. Gold crowns and bridge work. White Porcelain Pivot, and Gold Crowns, mounted on the natural roots. Gold Fillings. Cement Fillings, and Silver or Amalgam Fillings, from nine to a full set of teeh $7.00 and $3.00. Broken Places menden and teeth added to old ones for a small cost. BellPhone 1244 Gold Crowns Guaranteed Early Spring Weather Means Early BUYING B.H. LEVY, BRO. & CO 5 Broughton Street, West. Beef-Veal-Lamb-Mutton PORK, HAMS, BACON and Corned Beef. All Kinds of Game in Season. Goods promptly delivered to any part at the city free of charge. Stall No. 31; City] Market Special Notice to Ladies When your Sewing Machines get out of order—skip stitches—breaks thread or runs heavy. Call at New Home Office Corner Barnard and York Street. And ask for ELIJAH J. QUARTERMAN, Expert Adjuster. Metropolitan Mutual Benefit Association. In addition to our sick and death! benefit policies we are offering the public industrial insurance in straight life policies ranging from $100.00 to $510.00. Premiums within the reach of all. A fair value for your money in a reputable company is what all of us are looking for. This is what we are giving. See any of our agents or call at the company's office for rates and particulars. Energetic men and women can make anywhere from $5.00 to 25.00 a week working for this company. Office 222 W. Broughton St. Savannah, Ga. F. M. COHEN, Manager. Dr. J. W. 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The influence of the patriotic stand which the school children of German Poland have made against their oppressors has spread into Russian Poland. In Warsaw the youngsters are playing a new game called "Demonstrators," in which they divide themselves into two camps—"Cossacks" and "Patriots" or "Demonstrators." The latter form procession and advance singing Polish melodies; whereupon they are immediately charged by the "Cossacks," and after a scuffle are driven off, leaving their "dead" and "wounded" on the ground. In St. Petersburg the school children have started a game of "Bomb-throwers." ANOTHER HUSBAND'S QUERY. "Here is a Kalaamazoo woman who wants a divorce because her husband wouldn't let her talk." "I wonder what his recipe is?" Garfield Tea, the Mild laxative, is a pure, practical household remedy; good for young and old. To be taken for constipation, indigestion, sick headache, colds and diseases arising from impure blood. It clears the complexion. THE LEARNED COOK Farmer Waybacke—I see your boy is home from college. He seems to take interest in his books. Farmer Wheatleigh—Yes. He sat until 2 o'clock this morning studying "Schenck on Poker." — Somerville Journal. In France it is a penal offense to give any form of solid food to babies under a year old, unless it be prescribed in writing by a properly qualified medical man. HICKS' CAPUDINE IMMEDIATELY CURES HEADACHES Breaks up COLDs IN 8 TO 12 HOURS Trial Books 106 & Droughes Lamination Threshing Lamination Threshing lbt. Easily applied to steam electric power AC MACHINE CO. Dept. 3 ORIGIN OF THE HANDKERCHIEF. An Indispensable Pocket Companion For the Civilized Man. To-day the handkerchief is everybody's indispensable pocket companion, and we can hardly conceive how the world could get along without it. And yet there was a time when the handkerchief was not known even in name, and women celebrated as beautiful never made use of it. Still, no blame attaches to the beauties of those days; for civilization had then not called forth a reciprocal relation between nose and handkerchief. On the other hand, the habit of wiping the nose and the primitive mode applied to this operation has been transmitted to us, from generation to generation, in straight line from our first parents. For it may be taken for granted that Adam in paradise, for want of a handkerchief, used his fingers, and that Eve, in this respect, followed her husband's example. They found each other not less beautiful and attractive for this practice. The Scriptures make no mention of the handkerchief. We are, therefore, justified in assuming that the ancient Hebrews employed Adam's proceeding in all its simplicity. The same may also be said of the Chaldeans and Assyrians, who were not much farther advanced in civilization than the Hebrews of their time. As to the ancient Persians we learn from Xenophon that they were ordered by Cyrus not to spit and drain their noses in public. Accordingly, there was nothing else left for them but to absorb internally, by means of the acosphagus, that which by right belong to the handkerchief. Just as little seem the Greeks to have known the handkerchief, properly so called. True, they made use of a kind of cloth or towel, called砂腹, but this was only to wipe the face or mouth with. The orators on the tribune and the poets in their competitions were not allowed to spit or drain their noses; hence they had to conform to Xenophon's decree. Even Nero conformed to this rule, as we learn from the passage in Tacitus: "No sudorem, nisi quam induri gerebat, veste eagerer; ut nulla oris nautarium excremente visceratur." (Annal xvi, c. 14). No wonder the ancients appreciated a nose that did not require to be thus relieved. They looked especially in woman for this precious advantage, and it was the first thing they inquired about of their intended wives. Phantus has one of his personages ask for a wife a woman whose nose is not wet, and Juvenal shows us a husband who, in the support of his divorce suit, adduces the only fact that his wife required the too frequent use of her fingers. The Romans borrowed from the Greeks the use of the sudation, which in Latin became sudarium. It was exclusively intended to wipe the perspiration from the face. It is an historically established fact that not until 350 years ago a woman made for the first time use of a handkerchief. The woman who thus took the first step to the refining of mankind was a pretty Venetian. Hence Italy is the cradle of the handkerchief. The Italian "fazzoleto," as it was called, was first appropriated by the women of France about 1540, and about 1580 it appeared in Germany, where, however, at first the common people/were forbidden its use. Even earlier than in France the handkerchief came in vogue in Turkey under Solinian (1520-66), where it was considered a distinction of the highest state officers and dignitaries. As to England we read that Henry VIII. already used "handkerchiefs of Holland, fryned with Venice gold," and some "of Flanders' worke," and that laced handkerchiefs and handkerchiefs of silk and cambric, richly embroidered and trimmed with gold lace, were fashionable in the reign of Elizabeth. Evelyn, in one of his satirical poems describing a woman's toilet, includes, among a host of other articles? Of pocket mouchoir, nose to drain, A dozen laced, a dozen plain. To-day the handkerchief is no longer a luxury, but an indispensable article of toilet. The Japanese have paper handkerchiefs, which they burn after using—New York Tribune. Early Rising Hotel Guests. "Hotel guests, as a ruie, are early risers," said, Bob Johnson, clerk of the Griswold, the other evening, "and to prove it I will show you the call sheet. You will notice that there are more 7 and 7.30 calls than any other. Beginning at 4 o'clock, which is seldom used, the call sheet is ruled down to 10. About 5.30 the sheet shows a few room numbers, and from that time until 7 o'clock the increase is rapid. After 7 the number decreases until in the last column or two there is hardly ever a mark. "When a man leaves a call for any hour later than 9.30 we always send a pitcher of ice water-along as a matter of course, and if the guests asks to be allowed to sleep until 11, it is usually safe to have the boy take up a 'bracer' also."—Detroit Free Press. The Girl No Man Wants. The kind of girl who expects her path to be strenued with bouquets, chocolates, theatre tickets and treats generally will find her popularity short lived, no matter how charming she may be. The average young man's pocket cannot stand the strain long, and he will turn to some other girl, less attractive, perhaps, but who will be content with the attentions he can afford to bestow on her. It is a girl's place, says Health, to see that the expenses a young man incurs for her pleasure shall not exceed what he can easily afford. CURES ALL SKIN TROUBLES. Sulphur the Accepted Remedy for a Hundred Years. Sulphur is one of the greatest remedies nature ever gave to man. Every physician knows it cures skin and blood troubles. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur enables you to get the full benefit in most convenient form. Don't take sulphur "tablets" or "wafers," or powdered sulphur in molasses. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur is pleasant to take and perfect in its action. Druggists sell it. A well known citizen of Danyille, Pa., writes: "I have had an aggravated case of Eczema for over twenty-five years. I have used seven 20-cent bottles of the Liquid, and one jar of your Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment, and now I feel as though I had a brand new pair of hands. It has cured me and I am certain it will cure anone if they persist in using Hancock's Liquid Sulphur according to directions. TOUCHY. "This paper says," observed the long, lanky passenger, "that "Senator Blank is a wise, conservative statesman, who never slops over." "Slops—where the dickens have I read that phrase before?" "Not in Dickens, I am sure," said the passenger with the monocle and the mutton chop whiskers. "It probably emanated, sir, from some blawsted Yankee vulgarian."—Chicago Tribune BIRDS' AS SENTINELS. Dangers of a Methodist Circuit Rider in Texas in Early Days. The Rev. W. J. Joyce, chaplain of the House of Representatives of the Texas State Legislature, encountered many hardships in the earlier days of Texas, when he was a circuit rider upon the frontier. In speaking of his experiences he said the other day: "I hope that I may be pardoned for saying that it required courage to be a Methodist circuit rider in Texas in the early days. Forty years ago I traveled the Uvalde Methodist mission circuit, which was at that time three hundred miles around and from thirty to sixty miles between appointments. Every mile of the distance was beset with dangers from Indians. In traveling the 300 miles of the circuit, of course, I got very lonesome and weary. I adopted some odd methods to get a little sleep and rest at midday. "Being alone I could not post sentinels while I slept and I knew it was dangerous to lie down without taking some precaution to warn me in case Indians made their approach. I frequently used birds and animals as sentinels. "If I could locate a drove of buzzards in a tree I would make my way to a point as close to them as possible and lie down. I knew that if Indians should approach the buzzards would flop their wings and fly away from the place and that the noise, would awaken me. "On one occasion I slipped as near as I could to a herd of cattle and allowed them to act as sentinels for me while I slept. Another time I carefully worked my way through the brush in a very narrow cow trail that led to the Leona river, and there, closely hidden from the searching eyes of any Indians that might be prowling about. I had my nap. "On another trip I found the same resting place, and when I had been refreshed by a good sleep I mounted my horse and rode three or four miles further up the river and stopped to get a drink of water at a little shack where a lone settler lived. He had located at that spot, far from civilization, in the hope that he could make a fortune in raising cattle and then return to his old home and marry the girl he loved. . . "I saw the fresh skin of a big Mexican bear lying in the yard. I asked the man where he got it, and he replied that he killed the animal in the thicket where I had just taken my nap." IN COURT. Bright dialogue from Mr. Justice Lawrence's Court: Counsel-I suggest that the door of room 160 was closed, not afar. Witness—What is a jar? Counsel—You will be asking next, "When is a door not a door?" Don't point at his jorship. He is not a jar. —London Globe. The true way is to find out what is best to eat and drink, and then cultivate a taste for those things instead of poisoning ourselves with improper, indigestible food, etc. A conservative Mass. woman writes: "I have used Grape-Nuts 5 years for the young and for the aged; in sickness and in health; at first following directions carefully, later in a variety of ways as my taste and judgment suggested. "But its most special, personal benefit has been a substitute for meat, and served dry with cream when rheumatic troubles made it important for me to give up the 'coffee habit.' "Served in this way with the addition of acup of hot water and a little fruit it has been used at my morning meal for six months, during which time my health has much improved, nerves have grown steadier, and a gradual decrease in my excessive weight adds greatly to my comfort." Name given by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." MILLIONS OF SUFFERERS IN NORTHERN CHINA INTO WHOSE FACES DEATH STARES DAILY Facts That Will Aid Generous Americans in Appreciating Conditions Impossible in This Land of Plecity. By E. R. JOHNSTONE. When Vesuvius showers hot dust and ashes or pours out molten lava, when San Francisco shudders and writhes into consuming flame, when Kingston passes out of order into chaos in the earthquake throes, the heart of Christendom beats in sympathy. Thousands of dollars are instantly ready to the hands of the afflicted and the stricken. This is as it should be. and exposed to the cold of night and day, week after we somehow, one picture suggests other. Just so, when a refugee accosted us this morning and to accept her child as a gift, tion brought instantly to our preciousness of the American I know. "Incidents could be piled cldents; every one of these For more than three months the region in Northern China, known as "Klanpeh" (meaning "north of the river," the river being the Yangtas), has been in the grasp of famine and famine-bred disease. All the calamities named in the opening paragraph, if rolled into one stupendous horror, could not have caused a title of the suffering the forty days' rain and the consequent floods wrought upon the 40,000 square miles (an area nearly as great as that of New York State) of affected territory with its 15,000-000 of people. Before new crops can TREES DENUDED OF BARK, WHICH ```markdown ``` TREES DENUDED OF BARK, WHICH IS EATEN BY THE STARVING CHINESE. be raised the death list will be, appalling—will be greater by a hundredfold than that chronicled in Naples, San Francisco and Jamaica. Death and anguish of body and mind will reign in Kianpeh for months, despite the most sympathizing efforts. But Americans can mitigate suffering and lower the death rate by contributing the smallest title of their possessions. One dollar will prevent one death for one week. for dry grass with which to make a tiny fire; of the morning struggle for a portion of the government rice and of that indescribable, terrible, primitive duel between life and starvation which the Chinese so dauntlessly endure. "In all this, I write of the best, and not of the worst. This is only the first outpost of the famine district." Speaking of the causes of the famine—already comparatively well That warm-hearted readers may appreciate, as far as possible at this distance, conditioning that amaze the onlooker and call forth his deepest sympathy. I append extracts from the most recent letter of William T. Ellis, a trustworthy and canvable correspondent of the Christian Herald, on the spot. Mr. Ellis writes after a tour through a camp of 30,000 starving refugees, and later will tell of other greater camps where the conditions are worse than those he portrays: "Little more than an hour ago I saw two women, presumably mother and grandmother, wailing over the tiny coffin of a child that had been part of grim famine's daily toll. "It is all so horrible, so overpowering, so haunting, so heartrending, that one cannot write of it in an orderly fashion. It seems as if only the repeated cry of 'Help! Help! Help!' can be fashioned for the cars of the prosperous American people, to whom God has given a year of plenty, while the poor of China perish from want. "Out of the awful mass of suffering a succession of individual pictures come trooping before my vision. There was the man, too weak to stand erect, who bore on his back, as older brothers carry babies in China, his blind old mother, the mere skin-and-bone framework of a woman. They wanted help and pleuded for it in the thin winkle of the utterly miserable—and I dared not give them so much as a copper!" "Or that mother, hard-eyed and rigid, who stood against a wall with her six children gathered about her tattered skirts, staring out uncaring on a company of living refugees who are a more melancholy sight than the thousands of ancient grayes among which they are encamped. They had been fed: one portion of thin, watery rice porridge for them all, and now they must wait in the cold for another twenty-four hours before they can be fed again—and even then, some stronger ones may push them aside and steal their turn at the meagre relief. "Strange incongruities flasl into one's mind as he walks about among these 30,000 refugees. As I passed this, morning an old, old woman, covered only by a few rags, who sat on the cold bare ground, sharing her small bowl of rice with a babe of twelve or eleven months, evidently her grandchild, who sat on her knees, I thought of some grandmothers whom I know in America—sweet-faced, comfortable and kindly, whose evening of life is made pleasant by the love of children and grandchildren, and who know not the word want. And I recalled some baby friends—sweet, ruddy little dears, wrapped in the finest, linen, with wardrobes upon which love has lavished its generosity, and whose food is a matter of careful consultation with physicians and friends. Of course I cannot imagine these delicately nurtured babies in dirty tatters and exposed to the cold of winter night and day, week after week, yet, somehow, one picture suggests the other. Just go, when a refugee mother accosted us this morning and asked us to accept her child as a gift, imagination brought instantly to view the preciousness of the American children I know. "Incidents could be piled upon incidents; every one of these 30,000 refugees incarnates a story—a story of a home abandoned; of toilsome journeys to this southern district in the hope of finding a pittance of food to allay that awful gnawing of hunger; of the eager hufft for a sheltered nook in a doorway; of being driven from spot to spot until at last a few feet of bare earth are secured out among the graves with the other refugees—a space no bigger than a Chinese grave suffices for an entire family of the daily and nightly huddling together in one mass for the sake of human warmth; of the search —Courtesy Christian Herald. WHICH IS EATEN BY THE STARVING ESE. for dry grass with which to make a tiny fire; of the morning struggle for a portion of the government rice and of that indescribable, terrible, primitive duel between life and starvation which the Chinese so dauntlessly endure. "In all this, I write of the best, and not of the worst. This is only the first outpost of the famine district." Speaking of the causes of the famine—already comparatively well known in this country—Mr. Ellis says: "Heavy summer rains, the overflowing of the banks of all streams and of the Grand Canal, simply flooded the country and made of promising rice and grain fields only a desert waste of water. The crops were utterly ruined. It is of interest that in this section of China wheat and maize as well as rice are grown that is why cornmeal and flour, the former even the more acceptable of the two, is the popular form of relief. The Chinese live closer to actual starration than it is possible for a Westerner to comprehend; they are always poor. So the failure of the crops—not to mention the destruction of their homes by flood—at once placed them in a state of actual destitution which can only be relieved when the wheat crop is harvested in July. Meanwhile, owing to lack of seed, only half of the spring wheat crop has been planted." There are stories of cannibalism too grewsome to write. Suffice it that horror is piled upon horror's head in Kinnpeh until the call for outside help is as imperative as it is justified. These sufferers, under ordinary conditions, are frugal, cleanly, honest, hardworking. They can wring a mere livelihood from their petty fields in the best of times by the hardest kind of work and in the mass are noted for morality and decency of life. Already the Christian Herald, of New York, has sent $25,000 in cash for the alleviation of suffering, and has pledged itself to the State Department in Washington to furnish at least $200,000 more. It can only do this with the co-operation of the American people. Hence the plea for contributions, the transmission and expenditure of which is guarded most carefully—as was the case-with the funds provided from the same source for the famished in Finland, India, Russia, Japan and Cuba. Hospitality may be considered as one of the characteristics of not only the Vels, but of the whole African race. It is considered the duty of every citizen to entertain strangers without the smallest compensation. Places of rest stand open, and when those are found occupied by strangers a man goes and tells his wife, who will send her servants with water for the strangers to wash their feet, for, as they wear no shoes, they naturally need such an accommodation. Afterward rooms and cloth wrappers are given them, food is brought from all quarters or they are invited to eat with the people. They continue to be so provided for even if they stay months. Their garments are also washed and returned to them. On leaving they generally make a small gift to the wife of the host, though not more than two or three coin nuts or two or three English pennies.—Century. African Hospitality. The Pulpit A SERMON BY THE REV JRAW HENDERSON Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching at the Irving "Square Presbyterian Church on the theme "The Faultless Christ," the Rev. Ira Wammell Henderson, pastor took as his text Luke 23:4; "I find no fault in this Man." He This honest answer of Pontius Pilate to the statements of the lying multitude is the testimony of all men who study, with insight and understanding, the career of Jesus Christ. Put to any test and judged by whatsoever standard you may will, the Master of us all will be found without flaw, fault or spot. Measured by any rule you may suggest, Jesus meets requirements to the full. Does your ideal of manhood demand more than mortal men reveal of virtue and of worth, there the Savior stands to supply your soul's desire. Do you ask for weight of mind or depth of thought, who can outmatch Jesus? Do you seek for clarity of vision and for spiritual force—there is none like Him. For downright manliness and for that hallowedness of heart which marked Him as divine, none can compare with the Son of God. Each of us must declare Him faultless, all of us must admire and should imitate His perfectness of life. Pontius Pilate pronounced Jesus free of guilt after a limited discussion of Jesus' regal claim. In this day and hour millions of men, after careful analysis and close scrutiny of His life and claims, glory in His perfectness and hail Him Son of God and saving Lord. Shall we not do honor for a moment to this self-declared Messiah, whom we have crowned as King? To the faultlessness which Pilate ascribed to Him let us add the testimony of St. John, who has preached Him as the fulness of truth and grace. Faultless, the possessor and the revealer of divine truth, powerful in His wealth of grace, so was our Lord. For His excellence in these three winning virtues let us pay Him homage now. "Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this Man." Faultlessness is perfection. To be without fault is to tree from defect. As the Italians would phrase it, to be faultless is to be lacking in nothing. Jesus was a faultless man—only such could have been the mouthpiece of the convincing oracles which the Savior brought from God. Faultiness, which is but another name for falseness, was apart from His nature. Jesus made no pretensions. He was just what He claimed to be. Sincerity rang from His every word and made eloquent His every deed. Deceit and deception were not in His line. Often the Lord sent His truth home veiled with well chosen words. But at no time did He use deceit to gain His ends. True enough it is, that plain statement of the truth made Him so many enemies at times, that it is a wonder that, now and then, He did not pare the truth to save Himself friends. But no, the Christ was not on earth to trim or to cut the truth to suit those whom it hardest hit. His mission was to preach the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, as coming from the mouth of God. The Savior was no trimmer. Offentimes His words laid bare the soul secrets of the men to whom He spoke. Now and then, He cut them to the very quick. But because their hearts were hard was not His fault. His was the blameless, faultless life and theirs were the hearts that were dead in sin and to shame. Without guile and without guilt is the judgment of our minds and hearts upon this man in whom Pilate found no fault. John tells us in the verse which we just read that Jesus was full of grace. Grace is graciousness, loveliness. Coming to us as the dispenser of the love of God freely bestowed upon men in sin Jesus exemplifies in His own life that gracious loveliness which He preaches. Pure, gentle, noble, upright, kind and true, Christ is a joy to eye and soul alike. To gaze into His face must have been to walk with God to those who understood. And those to-day within the unhindered influence of the Master may bear upon their own faces the marks of inward loveliness of life. The power of transforming grace will change not only the spiritual nature of a man, but also will remold and transfigure the very features of his face. A countenance that is hard with sin will mellow into gentleness and peace through the yielding of the soul to the Savior. That quiet charm of manner which must have been our Lord's, and which is the badge of Godly living which many Christians bear, may be the possession of each of us, do we want it. You know the gracious cast* of countenance I mean. That quiet, holy, saintly look which fills the faces of many men and women in whose hearts the spirit moves. Who does not want it? Grace is kindness. Malbie Babcock put it well when he said "kindness is recognizing another's kinship". Jesus saw the same ancestry in other men which made Him a Son of God. Seeing the need of dying men, His kinsmen, our Lord yearned to give them life forevermore. Not his own convenience, but their need, moved Christ to action. Personal ambition crept into His soul but once, only to be sacrificed forthwith to human need. Satan offered power, but Jesus hungered after souls. Satan preferred money, the Savior chose men. Kindness proved the inner grace of Christ. And a Christly kindness exercised by each of us will not only makes us friends, but will also cause us to grow in grace. Grace is good-will. This is not to imply that we are merely to have a hope that the man next to us may gain success through the expenditure of his own effort. Good-will that counts for anything gets behind the working brother and helps him ahead. It is the spirit of assistance. not so much the roar of applause, that we want. Good-will becomes concrete and an aid most when it resolves itself into loving helpfulness. A good round of applause may put heart into the Christian who is working hard for Christ, but ready assistance from the brethren who watch so sympathetically the progress of his toll will be most a benefit to the harvester of souls. Love for men in sin, and words of approval for those who are breaking Satan's shackles from off their lives, are all well enough so far as they go, but unless the love and approval are expressed in willing aid, they are not most of use. God always felt and always does feel for men, the Father ever has a good word for those who are leaving sin behind, but the gift of Christ to point to us the way, and the sending of the spirit who shall send us on ahead toward God, are more necessary and grateful to our hearts than all Jehovah's words of praise. Approbation, applause and approval are good; well wishings and godspeeds are full of incentive to any man; but that good-will which assists and aids and helps to clear the way to material success or to God is the good-will which most brings us cheer. Good-will is willing helpfulness. Faultless, truthful, graceful was the Lord of our lives. And it is because He was without spot or blemish or reproach; because He was the incarnation of divine virtues; because He showed grace that is sufficient unto our salvation, that we crown Him King. Had the Christ not been without blame; had He not been the living expression of the truth that He was; had He failed to evidence a helping grace, our hearts could never hull Him as divine. The first appeal of Jesus to our minds is His faultlessness in the dissemination of the truth of God; the next appeal is the absolute consistency of His actions with His words. The spiritual facts which Jesus brought to men deserve and fasten their attention. For depth in philosophy, for insight into the furthest reaches of human life; for clearness of application of divine truth to the needs of men; for explication and unfolding of those words of wisdom which point us to a fuller life in God, the Master is incomparable. Many of the teachings of Jesus were not new in substance, many of His utterances may be paralleled in the writings of the Old Testament and in the teachings of not few philosophic leaders of the world's great faiths. But Jesus magnified and sanctified all the old material that He touched, by the way He spiritualized it and turned it up toward God. Many of the more prominent of Jesus' thoughts were not new in substance to the men and women of His time; most of them felt and admitted the force of His message no doubt, so far as they went with Him; but the central facts are these: that Jesus breathed new life and imparted new meaning to their old beliefs; and then lived entirely the life He preached. Jesus was faultless, full of grace and truth. His faultlessness implied no blame at all. His was the fulness of grace; that is to say, He not only brought men assurance of His power to save, by word of mouth, but also proved by deed His potency and efficiency. Full of truth, He lived that life we should expect. He demonstrated the worth of His own teachings by His own allegiance to them. Believing that sin was shameful, He lived a blameless life. Preaching free forgiveness and the possibility of a richer life through the grace of God. He proved His own possession of the grace He claimed to be the need of men. To Him truth is eternal and is to be obeyed. Claiming to know and to reveal entire truth Jesus never balks His own best words. How different are we. We hate sin, we want grace, / we love truth is fact. And we who have tried truth. But yet we hug the wrong; we shut the heavenly glory from our hearts; we block and balk by action the truth we try to preach. Jesus is faultless. His grace is real. His truth is fact. And we who have tried the power of His grace to reform our lives and to renovate our souls are sure that only as we live His truth are we able to be found without a fault. Full worthy was our Lord to be our Savior and to receive our trust and faith. The beauty of His message and His life are past compare. Nowhere do we find another such a man. On His divine side He is supreme. As a man He is the manifestation of the humanity of God. Christ not only spake things but lived them. The spirit of adoration that bound the twelve to Jesus should make us learn to love Him more. Entering into union within Him we may progress into faultlessness and grow in wealth of grace and the knowledge of the truth. Dr. Parkhurst has said a true word when he calls attention to the fact that "Christians grow by addition, not by subtraction." When first we think upon it the statement seems to be but half the truth. But do we consider for a moment we will flud it fair. The accretion by the Christian of spiritual power will drive sin out. There will be no room for evil. The life that is drawing close to God has no need to subtract sin. Let the heart pay strict attention to the work of soul culture and Satan will subtract himself. Most of us spend so much time in subtraction that we never learn to add. Keep increasing the measure of soul force that is yours and sin will make itself a minus quantity. Try to do what you know you ought to do and you will find the problem of how to escape sin is lightened of itself. All things in the last analysis must be brought to the test of Jesus Christ. He is our Savior and our one example. He is the test of our fitness and the pattern for our faith. His grace may be ours; the appropriation of His truth is the business of the Christian. The vigor of our grace and truth is the measure of assured success. Our faultlessness will be judged of men and God by the samples we are of the influence of the life and word, the truth and grace of Christ. You Are Sufficient. God never sets one of His servants to undertake any task without first sufficiently qualifying him for that task.—Scottish Reformer. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire., Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. Price, $1.00, retail. Verdict for Dr. Pierce AGAINST THE Ladies' Home Journal. Sending truth after a lie. It is an old maxim that "a lie will travel seven leagues while truth is getting its boots on," and no doubt hundreds of thousands of good people read the unwarranted and malicious attack upon Dr. R. V. Pierce and his "Favorito Prescription" published in the May (1004) number of the Ladies Home Journal, with its great black display headings, who never saw the humble, groveling retraction, with its incomspherous heading, published two months later. It was boldly charged in the slanderous and libelous article that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for the cure of woman's weaknesses and alliments, contained alcohol and other harmful ingredients. Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit against the publishers of the Ladies Home Journal, for $200,000,000 damages. Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Bok, the editor, maliciously published the article containing such false and defamatory matter with the intent of injuring his business furthermore, that no alcohol, or other injurious, or habit-forming, drugs are, or ever were, contained in his "Favorite Prescription"; that said medicine is made from native medicinal roots and contains no harmful ingredients whatever and that Mr. Bok's malicious statements were wholly and absolutely false. In the retraction printed by said journal they were forced to acknowledge that they had obtained analyses of "Favorite Prescription" from eminent chemists all of whom certified that they did not contain alcohol or any of the alleged harmful drug. These facts were also proven in the trial of the action in the Supreme Court. But the business of Dr. Pierce was greatly injured by the great display he heard in the hundreds of thousands who read the wickedly defamatory article never saw the humble grovelling retraction, set in small type and made as inconspicuous as possible. The matter was, however brought before a jury in the Supreme Court, that the defendant rendered a vendex in the Doctor's favor. Thus his traducers came to grief and their base slanders were refuted. CONSOLATION. His Wife—At last my eyes are open to the fact that you married me for my money. Her Husband—Yes. You now realize that I am not as big a fool as you thought I was.—Tit-Bits. THAT'S SO. 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THIRTY LIVES ARE TAKEN Portions of Four Towns Are Wiped Out, Alexandria, La., Being Main Probably fifteen lives were instantly blotted out Friday by a tornado, which swept across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, and which was distinctly traceable for a distance of three hundred miles. The tornado moved from west to east, crossing the southern extremities of Louisiana and Mississippi, and striking into Alabama for a short distance. Portions of four towns were devastated, and damage probably exceeding half a million, for, in addition to the places in which the tornado manifested fatal violence, the disturbance oid general damage to property, crops and telegraph wires throughout its 300-mile course. The tornado began at Alexandria, La., soon after 1 o'clock Friday morning, instantly killing four persons there, probably fatally, injuring three, and seriously injuring thirteen others. Soon after daylight it neared the Mississippi river, instantly killing five persons at Jackson, La., while at Bayou Sara, La., at least half a dozen others are reported killed. The tornado next appeared at Carson, Miss., where great property damage was done, and the last heard of it was about noon near Selma, Ala., where the inhabitants saw whirling clouds rise into the air as they crossed the river. Alexandria, La., which is a town of about 16,000 inhabitants, had a fearful experience. When the tornado struck the electric lights went out, the cracking of falling buildings could be heard amid the noise of the wind and vivid lightning flashes showed such sights as an empty Iron Mountain passenger train rolling over and over. Immediately after the wind spent its violence a heavy hailstorm added to the general discomfort. Luckily, the main portion of Alexandria escaped the worst of the tornado, which cut a path through the northern part of the town, a residence section. About a score of homes were completely wiped out, fifty were damaged and altogether about 100 buildings were seriously wrecked, including several business houses. tornado cut down trees and small cabins in a narrow line about nine miles long. Several houses were blown down at Pineville and injuries were reported. The hail did much damage to crops. At daylight Alexandria began the work of clearing the debris, Mayor Turner organizing a relief movement at noon. The damage was estimated at $200,000. CARNEGIE GIVES MORE CASH. Turns Loose Six Millions for Institute at Chicago. W. N. Frew, president of the board of trustees of the Carnegie institute at Chicago, Friday, made public a letter announcing that Mr. Carnegie has given $6,000,000 for endowment to the institute. This gift is in addition to the $4,000,000 given some time ago. This latest endowment provides $4,000,000 for the departments of fine arts, Carnegie schools of technology and museum $1,000,000 for additions to the technical schools and $1,000,000 as an endowment fund for the schools. Mr. Carnegie also established a pension fund for the benefit of those connected with the institute, which after the death of the recipient is to be continued to the widow when needed. CUBA OWNS ISLE OF PINnS. Such is Decision Handed Down by United States Supreme Court. That the isle of Pines is not American territory was officially and judicially declared Monday by the supreme court of the United States. The opinion of the court was that, according to the Paris treaty, the Isle of Pines had, been considered as an integral part of Cuba and that it could not be held to be covered by article 2 of that treaty, which included only islands in the vicinity of Porto Rico. FOR INSULTING WHITE MAN Negro Porter is Beaten to Death by Tennessee Mob. A dispatch from Huntingdon, Tenn, says that an enraged mob boarded a Louisville and Nashville train at Trezevant Monday seized the negro porter and gave him a terrible beating from which he is reported to have dled. The negro is said to have insulted a white man named DeWitt Bowder. A FAITHFUL CHURCH, AND SUN DAY SCHOOL WORKER. Miss Rebecca Harris is one of the most faithful and efficient workers of St. Philip's Monumental A. M. E. Church. She has been a member of that church for anumber of years, and is interested in every one of its departments. Her love for the Sunday school is great. She has a class and takes delight in instructing the little ones to do the right thing and to be true followers of God. Other than a teacher in Sunday school, Miss Harris is secretary of the school, secretary of the Christian Endeavor Society, secretary of the junior board of stewardesses, secretary of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society, secretary of stewardesses' board, president of Savannah district W. H. and Foreign Missionary board. She has been a delegate to the Sunday school convention for the past three years, and for two years a delegate to the W. Hand F. M. convention, and for the same length of egate to the W. H. and F. M. Convention of the Savannah district. These things show how active she is in church work. At the recent Easter exercises of the Sunday school she recited one of Miss Ray's poems in such a way as to elicit the praise of all who heard her, and she has been receiving the congratulations from friends ever since. Following is the poem that she recited: "Over the Hill." "Over the hill to the graveyard," will cloud the brightest day, But as long as we are human there'll be no other way. Over the hill to the graveyard, they've carried the baby, too. Its coffin covered with flowers, and we miss its little "coo!". The darling was always happy, and it was hard to give it up; "Over the hill to the graveyard," will bitter the sweetest cup. Over the hill to the graveyard, riches are laid aside; The young and loving husband carries his handsome bride; Over the hill to the graveyard, beauty and wit bear go; Along with the plain and homely, for neither can make a show. Over the hill to the graveyard! They'll call for YOU some day; To be wise is to be ready for your travel o'er that way; For over the hill to the graveyard is a broad, well-beaten track. That we all will have to travel, but none can ever come back. FARMER DIES HQRRIBLY. Succumbs to Hydrophobia After Supposed Successful Treatment. John Shelton, a farmer, fifty years of age, living near Rome, Ga., died a horrible death Tuesday morning from hydrophobia. Mr. Shelton was bitten about five weeks ago, went to an institute in Atlanta for treatment and returned home apparently well. It took the combined efforts of six men to hold him in bed. The dog which bit Mr. Shelton attacked a number of cattle, all of which had hydrophobia. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY May 1st to 5th. THE MUSICAL CONGRESS May 1st to 5th A Carnival of Aerial Music and Golden Song. A perfect Revel of Harmony, by exquisite vocalists and instrumentalists. This first Great Congress of Negro Composers and Musicians to be held in Sayannah, Ga., May 1st to 5th, 1907, will make KNOWN the UNKNOWN musical talent of the race. THE NEGRO'S OWN EMPIRE. This great occasion will fling wide the gates of melody, that the Negro may enter and strive for America's coronet of music and the master's scepter in the empire of song. This congress marks the DAWN OF A GOLDEN ERA. Partial index of talent in grand chorus, vocal combinations and performers on brass and stringed instruments, the piano and organ. COMPOSERS OF ORIGINAL MUSIC PUBLISHED IN BALLAD, SHEET AND BOOK FORM. Mr. Charles Waters, vocal, Savan nah, 3 titles, sheet. Mr. Peter E. Brown, piano, Brunswick, 5 titles, sheet. Mr. Charles W. Noble, vocal, Norfolk, 3 titles, sheet. Mr. Moses Peterson, vocal, Savan nah, 1 title, sheet. Miss Mary S. Lopeze, vocal, Charleston, titles, ballad. Professor William Roseborough, deceased, Nashville, 4 titles, book. Mr. John H. Gordon, vocal, Savan nah, 3 titles, ballad. INSTRUMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS. Middleton's Cornet Band—Mr. Jas. Middleton, Conductor. The Knights of Pythias Band—Mr. J. A. Thomas, Conductor. Among the Masons. The grand secretary has sent, in most cases, to the secretary of every lodge on record a copy of the grand lodge call and blanks to render report. The W. M. and secretary should consult and if no blanks are received write the grand secretary for sure. The grand lodge will meet in session in Americus on Tuesday morning, June 1. Each lodge is expected to be represented. Reduced rates have been granted. The grand secretary has received several returns already with no fees enclosed. In all such cases the returns will be sent back unless the money is also forwarded. In preparing for the grand lodge, do not forget your obligation to the home. Temperance is one of the main teachings of Masonry. Those who can not control their appetite for the demo mum has no place in the ranks of Masonry. A good worshipful master will not allow a brother who is thus influenced to enter the lodge room, and one who makes it a habit to be thus should be excluded from membership. Seek to build your lodge up, not with a large membership, but rather with quality. It would be far better to have a small membership with good material than a large membership of questionable standing. Oclilochnee, Ga., April 5, 1907. There is another missing link in our chain. Our beloved brother, Lewis Hill, a master Mason of Ebenezer lodge No. 191, was killed on the morning of April 2, by his nephew, Chas. Hill without a reasonable cause. Bro. Hill had a good reputation and many friends in this vicinity He leaves a wife and many children to mourn the death of a dear husband and father. Over two hundred friends and relatives followed his remains to the cemetery. Tiberius Lodge No. 162 assisted us in putting away his remains. J. P. Gordon, Secretary; T. J. Maddox, W.-M. Eureka lodge held alodge of sorrow on the 7th instant and appropriate eulogy was given in honor of the late brother, J. H. Hogg. A number of the brethren were out and the services were quite interesting. Worshipful Master General L. Binyard was in charge of the ceremony. All of the Eastern, Star chapters will have public service on the third Sunday in April. DOINGS AMONG THE PEOPLE IN DAYTONA, FLA. Mt. Zion A. M. E. Sunday school under the efficient management of Superintendent S. W. Thomas is progressing nicely. The Allen Christian Endeavcr The Ladies' Cornet Band—Miss L A. Campbell, Conductor. The Apollo Orchestra (String)—Mr. John A. Mungin, Conductor. PIANO AND ORGAN. Mr. Alfred Edwards. Miss Catherine Alexander. Mr. E. R. Clark. Miss M. M. Clayton. Miss Louvenia Girard. Miss Essie Monroe: VOCALISTS. ```markdown ``` Professor John Bryant. Frank Clark. Marion Clark. John Harris. Elijah Harris. The Union Baptist Chorus-J. W. Whitfield, Director. Mr. L. S. Reed, Director Asbury M. E. Church Choir. The Men's Sunday Club Octette—Dr. J. Walter Willetts, Director. Professor W. H. Johnson and St Paul Chorus. The Eureka Glee Club — W. H. Stokes, Conductor; A. H. Patton, W J. Walker, C. Alexander, A. Bryant, L. E. Morell, E. R. Dennis. The Mt. Tabor Chorus — W. H. Stikes, Director. A. Bryant. Ct. Butler. M. Daniels. J. Gordon. L. E. Morell. Mr. Gertrude M. Smith. Mr. Charles Waters. League has been in a dilapidated condition during the past winter, but since Professor L. Whiteman has been made president it is beginning to boom. Easter Day at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church, of which Rev. A. Jackson is pastor, was quite an intellectual least. The church was decorated to suit the occasion Sunday night, March 24th. The house was crowded to its utmost. Professor McRay was at the organ. Promptly at 8 o'clock Superintendent S. W. Thomas introduced Professor L. Whiteman as master of ceremonies. Professor Whiteman arose and in a few well chosen words stated the object of Easter day exercises. After which he induced the school to sing an Easter song. As the organ played the boys and girls dressed in white marched upon the platform where they, with the assistance of Mr. White, the director, rendered excellent music. Each one of the Children was then introduced to recite Easter recitations and last but not least paper on Our Missionary Work—Home and Foreign—was read by Mrs. Leatha Zanders. The program, as a whole, was a grand affair. Mrs. A McGhee, one of our industrious young widows, needs commendation for her assistance in training the children for Easter days. At the conclusion of the exercises our popular pastor, Rev. Jackson lifted the collection. The audience seemed to be well pleased with the exercises, so they contributed liberally. The amount raised was $18.35. Mr. Duncan, the midway merchant, is doing a fine grocery business. Mr. Jenking, the Waycross merchant, is doing good business. Professor L. Whiteman, the West Daytona merchant, is improving his grocery business. When you are in West Daytona call on him. His groceries are fresh and prices reasonable. Dr. Staglin is the only colored doctor in our city and I one among the best. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. One of the most important organizations of Christianity is the Sabbath school. What are we engaged in doing in our Sabbath schools? one may ask. Why, we are engaged in training the young minds that they may grow up to lead Christian lives. Our superintendents and teachers are placed in the position as our ministers who deliver the gospel of Jesus Christ to their congregations, so are, we as teachers—pointing out the way for the young lambs to follow. We should never get discouraged in so great a work, but should endeavor to continue the work in the vineyard of our Master as other faithful workers have done. Just as long as we live to hold up the banner and let it wave in our Sabbath school, we should seek to secure as our leaders those of us who are greatly interested of laying Miss C. Alexander. Professor M. Peterson. Mr. A. D. Thurman. Mrs. A. D. Thurman. Mrs. E. Middleton. Miss Willie D. Brown. Miss Annie O. Newsome. Mr. L. S. Foster, William Prince. Miss Esther Williams. Mary Darby. Anna Harmon. Anna Roland. Alice Brooks. Viola Whitlamson. Mary L. Dixon. Mrs. M. Waters. J. Varnedoe. P. Larkini. P. Noble. L. Wynn. A. Seabrook. A. Cooper. I. Elmore. M. Green. D. Mungin. A. Washington. C. Campbell. H. Tillman. Helen Gwynn. A. Cole. M. Taylor. S. Brown. L. Scriven. S. Washington. R. DeLyons. B. Muse. L. Jamison. J. Middleton. J. Morell. Clara Carter. Clara Hodge. the foundation of Christianity on the young minds. When we become interested ourselves our followers will also. We should continuously seek for the lost ones in our Sabbath schools and be not contented untill they have confessed and become members of our Christian churches. We should also continue to bring in as many as we can to unite with our Sabbath schools—all of us are styled in a manner as missionaries to go out in the highways and gather the children into our Sabbath schools; will have large attendances when we interest ourselves to see about our scholars, when they are absent, and for what cause this will leave an impression on the child that when he does not attend the Sabbath schools he has missed a great deal and his presence is also missed. A Sabbath school's prosperity depends largely upon our leaders. They are looked up as light holders leading the way. They should, therefore, be true teachers, loyal teachers, teachers who have the blood of Jesus Christ applied to their souls, and who are continually praying to God for knowledge wisdom and understanding to lead their precious flock. There is a great deal that could be said concerning the Sabbath school, a place where the minds are cultivated more and more to learn of our dear Savior. Each lesson is inspiring, needful and helpful, causes the minds to think when they are tempted to do wrong causes them to think of better things earthly goods, causes many golden texts to be thoughtfully remembered in time to speak, do and act right. In the Sabbath schools we need the hearty co-operation of the parents, parents who are dutiful to their obligations, will surely become interested in the welfare of their children in attending the Shabath schools regularly and properly conducting them ies; in this way we will have prosperous schools, schools that not only our superintendents and teachers are interested in, but our ministers and all members of the Christian church. We who are leaders are planting precious seeds; some day the harvest will come, for some little boy will be superintendent and some little girl will be teacher. When our work is o'er our teachings will be planted deeply in their hearts and they will in turn plant them in the hearts of others. Let us remember that the Sunday school is the future church, and from there is where we get our first teachings that lead us to the gospel light; therefore, it should not be neglected but should continue to spread its branches from shore to shore. Let us then be up, yes, up, and doing, for there is much to be done in the harvest field of life, for the harvest field is great, but the laborers are few; for rthe days are swiftly passing, there is work for each and all, for the harvest field is ready, and we hear the Master's call. Let us bravely work for Jesus till the evening shadows fall—let us, all be true and faithful. Hattle Lockhart. S. J. Mason. A. M. Godfrey. Maria Harris. N. Simpkins. S. Maloy. William Jackson. J. H. Gordon. A. P. Coachman. E. Harris. George Gray. G. Bacon. H. Arnstrong. J. Ferguson. B. Waters. A. L. Jamison. G. B. H. L. Larkin. J. T. Lockhart. J. B. Williams. N. North. Lewis Taylor. Green Carter. A. W. Alexander. R. B. Hadley. G. W. Carr. William Green. S. McGregor. P. J. Burns. C. W. Shaw. J. B Williams. L. S. Reed. P. B. Farley. Mrs. N. M. Mitchell. Mrs. A. L. Owens. Miss Marlon Brown. Miss Marion Taylor. Mr. C. E. Hardwick, Jr. Mr. E. G. Bryant. Miss N. M. Ulmer. Mr. Charles McDowell, formerly of Flsk University, General State Manager. Let us to our trust be true: In the vineyard of the Master there is work for all to do. Delivered at the missionary meeting of the Baptist Sunday School-Union. Let all the civilized world back up with energy and enthusiasm the movement in China to abolish the raising and use of opium, exclaims the Christian Register. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING A delightfully perfumed Half Formula prepared especially for Colored Steeple. Nulley is being used to make Harsh, sweet, nutty, Curtly Hair Soft, Pilant and Glossy. 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