St. Louis Palladium

ST.LOUIS PALLADIUM Is a strong factor in the ranks of the Republican Party. Let us have a united party, with the Hon. Charles Parsons, R. C. Kerns, Charles Nagle, T. J. Akins, Nathan Frank, G. W. Baumhoff, The Globe-Democrat. Is a strong factor in the ranks of the Republican Party. Let us have a united party, with the Hon. Charles Parsons, R. C. Kerns, Charles Nagle, T. J. Akins, Nathan Frank, G. W. Baumhoff, The Globe-Democrat. WILLIAMS' MILITARY BAND 50 MUSICIANS, PROF. D. E. GORDON—Talk on Music. CONCERT 8:15. Admission, 35c; Children, 15c. Vol. XX. No. 14. HON. HIRA Is a strong factor in the ranks of the party, with the Hon. Charles Parsons, Nathan Frank, G. W. Baumhoff, AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE. Parker Lodge No. 5, of the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes, Give Their World's Fair Ball. Last Monday night, Parker Lodge No. 5, of the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes, gave there unique World's Fair ball. It was a grand success, financially and otherwise. The costumes were elaborate. The dashing Mrs. Arnett Campbell, of 2635 Lucas avenue, wore the most beautiful costume of the evening. As she entered the ball room every eye was turned to her. She and several of her friends, among whom was a friend from Chicago, indulged in a few dances. These were followed by the grand march. It was lead by Prof. John Freeman and Mrs. Campbell. Among those present were: Mrs. Clay and daughter, Mrs. Watts of Pine street, Mrs. G. Holt and her brother-in-law, Mr. C. Graham, a judge of dance gave The Palladium man a few hints on the best dancers. Others were: Mrs. Sallie Calvant, Mrs. Frank Byrd, Mr. Chas, Narcisse, R. B. Stovall, Mr. Ashley (the P. O. gentleman), Mr. A. Russell, Mr. J. Clark, of 4251 Sacremento. We beheld the dashing Miss Jennie Jones, Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Fannie Jackson, of 1608 Chestnut. They were quite attractive. Also Mrs. Mary Lucas, of 2331 Market, Mrs. Bell Ukle, of 2624 Lawton, and Mrs. Leon King, of 2341 Market. They danced well and were dressed attractively. As we sat gathering pointers one beer jerker said: "Sir, we would like to have that chair for the guests at the tables." I turned and said: "Surely, you don't want me to get up out of this chair when I have been here for the past two hours." He said nothing, but sneaked off. These youngsters must not disturb The Palladium man. We noticed two fresh dudes with their hats on smoking cigarettes, and disturbing the ladies. Prof. Lucky ordered them off of the floor. They ought to have been kicked off. The Buckingham. After finding that we are not able to give our first ball, March 25, we wish to say to our many friends that we regret the announcement we had published in The Palladium not long since. R. A. TURNER, President. W. A. MORRIS, Secretary. MANAGER WANTED. Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage business in this county and adjoining territory for well and favorably known house of solid financial standing. Twenty dollars straight cash salary and expenses paid each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Expense money advanced. Position permanent. Address Manager, 810 Como Bock, Chicago Ill. Large, nicely furnished room for rent, at 2636 Lucas avenue. Mr. Baker. WILLIAMS' MUS 50 MUS At Douglass Hall, Thu PROF. D. E. GORD CONCERT 8:15. The Funeral of Mrs. Ophelia Benton, at the First Baptist Church. The Order of U. B. F. and S. M. T. turned out in full, to pay their last respects to one of the best women of the order, Mrs. O. Benton. The church was crowded. Rev. E. C. Cole, pastor, in his dignified way, opened the services, and conducted them in an excellent manner. The prayer was offered by Rev. G. W. West. It was most effective. Rev. Cole read a sketch of Mrs. Benton's life, her closing hours, and admonished the living to begin immediate preparation for death. The order then preformed their services. All orders in conducting public services, should select from their numbers those who are good speakers, and who have sense enough to grant unto their superiors the courtesy that is due them. We were very much mortified to know that Mrs. Katie Moore, grand princess of the state of Missouri, and Sister Hattie Williams, vice-grand princess, were present at the funeral of Mrs. Benton, and were not asked to participate in the funeral services. This was a decided oversight on the part of some of the order, and neglect toward the highest representatives of the S. M. T. We wish to say to the grand-princess that the district deputy ought to have had the services under his control. The services should have been in charge of the grand princess and assistant. We ask that she will not hold St. Louis responsible for the oversight, and ignorance of a few. A Card From Mr. Tandy. To the Editor of Palladium and all V. D. N. and S. M. T&i; D. I. and Katie Moore. I was astonished when Brother W. Wheeler told me that the most worthy grand princess, Sister fll.'s.ter ETAOIN mfwu wuo ter Kattie Moore, was present at the funeral of Sister Ophelia Benton, on Sunday, the 13th inst., and she was overlooked and ignored. I am ashamed to know and feel we have such officers in St. Louis that don't know the constitution and by-laws of our honorable institution to treat our grand officers with such contempt. I did not know she was present at this funeral. We can only blame the grand master for such appointments of incompetent brothers. Let the blame be laid at his door. I even myself, was not asked by the D. G. N. to assist. Let us in the future select such officers that knows some thing and will act for the best interests of our noble Order. C. H. TANDY. The girl who thinks she ought not to work is bringing her duck to a poor market. ROOMS FOR RENT—716 N. Jefferson avenue. Mrs. Emma Murphy. ST.LOUIS,MO.,SATURDAY,MARCH 19,1904. Wr. W. W. Perry's Sermon at the Baptist Church Last Sunday. Last Sunday Rev. W. W. Perry, pastor of the First Baptist church at Bridgeton, delivered an excellent sermon, of which the following is a synopsis: Being a minister and servant of God, I try to use my best endeavors to select the most suitable passages of Scripture from which to admonish the sinner of what God requires of him, and to edify the church. God has done, and is yet doing, so much for mankind that He demands of him some kind of service, if it is only to acknowledge His supremacy. "Be still and know that I am God." The text reads: "Come, let us build up the walls of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Nehemiah 2-17. The text sets forth—First—A spirit of deep interest. Second—Unity. Third—Industry and faith in God. first, to achieve any great success, one must become interested in the thing that is to be accomplished. For instance, a child is sent to school to be taught by its teacher how to read, write and cipher, and before the teacher can make very much impression on the mind of that pupil, that boy or girl must first become interested in the studies before very much good can be accomplished. And so it is in every course of life, that a person must become deeply concerned in any assumption in order to accomplish the thing desired. On hearing the calamities of the Jews, whom were left in Judea, after the captivity, how the walls were thrown down to the ground, how that the gates were burned with fire, how that the city was pillaged and men, women and children were murdered and their bodies lay in the roads, Nehemiah wept and shed tears out of commiseration of the calamities of his countrymen, and looking up to Heaven, he said: "How long, O Lord, wilt Thou overlook our nation, while it suffers so great miseries, and while we are made 'the prey and spoil of all men.' See what interest was manifested upon his part, for he sought the assistance of others, saying: "Come, let us build up the walls of Jerusalem." Second thought "Unity." Union is the strength of every institution, and more especially the church of God, because its aim is beyond the chilly stream of Jordan. The Psalms of David read: "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." The earth on which we live, is not a solid of itself, for it is made up of very small particles, which are so united together that they form what is termed land. So the great power of Unity is demonstrated in the make-up of the earth. Nehemiah manifested great faith in God, and relied on His promises. Full of energy and patience, and dispute the enemies who did everything they could to hinder the work. Nehemiah and his fellowmen stood shoulder to shoulder and completed the great task, for they had a mind to work. PLAN TO CARE FOR NEGRO VISI TORS TO WORLD'S FAIR. Egyptian Club Will Have Cafe, Theater_and Music Pavilion on Delmar Boulevard. A $140,827 contract was let yesterday to the E. C. Gerhart Construction Co. by the Egyptian club, an organization formed for the entertainment of Colored visitors to the World's fair, for the erection of club buildings. The club has leased from the Goodfellow Investment Co., 523 feet fronting on the north side of Delmar boulevard, between Goodfellow and Hamilton avenues. Work on the buildings is to be completed by June 1. The officers of the Egyptian club are: Prof. Arthur D. Langston, president; Dr S. P. Stafol, Lorenzo W. Harris, vice-presidents; Dr. D. P. Roberts, treasurer; Albert Burgess, secretary. The business offices are on North Tenth street. Mr. Havens is manager. The object of the Egyptian club is to provide Colored Americans visiting the World's fair with refreshments, meals, facilities of barber shop, reading room, bowling alleys, shower baths, etc. The club buildings will consist of a cafe and restaurant, with reading rooms, barber shop, bowling alleys and billiard rooms, a music pavilion and a theater building of the proof construction, having an auditorium capable of seating 1,691 persons comfortably. This building will present a very attractive appearance, both from within and, without, being faced with red stock brick, with white terra cotta trimming. The dimensions of the cafe and restaurant buildings are 88 feet front by 121 feet depth. The height is 40 feet and the style of architecture of the pure Greek ionic order. The seating capacity of restaurant will be 1,200 persons in twenty-four hours. Spacious porches surround the entire building. All buildings will be lighted by electricity.—Globe-Democrat. Pickett's Headache Powders give instant relief. 2601 Lawton avenue. PULLMAN BOYS. Jack Patterson is on the Iron Mountain to Poplar Bluff. J. H. Smith is on the Hot Springs special. He is looking well—yes, O. K. Jim Marish lost his wife. He is much cast down. We sympathize with him. L. E. E. Jordon is on the Iron Mountain. He thinks that he is the whole show. (Other pebbles on the beach.) The Pullman boys and The Palladium staff are all O. K. They keep us informed, and we inform the public. Sam Martin is on the I. C. to New Orleans, La. He is looking well. He says the weather in very warm in that city. C. C. Carraway is on the Clover Leaf. He is a fine fellow. He lives in Toledo, O. He is much pleased with our city. E. O. Brockman, of 2345 Market street, is on the Burlington, and is considered one of Pullman's best porters. W. O. Hicks is a jolly good fellow, and the girls think that he is the only pebble on the breach. But ah! you just keep your eyes on J. W. Hicks, girls, for he is all O. K. Kid Morgan can be found when in the city at the Alcove. He likes his high "yellows." Now go slow, kid. Switch some time, and go to the Marble Heart. Everything is O. K. We see that Brad Nichol still sports the bull pup on Market street. When are you going to give him a fight. Well, Brad, is all right at that price. Go to it, Nichols. Mr. H. R. Reese, of 3116 LaSalle street, Chicago, is very popular with the traveling public. He can be found when in the city at Lowery & Moran's cafe, 2231 Market street. He is a jolly, good fellow. Clint Wilkins, formerly of New York city, and manager of the Little Savoy, is with Hugh B. White, at the Alcove bar and garden. Mr. Wilkins is very popular in New York city. He spent the winter in Hot Springs. The Alcove bar and garden is to be fitted up and put in condition to make it the finest bar and garden in the city. It will be something grand, so as to accommodate our many friends and visitors. Hugh B. White, proprietor; Clint Wilkins, manager. G. W. Allen is one of our old porters. He has been with the Pullman company for 28 years, and he looks as if he is good for 28 more. Now young porters go to Mr. Allen and have a talk with him, and he will give you some pointers how to handle the traveling public. He is O. K. W. A. Ford is in St. Louis. His home is in New Orleans, La. Mr. Ford is one of the hustling kind. He is studying to be a doctor. He has two or three lots, and a barber shop in New Orleans. He has been with the Pullman company a number of years. He is a worthy man. James Muldon, waiter at the Union station, was at the Buffaloes' ball, Monday night. We observed that he had too many girls at one time. She passed out, and then "he followed" on a full run. They all thought that he was training for a foot ball game. Oh! boys, we sympathize with him, as many of the boys have been there too. So go slow. Mrs. Parks Dillon, of 2748 Walnut street, died last week. She left five children, the youngest four weeks old. Mr. Dillon is one of Pullman's best men. Mr. H. L. Curtis, superintendent of the Pullman Car System at Jersey City, N. J., writes Mr. Dillon a very sympathetic letter in his deep hour of grief. Thus a dear mother has gone and left her children to the care of a loving husband. We trust that he will find a helping hand to care for his dear, motherless children. $2.00 Per Annum, Single Copy 6 cents. AUNCEY I. FILLEY. publican Party, let us have a united party, with C. Kerns, Charles Nagle, T. J. Akin, Nathan Globe-Democrat. Is a strong factor in the Republican Party, let us have a united party, with the Hon. Charles Parsons, R. C. Kerns, Charles Nagle, T. J. Akin, Nathan Frank, G. W. Baumhoff, Globe-Democrat. --- CITY NEWS. Notes and News Concerning Our People--Weekly Record of Social Events, Deaths, Marriages and Births-- Written Especially for St. Louis Palladium. Miss Hazel McKinney is up again, after a few days' illness. Dear Reader, it takes money to publish this paper. FOR RENT—A furnished room, for gentlemen only, at 1920 Wash street. Mrs. Permelia Hynes. Mr. Wm. Harris, of Maffit avenue, was seriously hurt by a transit car. He is on the road to recovery. Mrs. Mary Slaughter, who has been sick for three weeks, is improving very slow. FOR RENT—Furnished or unfurnished rooms at 326 South Montrose avenue. Mr. Allen Tillman, of 4010 Finney avenue, is quite ill, and is under the care of Dr. W. P. T. Jones. $1 will be paid for two copies of the Palladium of March 28, 1903. Must be clean and in good order. Mrs. Mattie Robinson, of 2828 Adams street, will entertain the Ladies' N. D. S. club, Thursday, March 24, at 2 p. m. Mrs. M. A. Lawrence will leave on the 21st or 22d for a week's visit with relatives at her old home, Edwardville, Ill. Mrs. Susan Thompson, of 2625 Lucas avenue, is sick. From all indications she has something that will lead her out to Northwest St. Louis. Remember if you do not take The Palladium by the month, you can get one every Saturday or Sunday from Mr. Henry Hamilton, 2613 North Pendleton avenue. Miss Nellie Hyatt, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Hyatt, of 4026 Lucky street, has been quite sick. She is a very lovely girl, with quite a sweet disposition. We have secured 32 new subscribers for our paper since March 1. Many of them speak in glorious terms of it. We give them a paper first-class in every respect. Wait for the grand entertainment given by the U. K. club, at Masonic temple, Tenth and Market streets, Monday, March 28. Music by the World's Fair band. Madame M'Nairdee Moore, of Indianapolis, Ind., is in our midst. She indeed stands at the head of her profession—palmist and phrenologist. You must go and consult her at 12 South Fifteenth street. Miss Pearl Jones, of 4726 Ashland avenue, married Mr. Clarence Harvey, of Cottage avenue. They had a very quiet wedding, and a very few friends were present. We wish them success. --- Mr. John H. Campbell, of Bridgeton, is very low with an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Sylvania Harris, of 2212 Walnut street, has been sick for several weeks. We wish for her early recovery. Miss Leona Lee entertained the La Coterie Francaise at her home Tuesday evening. They had a very pleasant time. She served lunch after the meeting, and the young men present said they thought her cooking would surely win her a husband. If you want a wife, boys, its up to you. Keep your eye on Miss Lee. Madame M'Nairdee-Moore, the painstist and phrenologist. Call on her, at No. 12 South Fifteenth street. She stands at the head of her class. The Rev. William Jones, of Higginsville, Mo., has been conducting a series of meetings at the Fifth Baptist church, with a wonderful success in gaining 21 converts for baptism, which will take place on Easter Sunday. He preached his closing, or farewell sermon, last Sunday night, from Ezekiel 2, 16, "A wheel in a wheel." The sermon was a soul-stirring one, for all who were present enjoyed it. Mrs. Rosie Curtis, of 707 North Fourteenth street, gave a birthday reception March 10, which was nicely conducted, and highly appreciated by her many friends. Music was rendered by the famous "200" quartette—Willie Bush, James Lee, Willie Skidmore, J. Walker. They will furnish the best of music and coon songs for parties and balls at reasonable rates. No. 1325 Market street. Mrs. G. W. Sanford, of 4154 Fairfax avenue, tendered a birthday party to her son, Lorin Sanford, March 14. The hours were from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. Those present: Frederick Brooks, Eve Kibble, Jesse Anderson, Alma Braxton, Willie Braxton, Emily Braxton, James Tyler, Cortillia Johnson, Coral Johnson, Othello Walker, James Harper, Arthur Harper, Anston Cowin, Jesse Herndon, Erston Tate. The Lyceum Sketch Club The Rites of the Pallidium: We desire to state that the Lyceum Sketch club has no connection whatever with the Y. M. C. A. entertainment to be given next month at the Odeon. We make this explanation in answer to many inquiries that have come to us. THE LYCEUM SKETCH CLUB. Jas. W. Grant, president. R. A. Hudlin, vice-president. Ambrose A. Clark, secretary. John B. Vashon, treasurer. Will S. Grant, business manager. A Would-be Lawyer. A few days ago a man was on trial in the criminal court. In the cross-examination of a woman, the would-be lawyer's questions were so unmanly and rough that the judge stopped him, and told the Negro lawyer that if the lawyer could not modify his language, that he could not and would not allow a woman to be insulted by him. Hence, the Negro's client got twenty years in the penitentiary. So, if you want to go to the penitentiary, get that Negro lawyer to attempt to defend you and you are sure for five, ten, fifteen or twenty years in the penitentiary. St. Louis Palladium. Scientists have discovered that the more muscle a man has the more "Nrays" he emits. Probably that is the reason that when pugilists quit the ring they become "stars." Americans have no right to laugh at the uncouth and formidable names of Japanese and Russian people, places and ships, as long as we have a congressional delegate named Jonah Kuhio Kalaniannole. A University of Missouri student recently sawed 12 cords of wood in three days, thus establishing a record. This form of sport does not, however, promise to become popular in our colleges. It has already been ruined by professionalism. The statue of Frederick the Great presented by Emperor William to the United States, is to be unveiled at Washington no later than next October. The reason for the delay has been that the site could not be made ready any sooner. Kiairn Bey, governor of Jerusalem and Palestine, has promised to come to the St. Louis world's fair, but says it will be inconvenient for him to bring his 30 wives. In this respect he will conform to the American custom. Our polygamists do not take their wives with them when they travel. The London "Female" has done just as was prophesied, and changed its form and appeal. That is, though it still professes to be a woman's paper, it no longer differs from the ordinary daily. There is an added evidence that a woman's newspaper is a men's newspaper. A success in journalism cannot be made with an exclusive appeal to either sex. With destructive prairie fires in Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Kansas, cold waves and blizzards in the northwest and thunder and lightning, rain and floods in portions of the east, March is supplying the country with an experience which for picturesque variety rather surpasses most of its previous and remarkable achievements. One of the interesting developments of the day is the increasing favor with which cremation of the dead is regarded. Statistics are not available to show the total number of cremations in the United States, but it is a fact beyond dispute that they are increasing and that the original feeling of repulsion against the method is quite rapidly wearing away. Scientists announce the discovery that certain fish change their color like chameleons to harmonize with their environment. Careful thought will show that this is true. Take a sucker; in his native haunts he is green, but when he realizes that he has been taken in his hue changes to a deep cerulean. Lobsters, too, are green at first, red in the salad and dark brown the morning after. How wonderful is science! The present Mrs. Leroy, of Owen county, Ky., was once a belle of the blue grass region, and it was a question whether or not she would ever retire to a purely domestic life. She married a stock breeder. This was early in 1899. Since then she has become the mother of five sons, the dates of whose births are as follows: January 15, 1900; January 15, 1901; January 15, 1902; January 15, 1903; January 15, 1904. It is interesting and significant that Admiral Uriu, the Japanese officer who won the victory at Chemulpo, is a graduate of the United States naval academy at Annapolis. He was in the class of 1881, and is only 41 years of age, though his advancement has been won by his merit alone. It is not so well known that his wife is a graduate of Vassar college. The pair furnishes a type of culture and progress in "New Japan." It is pretty early to do any predicting as to the wheat harvest this year, but the speculators are already at it. They are circulating stories to the effect that blizzards and floods have destroyed the wheat crops in many western localities. Or course such stories can be taken with due allowance. They are circulated with more regard for the effect they will have on the wheat pit than as correct estimates of the actual situation. The department of commerce and labor has prepared a commercial map of the world in which the United States is given first place. It is understood the map will be placed on view at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Doubtless it will attract attention and arouse comment on the part of many foreign visitors, and it is not at all unlikely that it will be a revelation to a number of our own people. The United States is put in the first place commercially because it is entitled to that distinction. Foreigners may dislike this showing, but it is correct. It is a saying among the Muscovites that January, February and March are three of the ablest Russian generals—the meaning being that ordinarily the weather in those months is such as to make it hopeless for an enemy to carry on operations against the Russians. The saying derives new force from the reports which show the severity of the winter in Manchuria, Siberia and Russia as a whole. The cold has been almost phenomenally intense, ranging 80 degrees below zero in Port Arthur and its vicinity, and being worse in other localities. Missouri State Gleanings. MISSOURI STRAWBERRIES. With an Increased Acreage, This Year's Crop Should Rreak All Previous Records. With an increased acreage in every county in the state and every prospect for a good yield, Missouri's crop of strawberries this year will break all previous records. Reports received in Columbia by the officers of the agricultural department of Missouri university show that not only are the old strawberry beds in excellent condition, but in all parts of the state the beds have been enlarged, and new beds put out last spring will yield their first crop this year. The total yield will probably far exceed the yield of last year, and may double it. Quite an interest in strawberry growing has been manifest among the farmers and truck gardeners of the state, and many have taken up this profitable occupation. Large areas were planted last year, and preparations are now being made for a larger acreage to be put out this spring. These new plants will not bear this year. Speaking of the unusual interest taken in strawberry growing, W. L. Howard, of the horticultural department of Missouri university, predicted that Missouri would lead in strawberry growing in a few years, as soon as the old plants are old enough to bear. "The whole of southwest Missouri," said Prof. Howard, "is now dotted with strawberry fields. There are a few berries grown in southeast Missouri also, and in that section of the state preparations are making for a still larger acreage. In many cases, the berries set out in strawberries, and in a few years the yield from that section of the state will be very high, and soon be a leading fruit center. Many strawberry beds are being put out there. Around Poplar Bluff there are many small powers, of which several have been prominent in the production of strawberries. However, the whole yield from southeast one of the southwestern counties, Greene county for example. "The strawberry season in Missouri lasts about thirty days, and the first of the Missouri market about May 23. The later varieties will follow, and by June 20 the fruit will be out of season, so far as the Missouri grower is concerned. This will not happen after that date, but few of them are grown in Missouri. "In St. Louis county strawberries are grown more successfully and with larger yields than in the state. This is because of the fact that they are marketed at home, and the grower is put to no expense for shipping and handling. This county-in-fact, almost enough to supply the city of St. Louis. "I was talking with a market gardener for St. Louis, the other day, and he told me his lowest net profit on an acre of strawberries was $300, and he sometimes made as much as $60 per acre. I remember that the season is but twenty days long, and that the beds require little care outside of the fruiting season, this appears to be an enormously "However, experience has proven that except where grown for local trade, strawberries can not be profitably grown in the United States, and are sold in carousel lots. When shipped by express, the express companies get all the profits. In southwest Missouri the berries are sold on the cars by the grower in the berry region during the fruiting season and purchase the berries after the cars are loaded. In this way the grower is relieved of the trouble of shipping, and the grower is less liable for damage during transportation. In southeast Missouri, the product of no county is large enough to warrant shipping such quantities, and the grower is relieved of the increased acreage makes shipping in large quantities practicable." His Nose Broken. An operation has been performed on "Rex" Hogan, an ex-member of the University of Missouri football team, that he may pass the examination to enter the United States marine corps. His nose was broken in a football game at Columbia, last year, and although he passed the mental examinations for entrance, he was rejected because of this defect. His nose has been rebroken and set again. It is now straight, and he will enter the corps without further trouble. Sympathy For Russia. Resolution: of sympathy for Russia in the war with Japan were adopted by the Irish nationalists of St. Louis, at the Pickwick theater, during the meeting in commemoration of the birth of Robert Emmet. The Rock Island's New Braneh. The Rock Island's St. Louis-Kansas City line will be completed by May 1. The tracklayers, moving westward, are 65 miles from Kansas City, and the grading is completed to a point ten miles east of Kansas City. Fitz Gets a Concession. Robert Fitzsimmons, the freckled pugilist from the antipodes, at one time champion heavyweight of the world, has secured a cafe concession on The Pike at the World's fair. They Will See the Fair. The president of a big stove factory in St. Louis announced that a week's vacation will be granted its employee so they can view the World's fair. Broke It at Last. Mrs. Frank Miles, who lives near Huntsville, broke a lamp chimney the other day that she had used for 22 years. Died on a Train. Clair Commons, aged 40, a former Kansas City business man, died on a Burlington train near St. Joseph. He was in ill health for some time. Death Came Suddenly Mrs. Ida J. Sailer fell dead from heart disease while informing her husband that she had won the first prize at a masquerade ball in St. Louis. Killed By a Scratch. W. Y. Robinson, aged 50, a sheep raiser, died at Nevada of blood poisoning, the result of scratching his hand with a pice of hay baling wire. Belligerants Used Various Wenpons in a Fracas at a Dance in St. Louis. The orchestra had just finished a waltz at the Concordia Club hall, in St. Louis, and the decadent notes had scarcely ceased vibrating when a riot broke out. The fight was started between several young men near the main entrance to the hall. In a minute it was general, and a hundred men and women were participants. Revolvers were drawn, knives brandished, clubs wielded and bricks and other missiles hurled promiscuously. Many were injured, but escaped from the police by jumping through windows and scurrying through the several exits. After the fight had been quelled by the police, Emma Wagner, 30 years old, was picked up in an unconscious condition by Police Sergeant Field. She was taken to the city hospital. An examination showed that she had been struck on the left temple by some blunt instrument, causing a contusion. She regained consciousness for a short time after arriving at the hospital, but again lapsed into a comatose state. Her condition is reported as serious, and she may die. Sergeant Field said that it was the most vicious mix-up that he had ever encountered. In trying to separate belligerents, Patrolman Helgoth was knocked down, his club and star stolen and his clothing torn and cut. Sergeant Field said that women took sides and fought like men. One woman, he says, was armed with a large butcher knife. MORTGAGED MULES SOLD. A Peculiar Situation Results From Charges Against Frank Goldent's Neighbors. Frank Golden, a farmer who lives six miles south of Versailles, a few mornings ago found that a team of good mules had been stolen from his barn. He suspicioned a neighboring young man and caused his arrest. In a day or so it was discovered that the mules had been sold to a mule buyer of California, Moniteau county. The mule buyer went to the Versailles jail to see if the man under arrest was the man from whom he bought the mules. When he arrived there he said he was not the man. The mule buyer then gave a good description of the man from whom he bought the mules. Edward Edwards, a prominent young man, a neighbor to Golden, was arrested as filling the description given by the mule buyer. After a few hours' sweating, Edwards admitted that he took the mules to market, but that he acted under Golden's instructions. It was then discovered that the mules were mortgaged at the time they were sold. Golden was arrested as being a party to the crime. Kansas City Men in Trouble. Kansas City Men in Trouble. Albert H. Brown, William Marvin, Joseph L. Ricker and Edward Moore were arrested, at Kansas City, a few days ago, on complaint of Post Office Inspector McKee, who charges them with using the mails with intent to defraud. The men were arraigned and released on bonds. It is asserted by the post office inspector that the five men have been conducting a brokerage business under the name of A. H. Brown & Co. since 1902. It is charged that the firm advertised in Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and Indianapolis papers, offering a stock of goods for sale for cash or trade, and it is alleged, caught many victims. Luckett Case Continued. The case against Attorney Fenton Luckett, of Jefferson City, charged with attempting to fix the jury in the Frank Farris bribery case, was continued in Cole county circuit court at request and cost of the state. Postponement was on account of the absence of Attorney General Crow. Luckett announced himself ready for trial. Sucd For Breach of Promise. Mattie L. McCully, a widow at Mexico, has sued Bart Waddington, Sr., for $6,000 for alleged breach of promise. The plaintiff says that she and the defendant were engaged to be married, but that the defendant refused to marry her when the time came. Mr. Waddington is a prominent and wealthy farmer. Alleged Kidnapers Arrested. J. H. Miller and wife, who were supposed to have kidnapped May, the 13-year-old daughter of W. W. Morrison in Slater, were located by Deputy Sheriff Frank Oneal and arrested as they were preparing to cross the river at Miami. The girl was with them. Dethn of Judge William Stuart. Judge William Stuart, for many years a prominent banker of Mexico, died at his home in that city, aged 86 years. Wound Proved Fatal. Vernon Brown, aged 12, who, it is charged, was shot several days before by Judge D. C. Howell, died at Brookfield. Burned by Molten Metal. Henry Raybrooke, aged 24, was probably fatally burned by molten lead while working in a smelter in Louis. He suffered terrible agony. Merrill Will Probated. The will of John W. Merrill, the lumber dealer, who died recently at Kansas City, has been fled for probate His estate is estimated at $1,000,000. SENATORS PLAY GAME OF JAI ALI Amuse Themselves in Senate Behind Closed Doors. EXPERTS EXPLAIN THE GAME Paraphernallia For Playing the Game is Used as Evidence in the Contest Against Confrimation of Gen. Wood. Washington, March 18.—With the paraphernalia for playing jal ali, a game which figures conspicuously in the contest against confirmation of Gen. Leonard Wood to be major-general, the members of the United States senate amused themselves for more than an hour Thursday, protected from the gaze of the public by the closed doors of an executive session. A lively interest was manifested in the game. It was stated by members of the committee that the game will be introduced at the St. Louis exposition. Senators Proctor, Cockrall, Quaries, Forsker, Teller, Scott, Pettus, Blackburn and others who participated in the hearings before the military experts were the exponents of the jal ali. Gambling Features Explained. Gambling Features Explained. Senators Cockrell and Foraker, who had paid extensive visits to Cuba, while the "Pelota" season was at its height, explained that the gambling features of the game are not essential to its adoption by the Cubans, while Senators Blackburn, Scott and Teller contended that, without the betting privileges the Jai Ali company would not have made application to Gen-Wood for the concession to erect a building as headquarters for the game. The demonstration of jal alai came in the last hour of the session, and through it all ran a discussion of the game in which many senators participated. Gen. Wood's defenders scored a point when Senator Patterson admitted that he had spent a day studying the testimony in regard to the game, and had come to the conclusion that it contained nothing detrimental to Gen. Wood's conduct and no reason for opposition to his confirmation. The senator said that he had expected to oppose confirmation on the strength of the testimony against Gen. Wood, but that a more urgent reason than that must be advanced. In regard to jal alai, the principal speakers were Senators Culberson, Patterson, Teller, Hoar, Proctor and Blackburn. Pictures in Evidence. Senator Proctor, the acting chairman of the committee on military affairs, had made a requisition on the war department for the appurtenances of the game, and when the hearings had been concluded he decided to keep the articles at his office to use in the event members of the senate were interested. In addition to the equipment of the game he held a picture of the "pelot" court, showing Gen. Wood and three companions enjoying the game. Senator Quarles resumed his speech in support of the nomination when the senate went into executive session at 12:53 p. m., and held the floor until 4 p. m. It had been expected that Senator Teller would follow, but on account of the late hour a general discussion was had instead. Senator Foraker will speak Friday in defense of Gen. Wood, and will occupy most of the day. This will carry the case over until Saturday night at least, as Senators Teller and Alger both are scheduled for speeches. Senator Alger is armed with a letter written to Gen. Wood by Senator Teller on February 15, 1901, complimenting him for his "deserved promotion," on the occasion of Wood's confirmation as bradidier general. Senator Alger expects to use this letter against Senator Teller when the latter makes his speech in opposition to Wood's confirmation to be major general. CLAIMS SOLD TO AMERICANS Cuban Revolutionary Soldier's War Claims are Being Bought Up By Speculators, it is Said. Havana, March 18.—Havana newspapers are expressing alarm at the number and quantity of revolutionary soldier's claims, which they say are being sold to American and other speculators who are buying them at 15 to 20 per cent. of their face value. One paper says that $250,000 worth of these claims have been bought by some Americans at Santiago for $50,000. The business, it is alleged, is being done all over the island, and it is described as a disgrace to the Cuban nation. It is pointed out, however, that the soldiers sell their claims of their own free will, but it is argued that harm will be done because the money will be squandered, and not spent as was hoped for the permanent improvement of the island, and for the benefit of the people. Rudolph Pleads Not Guilty Union, Mo., March 18—"Bill" Rudolph Thursday morning, pleaded "not guilty" to the charge of murdering Detective Schumacher, and his trial was set for Saturday. Attorneys Schafer and Owen were appointed to defend him. Secretary of Arizona. Washington. March 18.—W. T. Nichols has been appointed by the president to be secretary of Arizona to succeed Isaac T. Stoddard. Mr. Nichols is secretary of the territorial republican organization of Arizona. The good people of Venice, III., and also of Madison, read The Palladium. Mr. Lewis Watkins, our enterprising agent, is doing a good business. He sells from 35 to 40 papers each week. The citizens of Madison like Mr. Watkins, and all admit that he is a business man. 4 MOST REMARKABLE CHARACTER. Mr. Robert Johnson, of 209 South Fifteenth street, was born in 1815; therefore, was a slave 45 years. He passed through the civil war in the commissary department, and since that time, through friends, he has secured several good positions. In 1881 he was employed by the late John. John W. Turner, street commissioner under Mayor William L. Ewing; then under Hon. D. R. Francis, who was mayor of St. Louis. For the past ten years he has been a patient sufferer, not being able to do any hard work, yet he was always willing to do something for a living. He is now a newsdealer, selling papers. By that means he makes a fair living. He sells the St. Louis Palladium, and if you wish to help him, you can do so. Remember, he can not get out, but you can get The St. Louis Palladium by calling at his house, 209 South Fifteenth street. And All of My Patrons. Mr. M. Barnes, our energetic agent, is doing fine work. He calls 20 to 25 copies a week. The congregation of Central Baptist like The Palladium for the stand it took in defending them when the Old Black Man took delight in sticking that congregation in the short ribs. At that time The Palladium thundered forth the shot and shell, and consequently gained the admiration of that church. Mr. Barnes is all right. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE If you want the very HIGHEST WAGES paid for your services go to the...... Christian Employment Bureau 2603 LUCAS AVE. J. M. H. Dorsey Wood, Coal & Ice, EXPRESS WAGON Hauling to all Parts of the City 2629 Morgan St. A New Rooming House. Mrs. Mary White has fitted up a new rooming house at 200 South 14th street. It is, indeed, a model in beauty and convenience. She has ten rooms fitted up in the most elegant style from bottom to top. She is now ready to receive guests, both single and married. Don't fail to give her a call. She will give general satisfaction to her many guests. Remember her number—200 South 14th street. Wm. A. Overton, Plumbing AND GAS FITTING. Furnaces, Steves and Ranges Repaired and put up. Expressing and Moving. Phone Kin. D-2137. 1124 N. Sarah St. CALL OR WRITE FOR PRICES FIELDS & CAMPBELL Rooming House, 2635 LUCAS AVE. Everything First-Class. All Modern improvements. ROGMS AT MODERATE PRICES. FIELDS & CAMPBELL, Proprietors. "Follow the Flag." Banner Route To the Great Gateways Kansas City, Chicago, Omaha. Toledo & Buffalo. Through sleepers to New York and the East. Magnificent Equipment and Train Service. Ticket Office, Eighth and Olive streets FIRST CLASS WORK Guaranteed. 2310 MORGAN ST. World's Fair Barber Shop. The World's Fair Barber shop is up-to-date. 'Everything is in fine order. Here's the soilloquy of its owner, Mr. Sanford Warfield: "Times are hard, and barbers poor, Gentlemen, please don't pass my door. My rooms are warm, barbers clean, Will lather you well and shave you clean. We have all Negro papers on hand, Eagle, Advance and The Palladium." B. BELKER, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Meat and Vegetable Market. 1119 and 1121 Morgan Street. St. Louis, Mo DR. S. B. BELL, FIRST-CLASS Barber Shop and Bath, In the True Reform Hall. First-class Barbers. 8. W. Corner Pine Street and J. fies son Avenue. SEXTON & MITCHELL'S EXTRA FINISH Art School, 2605 Lawton Ave. Now Open for Pupils. Terms Reasonable. Fine Oil Paintings for sale, Portraits Enlarged in Crayon, Pastel, Oil. Sam, the Tailor Is the Place to Get Your Spring and Summer Suits. Made to order. One of the Best 204 North 14th Street. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By 1. This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It noises the scalp, prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures a dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware, limitations. Get the Original. Ongoing Oxy Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, sort and beautiful, given is that healthy. Life-like appearance, so much desired. A toilet necessary for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with ecbottable. Only 60 cents. Sold by druggists and dealers for send. $0.10 for one lot $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Please mention name of this paper when ordering. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaranteed to do what we want and to be the "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACIL. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH A PETITE BLEACH can be used on a directed. Will turn a skin of black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and r. maluato person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours shade or two will be noticeable. It does not turn a skin beautiful without a continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or black heads, making the skin very smooth. It will remove without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed and registered in the dollar box is worth ten dollars, yet we sell it for one dollar box. THE NO-SHIELD thrown in free. The dollar box is a letter or Post-Office money order express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O. D. (the letter is not registered). In any case where it failed to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. GRANE AND CO., 122 west Broad Street, Birmingham, Va. S. L. PICKETT. Fresh DRUGS Daily 2601 LAWTON AVENUE. N. W. Cor. Jefferson and Lawton Aves. Open Day and Night. Both Telephones R. J. RAYMOND. Attorney - at - Law, 1111 Clark Ave.. St. Louis, Mo. We are the only thoroughly experienced and the only prac- tically competent Colored Undertakers in the city. A. RUSSELL, Livery. Boarding and UNDERTAKING We have our own conveyances and do all our own work. Carriages furnished for all occasions. 2118-20-22 Market St., ST. LOUIS, MO. Telephone, C-390, THE GEM. HUGH B. WHITE, Proprietor of ...SALOON... At 1911 Market St. (Opposite Union Station) Choice Wines, Liquors, Cigars, and the best up-to-date. ..CAFE IN CONNECTION.. Remember the Gem, 1911 Market. TELEPHONE K 1386A. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR MEN ONLY. BILLIARD ROOMS IN CONNECTION. EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. The Brunswick Saloon, G. W. HOLT, Proprietor. 1925 Market Street, (Near U Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos. Market Street, (Near Ursors, Cigars and Tobaccos. 1925 Market Street, (Near Union Station), Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobaccos. ST. LOUIS. DYE'S Buffet and WM. P. DYE, 2801-3 Manchester Ave., Telephone—Kin TELEPHONE: KIN JAMES H. HARRISON, Phar. D. HARRISON & Funeral Directors AND EMBALMERS, t and Pool Re WM. P. DYE, Proprietor. chester Ave., St. Telephone—Kinloch B-1812. TELEPHONE: KINLOCH A, 1275. ISON, Phar. D. GEOR ARRISON & McKOI TELEPHONE: KINLOCH A. 1275. JAMES H. HARRISON, Phar. D. GEO. W. McKOIN. HARRISON & McKOIN, 2743 Wash Street, ST. LOUIS, NO. All Work First Class. Successful Embalm Calls Answered Prom st Class. Terms Most Successful Embalming Guarantee wered Promptly, Day All Work First Class. Terms Most Reasonable. Successful Embalming Guaranteed. Calls Answered Promptly, Day or Night. Maurer Meat and Provision Co. CASH MARKETS: 1402 MARKET STREET. No. 5 S. Fourteenth Street. Branch: 3204 Laclede Ave. TELEPHONES: BELL, Maln 2103-A KINLOCH, D-25 BELL, Lindell 1004-A KINLOCH D-1022 2606 FRANKLIN AVENUE. KINLOCH C 720. 8 and 10 South Jefferson Ave. Fine Wines and Liquors. reet, (Near Union Station), ccos. ST. LOUIS. Imported and Domestic Cigars. BOCH B-1812. OCH A, 1275. Geo. W. McKOIN. R McKOIN, Terms Most Reasonable, ing Guaranteed. Notly, Day or Night. St. Louis, Mo. YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT LUCKY TED. That was the nickname they called him by— The boys at his school—and this was why: He was bound to win from the start, they said: It was always the way with Lucky Ted! The earliest flowers in his garden grew; The sums on his slate came soonest true; He could sail a boat, or throw a ball, Or guess a riddle, the best of all. You wondered what could his secret be, But watch him for awhile and you would see He thought it out till the thing was plain. And then went at it with might and main. Trusting but little to chance or guess, He learned the letters that spell Success. A ready hand and a thoughtful head— So much for the "luck" of Lucky Ted! —Blanche Trennor Heath, in Youth's Com HARMLESS LITTLE REPTILE. The Fence Lizard Is Easily Tamed and Makes an Interesting and Devoted Pet. If there is anything we need to teach more than another, it is that numerous insects and reptiles, which are held by many persons to be poisonous, are perfectly harmless. This is especially so of the pinetree lizard, or, as it is often called, the fence lizard. It is true that the lizard has teeth, but they are almost too small to be seen, the finely serrated jaws feeling just like the rough lips of a bass. Moreover, these little saurians seldom attempt to bite, and make interesting pets. I have a box two feet long, one foot high, and six inches wide, the sides being of glass and the bottom covered with white sand to a depth of two inches. With this on my study table I have a good opportunity for watching the five interesting inmates as they eat and sleep. Two are males and three are females, easily distinguished by their color. Their color seems to be influenced by the conditions of the atmosphere. After a rain or when they first come out of their hiding places in the morning, many of them are very dark. By holding them in the hand a short time, the color changes very perceptibly. When my pets are ready to go to bed, they dive into the sand, where they remain covered up until morning. Then here and there a head bobs up, and gradually the saurians either stretch out on the sand or prop themselfs up on their forelegs in a most comical manner. They soon become alert, and show how keen their appetites are if flies, crickets, grasshoppers or katydids are thrown to them. Frequently, when one has selzed a particularly fat grasshopper, another will attempt to take it away. They are also fond of roaches, but care nothing for hard-shelled beetles. They will not LIZARDS AS ORNAMENTS. seize an insect unless it is moving, and one often knows when the attack is to be made, as the lizard opens its mouth just a little way before springing upon its prey. It uses its tongue with the same agility as does the frog or toad, and gorges a large insect pretty much the same way as a snake swallows a toad. In burrowing in the sand they make several strokes with the right or left forefoot, changing from one to the other; but when this dirt is to be worked out of the way, they use their hind feet with alternate strokes with great rapidity. The female in this way evidently digs into the ground, where she deposits a dozen or more white eggs, which she leaves for the warm earth to hatch. I know of nothing else so easily tamed. When caught in the hand they seldom attempt to escape. Placed on one's clothing, they often sit in the same position for a long time. Knowing this peculiarity, I decorated my little son with 19 lizards, just to prove to some skeptical people that I was willing to back up my assertion with a demonstration. Yet one observer who witnessed it declared that it was risky, and that he knew a man who had lost a finger from the venomous bite of a fence lizard. A teamster who was not afraid to handle a snake could not be persuaded to touch a lizard, although they both saw a finger thrust into a lizard taurian's mouth. Ignorance is hard to banish, but it easily drives away the truth. They are not only harmless, but beneficial. Lying on the fences which surround the field of growing crops, they devour many insects as these attempt to enter the fields, thus benefiting the farmers, who have no appreciation of their value.-A. R. M. Spaid, in Scientific American. MRS. FOX RESTORED PEACE A Little Story from Animal Land Which Contains a Good Moral for Boys and Girls. Mr. Lion lived next door to Miss Kangaroo. He was very fond of roaring, and she was a very nervous lady. One day, when Billy Fox went to take the milk to her house, she told him that Mr. Lion had roared so suddenly and so loud that he made her jump and lose her false tooth out of her mouth. Billy Fox went home and told his wife. He said he was going to tell Mr. Lion, and have him stop roaring so. "No, indeed, don't do that!" said Mrs. Billy Fox. "They'll both be angry. I'll go and talk to them and fix it all up." So Mrs. Billy Fox put on her little foxy bonnet and went to call on Mr. Lion. She told him that Miss Kangaroo admired his voice so much that when she heard him roar she forgot everything else. "Why, the other day," said Mrs. Billy Fox, "you roared DRESSED IN HIS BEST. suddenly, and she let her false tooth slip out of her mouth and it got lost—she told me so." Mr. Lion was very much flattered, and said that he was sorry Miss Kangaroo had lost her false tooth. Then the little fox lady went over to call on Miss Kangaroo. "Oh, Mr. Lion is so sorry to hear that you've lost your false tooth!" she told that lady. "He says he's coming over to apologize foaring so much. I'm sure I think he's a very delightful old gentleman." Then, as she saw Mr. Lion coming, she hurried home. Mr. Lion was dressed in his best. He made a fine bow and apologized to Miss Kangaroo for startling her so. Miss Kangaroo could not fail to be delighted, and she smiled and bowed, too, and invited old man Lion to stay for tea. After that the lion and the kangaroo were always fast friends, and I am sure that the little fox lady is a very good sort of person to have in a neighborhood —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. FUNNY LITTLE BOOBY BIRD An Oceanic Fowl That Seems to Have Less Sense Than Any Other Known Creature. The booby bird, an oceanic fowl, is probably the funniest and most stupid bird in the world. It appears to have as little intelligence as the old extinct dodo had, according to the ancient accounts. The booby nests on islands far out in the Pacific ocean, and will not stir out of the way when men land there, but remains squatted on the ground staring at intruders stolidly. It can fly very well indeed, and goes long distances; but when it is sitting on the water it will remain directly in the course of a ship, so that it happens often that a steamer will go clear over a booby that could easily have swam or flown out of the way. Sometimes booby birds will fly or the deck of a ship and lie there with their legs sprawling under them, making no attempt to rise, as if their bewilderment had quite numbed their weak intellect. The booby does not feed its young as other birds do, by carrying food to them in its bill. Instead of this, the booby swallows the food, and then the young bird thrusts its head into the throat of the parent and fishes the food out. When two young boobies are hatched in the same nest, the one that is out of the egg first will often attempt to eat its younger brother or sister. When a shot is fired at a booby bird, it generally falls down flat on the ground and screams pitily, even if it has not been hit at all; so that it happens frequently that a gunner gathers in entirely unhurt booby birds that have simply been frightened into helplessness.—Boston Globe Historic Feats of Memory. Historic Feats of Memory. Many of the historical feats of memory remain unrivaled. Seneca, the Roman rhetorician, was able to repeat two thousand words upon once hearing them, each in its order, though they had no dependence or connection on each other. Pontius Latro retained in his memory all the orations he had ever spoken, without falling in even a single word. Cyneas, ambassador to the Romans from King Pyrrhus, in one day so well learned the names of his audience that the next morning he saluted the whole senate and all the populace assembled each by name. Cyrus knew every soldier in his army by name, and Scipio had a speaking acquaintance with all the citizens of Rome. Herr von Nieublin, a celebrated German scholar, was once clerk in a bank at Copenhagen, in which capacity he gave proof of miraculous memory by restoring, from recollection alone, the entire contents of a leaf in the bank ledger which had been lost by brand or accident. IMPORTANT. The Married Women's Harper club met at 3914 Sophia avenue, the residence of Mrs. Davis. They were entertained in the most stylish manner. They were conducted into the dining room, where the table was spread with all the good things of the season. Among those present we noticed Mrs. Easton, of San Antonio, Tex.; Mrs. Watkins, Simms, Murphy and others. The house was decorated so as to look like a fairy garden or the paradise above. The whole affair was very pleasant. Mrs. W. H. Davis has been sick since. She is better now. We wish to call special attention to the undertaker business of Harrison-McKoin, 2743 Wash street. They will supply you with a winter overcoat that will last until doomsday. Remember Mr. John W. Wheeler Jr. is a professional pianist. He plays a high-class music, and he takes high-class advertisements for The Palladium. When you help us, you help a worthy young man. J. W. WHEELEB. THE WORLD'S FAIR. With the approach of the New Year comes a momentous event in the history of St. Louis. Never since its early settlement has there been as great a furor as exists at the present time. Little did the early explorers of the Mississippi Valley and the French settlers of this city think that in the distant future the city they had founded in a wilderness would develop into the center of the world's admiration. The celebration of the Louisiana Purchase is one in which all natives will join—it is of wide-spread interest to the world at large. The representation of the Negro race at the Fair will, it is anticipated, be a highly commendable one. The children of the Colored schools have already begun their preparation of the work for the Fair. The journalistic work of the Negro will show his ability in that line. The three Negro papers of our city will make an excellent display. Those who visit the World's Fair will find that it will surpass by far any that has ever been given. No particular booth will be set apart for the Negro race. They will be represented only as American citizens. No discrimination will be made. LAWYERS W. M. Farmer. Albert Burgess. E. H. Taylor. J. A. Smith. Crittenden Clark. Mr. Hoffer. Hutchins Inge. R. J. Raymond. L. C. Jones. Mr. Henderson. Thos. Campbell. Walter Roberts. PHYSICIANS. W. P. Curtis. D. W. Scott. Wm. H. Mansifee. ⊙. T. Fields. G. S. Jackson. W. P. T. Jones. J. P. Stafford. Dr. Davis. C. F. Crews. W. N. Perry. J. W. McDowell. S. H. Bell. A. W. Craddock. W. Brabham. C. C. Sibley. DENTIST8. T. A. Curtis. G. H. Anderson. INSTITUTIONS. Provident Hospital, Beaumont and Morgan Sts. Colored Orphan Asylum, 4216 Natural Bridge Road. Central Baptist Poor Old Saints' Home, Morgan St., near Jefferson Ave. Y. M. C. A. Home Association, 2633 Lucas Ave. Colored Catholic Orphan Asylum, Normandie. Reporters will be sent wherever requested. Only notify this office. MISS N. GRAVES, FIRST-GLAS DRESSMAKER. PLAIN SEWING ALSO DONE. Call 3731 VISTA AVENUE. A UNION OR A DEPOT FOR NEGRO NEWSPAPERS. To all who are fond of negro newspapers the Palladium office can furnish any of the following papers: Freedman Journal. Chicago Conservator. Topeka Plaindealer. Indianapolis Recorder. The Afro-American. The Vicksburg Light. Arkansas Appreciator. The Dallas World. The Springfield State Capital. The Sedona Times. Eagle-Herald, Gainsville, Fla. The Reformer. The Truth Teller, St. Louis. Southern Christian Recorder. Cincinnati Brotherhood. Star of Zion. Washington Bee. Seattle Republic. Weman's World. Bluegrass Bugle. Chicago Broad Ax. Paducah Bee. The Parson Weekly Blade. The City Times, Galveston, Tex. Eagle, Kempsville. Ala. Christian Recorder Of the A. M. H. Church. The Press, Quendo, Kan. The Light, Vicksburg, Miss. The Mayor, Hopkinsville, Ky. Oklahoma Guide, Guthrie, Logan Co. American Eagle, St. Louis. The Watchman, Columbus, Ga. Texas Guide, Victoria Texas. The Lancet, Baltimore, Md The City Times, Galveston Texas. The Sunday School Monitor, Nashville, Tenn. The Business Herald, Donaldsonville Ala. The St. Luke Herald, Richmond, Va. The Progress, Omaha, Neb. Nashville Clarion, Nashville, Tenn. Missouri State Republican. The Pyttian Blade, Vicksburg, Mise The Christian Organizer, Lynchburg, Virginia. The Columbia, Louisville, Ky. Colored Messenger, Kansas, Mo. Temple of Health and Physical Review. Savanna Gazette, Savannah, Ga. Florida Sentinel, Pensacola, Fla. Voice of Missions, New York. Searchlight, Wichita, Kan. Tribune, Pueblo, Colo. Colored Citizens Press, Chicago, Ill. Banker, Merchant and Manufacturer Publisher of Money, New York. Teche Valley News, Jeanerette, La. St. Joseph Radical, St. Joseph, Mo. Palladium, Nashville, Tenn. Pythian Blade, Vicksburg, Miss. Bee, Paducah, Ky. Southern Advocate, Hot Springs, fississippi. Etheopian Abbiville, S. C. Wisconsin Advocate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Republican Guide, Baltimore, Md. The Advance Citizen, East St. Louis, Mining Sun, Kansas, Mo. The Albuquerque American, a newspaper published in New Mexico, is on our desk. A paper well edited and quite newsy. We heardly exchange. J. M. Griffin, editor and proprietor. Any of the above papers can be had at the Palladium office. We will count the list next week. AND IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE, KNOWN AS THE GREAT SOUTHWEST SYSTEM. Connecting the Commercial Centers and Rich Farms of MISSOURI, The Broad Corn and the Fields and Thriving Cities of KANSAS, The Fertile River Valley, Trade Centers and Rolling Prairies of NEBRASKA, The Grand, Picturesque and Enchanting Scenery, and a Famous Hot Districts of COLORADO, The Agricultural, Fruit, Mineral and Timber Lands, and Famous Hot Springs of ARKANSAS, The Sugar Plantations and immense Rice Fields of LOUISIANA, The Cotton and Gin Fields, the Castle Ranges and Winter Resorts of TEXAS, Historical and Scenic OLD AND NEW MEXICO, And forms with its Connections the Popular Winter Routes to CALIFORNIA For descriptive and illustrated pamphlets of any of the above States, address Companies' Agents, H. C. T. TOWNSEND, General Passenger and Train Agent ST. LOUIS. Many exhibits are arriving at the St. Louis World's fair grounds and are being installed in the exhibit palaces. With a few more low-down, dirty Niggers like the Nigger that got knocked down last Saturday night, out of the way, would put the Negroes 04 a better basis. THE BANK OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMBODIA THE HOTEL THE CINEMA OHIO BUILDING. Ohio's headquarters at the World's Fair will be a handsome building, costing $30,000. The state appropriation is $75,000. The site adjoins Missouri's on one side and that of Illinois on the other. It is east of the United States Government building ```markdown ``` MONTANA BUILDING. Montana's building will be of modified Doric architecture, exemplifying the strength and grandeur of the state. Mr. Link, the architect, gives this description of the building: "The building has four large and spacious entrances, the main entrance THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDIANA BUILDING. Indiana's state pavilion at the World's Fair will be an up-to-date club building. The architecture will be of the French renaisance. Marshall S. Mahurin, of Fort Wayne, Ind., is the Y. M. C. A. Notes The Y. M. C. A. boys are busy getting ready for their great entertainment at the Odeon. The Y. M. C. A. will soon have their gynasium, library and reading room in good shape. The rooms will soon be fitted up with a genuine general secretary, who will give his whole time exclusively to the work. Help us raise his salary by attending the Odeon entertainment on the 18th. The great drama, "Love's Revenge," will be presented by a first-class company of trained performers, who will be at their best in the Odeon, an aristocratic building, in an aristocratic center, and patronized only by aristocrats, of which our people form a large part. Remember this is the last time that Colored people can secure the Odeon, as it will pass into other hands after April 30. General admission, 35c, 50c, and 75c. Box seats, $1 and $1.25. LIBERAL COLORED MEN There is not any other firm in St. Louis whose Colored employees are any more liberal than those of the Hydraulic Press Brick Co., Yard No. 5, in caring for the sick at home or abroad. Mr. James Collins and others made up a donation, and sent it to a sick person, with whom they are not acquainted, and who resides 12 miles or more from St. Louis. and on the main roadway leading from the United States Fisheries pavilion to the southeast section of the grounds. The edifice will stand on a knoll 10 feet high, the main front facing west. The slope will permit a series of terraces, which will bring out the distinguishing architectural features of the building. The pavilion will be two DISTRICTAL in front being made the feature of the design. The entry at the front over a very wide flight of stairs opens into a vestibule, which will be decorated by means of columns, pilasters and ornamental frieze. On each side of this vestibule there are closets and checkrooms. From here one enters INDIA architect. The building will occupy a splendid position in the state group, facing the north, and fronting on two of the main avenues. Arkansas' site is across the avenue, on the north, and Iowa's building, already up, is on the Beautiful World's fair bond invitations are out for the $1,060 Thirty-fifth anniversary of Onward Lodge No. 17, A. F. and A. M., at Masonic Temple on Monday evening, April 25, 1904. The celebration will be the grandest and most brilliant historical function ever given in St. Louis. The parade will be reviewed and inspected by Grand Master Chinn, Grand Commander Prentice, Grand Matron Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, H of J. Grand Matron Mrs. M. B. Carruthers, O. E. S. and Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander Fields 330. The executive committee is composed of Past Masters Willis Barnett, Thos. A. Jordan, William Harrison, Guls B. Walker, Wm. H. Butler, Robert A. James, Daniel Jones, Wm. H. Jenkins Philip A. Key, Henry Moore, Wm. H. Mosby and Jas. W. Grant. ANTIOCH CHURCH NOTES. The pastor, Rev. F. McKinney, wants to see all of his members out next Sunday morning. He has got something to tell them. Come one, come all. Missionary meeting at the close of morning service, and the president desires to have all the members attend, as it is the regular monthly meeting. M. A. Lawrence, president; Miss E. Phillips, secretary. There will not be any B. Y. P. U. meeting next Sunday, on the account of the quarterly meeting of the unions of the different churches, to be held at Central Baptist church, at 3 p. m., March 20. All are invited. --- stories high and built of staff, finished in ivory tint. The roof is to be dark gray, and the ridgings, crestings and finals carried out in gold leaf. Large porches will add to the beauty of the structure at the north and south ends, and provide ideal resting places for Ohioans and their friends. THE PALACE the reception hall and rotunda, extending the full length of the building, and divided by ornamental columns, pilasters and beams, all richly decorated. The entire reception hall is roofed with a dome which extends on the inside to a height of 36 feet above the floor. THE HOTEL east. Rhode Island's building will be immediately west. The outside dimensions of the Indiana building are 100 by 135 feet. It will stand on a rise of ground, terraces reaching down to the street level. He Got Mad. "Oh, woman, woman! What is woman? She is woman—only pictured to deceive." Will some woman get mad at us for using this quotation, like the man did when we said "There is a divinity that shapes our end, rough hew them as we may?" NOTICE. The N. J. D. "400" Social club has reopened its elegant club, at 717 North Thirteenth street, corner of Morgan, for instruction in dancing. Open every night. St. Louis' leading pianists have been engaged to render music. The World's Fair band has also been secured for two nights each week. The best of order will be maintained. Mann Jackson, president; Geo. Washington, secretary; Andrew Vaughn, sergeant-at-arms. Click Banks, musical director (Cold Turkey). Please take notice. All free doings is passed with the St. Louis Palladium. It takes money to pay the printer. The above was in The Palladium last June. A certain church sent us some matter in July, and we was told to send the bill to that church. We did so, and we have not heard from the bill or the 75 cents—ah, children. We have sent that bill to St. Peter above, and you must pay or you don't get in. NEWPORT NEWS. What is the matter with our Newport news? We are still doing business at the same old place, 2617 Lawton avenue. THE ODEON. The Colored Young Men's Christian Association World's Fair Entertainment—Monday, April 18, 1904. This is possibly the last time the building can be secured by Colored people and the opportunity should not be missed. Most of the eminent Negroes of the country will be in the city at that time and will patronize the event of Colored society. Secure seats early and come out and witness, The Great Four Act Drama, the best of its kind, LOVES.REVENGE. A true picture of life in the two greatest of life-moving passions, Love and Revenge. Who has not felt that grand soul inspiring principle, love; or experienced that other characteristic of the human race, revenge? The Lyceum Dramatic club, composed of well-known actors, will be at its best and the play will be the event of the year. Remember this is the last time the building can be had by Colored people, so don't miss the affair when the world will be here to see St. Louis Colored society in full. Admission 35 cents, 50 cents and 75 cents. Box seats $1 and 1.25. cents. Box seats 11 and 12. Business Manger, Thos. A. Marshall; stage manager, Frank J. Brown; arrangement committee, Nelson Pryor, S. B. Bell, Chas. Anderson. The Kink That Won't Come Back. You can make your hair just as straight and smooth as you want to by using the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow, and the kink that was there before will not come back. The Ozonized Ox Marrow also keeps the hair from falling out, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow. It never fails. One bottle does it. Sold over forty years to ladies of refinement all over the country, giving perfect satisfaction. Send us 50 cents and we will ship you a bottle express paid. Address Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. The sons and daughters of Rebecca No. 3 meet the second Wednesday in each month at Eleventh and Franklin avenue, at 8 p. m. Mrs. Sadie Harris, president, 1529 Gratiot street; May Wilson, vice-president, 1431 Morgan street; Mrs. Annie Henry, 2614 Mills street, secretary; Lizzie Robinson, assistant secretary. THE NEWPORT. W. T. Curtis opened the doors of his new buffet, at 2323 Market street, the most complete resort in the western states, a building that was built for him, with all the modern improvements. Three apartments—a hotel containing 14 rooms, and a restaurant. The compartments are the most elegant in the west. The hotel is now open. The restaurant has been delayed on account of the carpenter work, but will be in running order by Wednesday next. Hello! Central! What it is? Why a new restaurant has opened at No. 9 Johnson street. The largest meals in the city for 15 cents, 25 cents. THE DOLLAR BILL CLUB. NOTICE TO OUR AGENTS. They must report weekly, otherwise no paper will be sent them on the following week. True Reformers' Barber Shop. And baths is the nearest, warmest baths and shop in the city. Clean towels used in every case, for the coal man as well as the clerk in the office. Four barbers who can shave any person with ease and satisfaction. Try them. JOHN W. ALPHRAN, Mgr. We trust that our subscribers will be so kind as to come to the office and settle up. All that call at the office and settle up we will allow them 10' per cent on the dollar. The World's fair will open April 30, 1904; close, December 1, 1904. The officers of the fair association are determined to surpass all other World's fairs. Anderson Russell, successor to Russell & Gordon, undertaker and embalmer, livery and boarding, carriages furnished for all occasions. 18-20-22 Market street, St. Louis, Phone, Kinloch C, 390. Brangh, 609 East Missouri avenue, East St. Louis, Ill. Phone, THE PALLADIUM WANTS ADS IF OUR TRUE FRIENDS WISH TO ASSIST US, THEY WILL SECURIT ADS. MISSOURI STATE BUILDING + STLOUIS-1904. Building proper ..... $140,000 Refrigerating plant ..... 20,009 Sculpture ..... 15,003 Electric fountain ..... 3,000 Mineral decorations ..... 5,000 FURNITURE. AT Thuner's Rooming House FOR GENTLEMEN ONLY Gas and Fuel Furnished in Winter Hot and Cold Baths Board if Required Strictly First-Class 4008 Finney Avenue 1317 CLARK AVENUE, Across the Street from the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. MRS. GARDNER & SON assist MR. GARDNER & CO. PROF. SOL. HILAND CHIROPODIST The Palace Hotel 1424 Morgan St. Mrs. Sarah Sprague is conducting a rooming house. Call and get lodging. Telephone Kinloch C 767 2300 MARKET ST. Call DON'T FORGET THE Tru True Reformers' Hall MADAM IRVING'S Hair Dressing Parlor FOR ENTERTAINMENTS. Shampooing, Straightening, Scalp Massaging a Specialty Braids and Bangs to Match in Color and Quality CALL AND SEE HER WORK Electa Temple, Meets Second Thursday of each month at 8:00 p. m., Knights of Pythias Hall, Lucas and Jefferson Aves. Mrs. Annie D. Hyatt, M. W. P. Lulu O. Dell, Sec'y. MASSAGING Cor, Clark Avenue and Center Street. Practical Hair Cutting. FIRST-CLASS WORK. THE ROSEBUD CAFE AND PRIVATE BUFFET, 2321 MARKET STREET Open Day and Night. QUICK SERVICE OYSTERS Served in All Styles. LOWERY & MASON, Of Dallas. Of Ft. Worth. Texas. PHONE: D-855. ELIZABETH TEMPLE NO.12 Meets the Second Monday in the afternoon at 2:30 p. m., and the Fourth Friday night at 7:30 p. m., on the fourth month. True Reformer's Hall, 2600 Pine Street MRS. HATTIE WILLIAMS, W. P. Address 703 N. Garrison Avenue. Queen Esther Temple, of the S. M. T., meets the first and third Wednesday in each month at K. of P. hall. Mrs. Ophelia Benton, W. P.; Mrs. Mahalia Macklin, secretary. Ruth Temple No. 163, of S. M. T., meets the fourth Friday in each month at the True Reformers' Hall. Mrs. Jennie Irving, W. P.; Ada B. Dardy, secretary. All are invited. --- COAL AND EXPRESS Trunks Checked to Union Station and all parts of the city Residence, 110 S. Leonard Ave. Office, 12 N. Channing Avenue MR. J. G. GARDNER & CO., Restaurant MEALS AT ALL HOURS and on Short Notice Give Them a Call. Best Time: Attending at Corns, Bunlons, Ingrowing Nails and Trouble of the Feet Treated New Douglass Hall $35.00 PER NIGHT. "A Negro Enterprise." Best Appointments. Best Location in City. LAWTON AND BEBUMONT CHURCH DIRECTORY. St. Paul's, A. M. E., Leffingwell and Lawton; Rev. D. P. Roberts, pastor. St. Peter's, A. M. E., Elliott and Montgomery, Rev. James Madison, pastor. St. James, A. M. E., Pendleton and St. Ferdinand; Rev. W. C. Williams, pastor. Quinn's Chapel, A. M. E., Carondelet; Rev. J. A. Christoper, pastor. St. John's Mission, A. M. E., Lowell; Rev. F. E. Clark, pastor. A. M. E. ZION. Metropolitan A. M. E. Zion, 2628 Morgan; Rev. E. D. W. Jones, pastor. St. John's A. M. E. Zion, 113 Eiler St.; Rev. R. P. Christian, pastor. Colored Methodist. 3966 Fairfax avenue; Rev. O. Heavlow, pastor. Lexington Ave. A. M. E. Zion, 4214A Lexington Ave.; Rev. Donovan, pastor. M E Centennial M. E., Elliot and Washington; Rev. Gilliam, pastor. BAPTIST. Central Baptist, Twenty-third and Morgan Sts. First Baptist, Fourteenth and Clark Ave.; Rev. E. C. Cole, pastor. Fifth Baptist, 4117 Papin St. Pilgrim Baptist, Kossuth and Pans St.; Rev. Brown, supply. Antioch Baptist, 4223 Kennerly Ave.; Rev. F. McKinney, pastor Mt. Pleasant Baptist, foot Dock St. Mt. Pleasant Baptist, foot Dock St. Pleasant Green Baptist, 711 N. Eleventh St. Baptist Church, 110 S. Leonard Ave.; Rev. Perry, pastor. Chambers Street Baptist, Tenth and Chambers; Rev. Cox, pastor. Compton Hill Baptist, LaSalle St. El Bethel Baptist church, 638 Athlone Ave. Ruck's Church, Baptist, 14th and Morgan; Rev. Rucks, pastor. Bethany, Presbyterian, Nineteenth and Wash Sts.; Rev. Washington, pastor. All-Saints, Episcopalian, 2135 Washington Ave.; Rev. C. M. C. Mason, pastor. Missionary Baptist True Reformers; Rev. J. L. Cohen, pastor. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC We hope every subscriber of The Palladium will settle up for their paper. We will see every person in the next two weeks. So get your money ready. J. W. WHEELER, S. L. Pickett. Drugs fresh daily. Don't pass his door-2601 Lawton Av. ITS GOOD. 2122-24-24 South Broadway SHAMPOOING BARBER SHOP. -OF THE- S.M.T. ~ t pm ‘THE REAL PLAY. Great difficulty is experienced in learning the nursing stroke by means of printed directions. Ve © 6 16 Cae aa ¢ : , : ieee ; see at A ne ee ee @)| i : ee i : sl ee = eh ES F yal \= . eo) oe «© Thirty-two diagrams showing Jacob Shafer and Frank C. Ives, famous billard players, at the stand No. ?, Market street. A. A. BROOKS, Proprietor. suis Do You Play Pool and Billiards? If $0, go to the D 4 Standard Pool & a@axf iy Fa ate i fae P 2 | Billiard Parlors. ie fe ay. They are the leaders of the Ste ey city for pastime pleasure. No Ba rey saloon connected. Strictly SST aes ees Ss Hall No.1 at i ey €e 1323 Market Street a - Hall No. 2 at g 2326 Market Street = ba A. A. BROOKS, Proprietor. ‘The Chicago game oi pool. This game is played in rotation. Fifty dol- lars will be the prize between ten men playing 100 games, First prize, $25; i eo 2 a “a 1% 0 li He. | i LE@2oe te qe : 1 i \ ' Le» i i gig 9 yc eOtiniy i Knights Templar Easter Ball Monday, April 4, 1904 PRIVILEGES FOR SALE MUSIC BY THE HARMONY BAND Apply 2723 Wash Street With its Star Furnished Rooms 705-707-709 N. Fourteenth St. H. C. CURTIS, Proprietor ALFRED HALE, Gen’l Figr. ST. LOUIS, - = = MISSOURI pee Coal, Kindling, Wood. HAULING AND EXPRESS WAGONS. TRUNKS URE Be n7? Office: 4017 Easton Avenue. MR. C. YOUNG. The Ingram House FIRST-CLASS ROOMING HOUSE.AT 1507 Pine Street Tis nodbe iia apn aicen rina BATH H. E. HOFER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 3004 Manchester Ave. Special attention given to both Civil and Criminal Cases, FANNIE LEE World’s Fair Artist ceiver ‘ze rayon, pastel water color and oil paintings & specialty, Fine frames cnd igh Eade work, "Terms reasonable. Cash or credit. Also lessons given. ' Call or write to 456 NORTH SARAH ST. Mrs. J. W. Wheeler, | MODISTE. Dresesmaking, Designing, Cutting, Fitting, Purchasing, SS es Louis Deppe, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines, Whiskies, Brandies, wasefsoe cacy Sa AD Ie ARAMSEY’S* THE STRICTLY MODERN ROOMING HOUSE of the clty for Gentlemen and the general traveling public Every convenience desired by patrons of higt lass rooms at moderate cost. 12 S. 15th Street. MRS. HATTIE J, RAMSEY, Proprieiress. ‘CRAVENS & HEAD Props a Pink Coat Bar. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. POOL ROOM. §. E, Cor. 22d and Market Streets ST. LOUIS, MO. 5 GEO, W. F, BULLOGK, Ladies’ Barber i AND TONSORIALIST $990 Franklin Avenue, _ St. Louis. 1 Pe \ ’ r “Sins So Fr ARNETT’S PLACE : E. L. ARNETT, Proprietor. Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Chinese Restaurant in Connection. Duck Nudles and Chop Suey AT ALL HOURS. 2601 MORGAN STREET, HEADQUARTERS OF BANNER BASE BALL CLUB. W. T. Curtis’ Newport Buffet, 2323 MARKET STREET. Wines, Liquors and Cigars. RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION Also the saa daca a eae St. CATHRELL-AYATT Printing Company BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, 3957A Finney Avenue, St. Louis. DRESSMAKER. Mrs. Georgia Smith, First-Class Dressmaking. LADIES’ WRAPPERS 3221 Rutger Street. a ee = a E se 4 @ * Avheuser-Busch Beer se Douglass Buffet and Pool Room is ow Orin Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars J. P. WATKINS, Prop. LAWTON AVE. and BEAUMONT oT Louis, Mo. For THE Entertainment andiop Branch 275 of C. K. A. (Catholic Knights of America) On Wednesday, April 6th wie Masonic Temple, TENTH AND MARKET, ee eee aT nae oe 5 EDWARD A. NEAL, = : : a ; x * Carpenter and Builder, = H gndGeneral Repair Work. x = All work prom piiy atteniied tay all z “100 S. Compton Ave. World’s Fair Lunch Room 2807 Manchester Ave. MEALS AT ALL HOURS Home Cooking. Quick Service Give us a call. S. P, PHILLIPS, Prop. MADAME M NAIRDEE MOORE The Palmist and Phrenologist, will be in your city for 2 weeks 12 ik tia Steert. DAVE YOUNG, MIXERS. JOHN H. CLARK, Night. Day. Headquarters for Colored Professionals. The Rosebud Bar, : TOM TURPIN, Prop. E Pool Room Sau MASON& LOWREY, Chefs, £2 220 A 2220-22 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. PHONE: Kinloch D-855. . GRO. COX, Vice-Pres. BUD GATEWOOD, Captain. GEO. WASHINGTON, Sec. IRWIN WHEELER, Bus. Agt I Base Ball Cub 2S aS¢ Dall Uill A r c. W. WILLIAMS, te Proprietor 400 Bar, ‘ be And President 400 BASE BALL CLUB. Ff Headquarters the 400 Bar, St 1300 MORGAN STREET, 66 ” The “Owl” Saloon 33 South 20th Street ry ie Choice Wines, Liquors, Cigars La & oe a and Bottled Beer a S 4 ae Everything Genuine Remember the Place \ i 74 Phone: Kinloch B 1817. V7 WILLIAM 243s and XR, B. SAUNDERS, Manogere } CUAKLEY HARRIS, Proprietor eR Ss neers Se eee The Greeley Saloon. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Fxcursionists give us a call. Headquarters for sports. z ‘Agk for it, you'll get it. 1201 Morgan St., BT. LOUIS, MO. Jas. Williams, MIXERS Chas. St. lair. SEFF. SMITH. Propr. GEO. FOUNTAIN, & gr IF WE CAN'T PLEASE YOU NO ONE CAN. EVERYTWING THAT 18 APPROPRIATE SERVED HERE. —— STEVE SMITH, Manager. THE GREELY RESORT. CHOICEST OF LIQUID REFRESHMENTS TO BE HAD. 5. E. Cor. Twelfth and Wash Streets, ST. LOUIS, MO. Pe arunaesr ope eae ce teeta ay Seder ce oc ~~ 2336 WASH ST.---Furnished Cw) CStutortbiy furnished an = second and third floors; with pat or without board. ‘%. T. 2 Thompson. ee! ce See OT G. W. ROBINSON, \ _ 4 h Second-Hand Furniture s 4 BOUGHT AND SOLD. Me s Moving and Expressing, General Jobbing a = and Repairing of Ranges, Staves, Ete. - ‘a Specialty. NEW LOCATION. 4025 Easton Avenue ‘Wm. Knight, formerly of 2217 Wash- ington avenue, Watchmaker and Jew- eler, is now located at 211 North Jef- ferson avenue, between Olive and Pine streets, where I shall be pleased to see all of my friends and patrons. Will carry a full line of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. Watches at all prices. Jewelry cleaned free with each order of work. Rings of all style made to order. Your watch cleaned and re- paired in 24 to 48 hours, and guaran- teed for one year. In the United States supreme court, ‘on Monday the 14th, a decision was de- livered by Mr. Justice Harlan in the merger case of the Northern Securities Co,, versus the government’s conten- tion that the merger was illegal. The decree of the district court for the district of Minnesota was upheld in every particular. Chief Justice Fuller and Justices White, Peckham and Holmes dissented. ‘Telephone—Kinloch 0-397. THEO. H. TEMPEL, Dealer in Staple and Faney © GROCERIES, 2601 Market Strcet, 8ST. LOUIS, MO. California Oanned Goods a Spocialty, 2336 WASH ST.---Furnished rooms for rent (omen; rooms comfortably furnished; on second and third floors; with or without board. ‘. T. Thompson. $ G. W. ROBINSON, Second-Hand Furniture BOUGHT AND SOLD. Moving and Expressing, General Jobbing and Repairing of Ranges, Staves, Ete. a Specialty. 4025S Easton Avenue ‘st LOUIS. MO 1409 Market Street B. MUNCHWEILER Dealer in LADIES’ and GENTS’ SHOES DON’T FORGET THE [iUMBER 1409 Market Steet Mrs. Susan Gross, 2609 Pine Street. Milli Up-to-date Hate. ¥ Trimmings and all material in that line, MR. A. L. LEE, Representing the PALACE LAUNDRY, guarantees salistaction and prompt service. The best Collar and Cuff work in the city. Please address all cou munications te 2825 st. Lous avenue. 2 = Stop that cough. Pickett’s Qough Syrup. btn amas AND THEN HE RANG OFF. Thought He Had a Sure Case on the Young Lady, But She Switched Him Finally. The manager of the big store stock still outside the little boxlike chamber which held the telephone of the establishment, for he was a very startled manager, indeed. Within the chamber he could hear Miss Jones, the typist, speaking; and this, says the Chicago Journal, is a scrap of the conversation the scandalized man ordered. "I love you dear, and only you! I'm weeping my heart away! Yes, my daring, speak to me once more! I love you, dear — I love you so." The young woman rang off and stepped out of the cabinet to confront the angry manager. Miss Jones" he said, "that telephone was fixed where it is for the purpose of convenience in conducting business, and not for lovemaking in office hours. I am surprised at you. Don't let it occur again." The young woman froze him with a glance. "I was ordering some new music from the publishers for No. 3 department," she exclaimed. And then the manager felt that this was a cold world, indeed. He Didn't Have to Prove It. The other day a stranger stepped off the train at Hopkins and said to a man on the depot platform: "Can you tell me who is the bc's lawyer in this town" "I am," replied the man on the platform, without hesitation. The stranger seemed somewhat disconcerted by this display of gothism and gently said: "Excuse me, sir, but I should like to have you prove that 'Don't have to prove it,' I admitted the man on the town sir." "I admit it." I am the lawyer in the town sir." And immediately the stranger got a lawyer and the lawyer got a client—Kansas City Journal. Fastidious. "The front porch is dreadfully dirty, Maria." Yes, I know. But this new girl says we don't wash it off until her trunk grows. "And what has her trunk to do with it?" She says she always wears her best stockings when she washes porches."— Cleveland Plain Dealer Salzer's Home Builder Corn So named because 50 acres produced so heavily, that its proceeds built a lovely home. See Salzer's catalog. Yielded in 1903 in Ind. 157 bu., Ohio 160 bu., Tenn. 88 bu., and in Mich. 220 bu. per acre. You can beat this record in 1904. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE YIELDS PER ACRE? 120 bu. Beardless Barley per acre. 310 bu. Salzer's New National Oats per A 60 bu. Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat. 1,000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre. 14 tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay. 60,000 lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep—per A. 160,000 lbs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder. 54,000 lbs. Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn—rich, juicy fodder, per A. Now such yields you can have, Mr. Eamer, in 1904, if you will plant Salzer's seeds. JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10c in stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and receive their great catalog and lots of farm seed samples. [K. L.] "Smithers has an auto with the biggest record in the state." "Speed, accidents, or mangled pedestrians?"—Cincinnati Times-Star. $30.00 St. Louis to California $30.06 via The Iron Mountain Route. These tickets will be on sale daily during March and April, when Pullman Tourist Slooping Cars will be operated daily between St. Louis, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Pa. Lines from any Acent of the Company, H. C. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. Agent, St. Louis. "Pa. how much is Mr. Rockefeller worth?" "Oh, about a billion dollars, my aon." "How much is that in doughnuts, pa?" "Town Topics." RESTORED TO HEALTH. Many weak, suffering women do not know that their kidneys are sick. Backache tells of sick kidneys and so do urinary disorders. Sick kidneys make bad blood, and bad blood make bad digestion, heart palpitation, dizzy headaches, nervousness, sleepliness, sciatica, rheumatic pains and constant depression. A Can't be restored to health until the kidneys are cured. Read how one woman was restored by using Doan's Kidney Pills: Mrs. H. A. Van Sickle, 311 6th Ave., S. W., Roanoke, Va., says: "Kidney trouble was hereditary in our family and I had been so continually affiliated with the disease that I began to deparish of even temporary relief. Sometimes I suffered so severely that I was confined to my bed. The aching in my back was intense and the kidney disorder caused an excess of urie acid in my blood which impaired my digestion. I was compelled to deny myself of many of the little delicacies of diet. The doctors diagnosed my case as congestion of the kidneys. I had about given up hope that I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but I took only a few doses when their curative powers were proven to my satisfaction. I have never been without them in the house since." Doan's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers; price, 50 cents; or mailed on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Write for free trial. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.00 & $3 SHOES UNION MADE W. L. Douglas shoes have by their excellent style, easy-fitting, and superior weaving. They are the largest sale of any shoes in the world. PETER B. They are just as good as those that cost you $1 to $5—the only difference is the price. Sold Everywhere here. Look at the price and price on bottom. Douglas uses Corona Collastin, which is everywhere conceded to Coca-Cola. Shop Lymall $2 extra. Coat or Eye's ward. Shop Lymall $2 extra. Write for Catalog, W.L.Douglas, Brockley, Wax Bay Window Drapery; Suggestion for Treatment. THE BOWLING ROOM HOUSEHOLD APRON REVIVAL IS COMING. APRON REVIVAL IS COMING. Maids and Matrons of Paris Are Returning to a Dainty Fad of Their Mothers. Aporn have been restored to favor again. At least there are indications that such a revival is at hand, for in that stronghold of new ideas and fashion — Paris — some exceedingly dainty little tablers have recently been brought out, presumably with the object of assuming the place once occupied by the fancy little dress apron. The return to the styles of the days when a gayly embroidered apron of silk or satin, or one of the finest muslin with frill of needlework was donned with the best gown of the maid or matron, makes a return of the apron not improbable. Another thing in favor of the restoration of the apron is the opportunity that it presents for an exhibition of skill in needlework, and nearly every woman nowadays is A TABLIER FROM PARIS. anxious to let every other woman and an occasional man know that she is an expert needleworker. Following the tidy craze and the vogue of renaissance articles, useful and useless, came in an era of embroidery with collars and cuffs and shirt waists as the medium, and this fad is now at its height. It is but a step to the apron, and there is something so essentially feminine about an apron that the rumored revival stands a pretty good chance of becoming a fact, especially as the pendulum of popular favor is just now swinging from the breezy, dashing athletic type of young woman to the maid of frills and furbelows not too persistent about athletic prowess and who, moreover, is appropriating with evident enjoyment the modern adaptation of the dress of her grandmother's day. —Brooklyn Eagle. Easy Way to Clean Paint. There is a very simple method to clean paint and if housewives would adopt it it would save them both expense and trouble, besides being more successful. Procure some of the best whiting to be had and smash it on a plate. Have ready a bucket of clean warm water and a piece of flannel, which dip into the water and squeeze dry. Then take as much waiting as will adhere to it, apply it to the painted surface, when a little rubbing will instantly remove all dirt or grease; after which wash the parts well with clean water, rubbing it dry with a soft chamois leather. Paint thus cleaned looks as well as when first laid on, without injury to the most delicate colors. It is far better than using soap, and does not require more than half the time and labor.-Chicago News. How to Keep Calery Crisp. To have celery very crisp, but not soggy, wash it thoroughly eight or ten hours before using; Do not dry, but roll in a towel and put on ice till time to serve. Bau Window Dr Suggestic ABAY window admits of less conventional treatment in the way of hangings than the ordinary type. In fact, such a window calls for something different than the rest of the apartment, and the woman with artistic instincts, if she be wise as well, gives special attention to the curtains that drape her bay window, and aims to achieve the most effective result. Of course, the style of drapery must necessarily be regulated by the SHYNESS CAUSES BLUSHES Only Cure for Both Afflictions Is to Meet People Socially as Frequently as Possible. Nobody who has not suffered from shyness and blushing can possibly imagine the torture it may cause. Shyness may proceed from one or two causes—the one physical, the other mental. It is often an affair of health. The nerves are out of order and the will becomes weak. People shrink from their fellow creatures and are filled with an unreasonable horror of meeting or speaking to them. This is often the case after an illness, or when one has been overworking and strained the physical powers too much. The best cure for this kind of shyness is fresh air, exercise and cheerful society. But there is another shyness, and one harder to cure, which comes from mental causes. The afflicted possessor may be in robust health, and yet so tormented by this inward enemy that she finds all intercourse with other people positively alarming. To meet strangers causes her a severe struggle. She would gladly turn down the first street corner to avoid bowing to even an acquaintance, and the very sound of her own voice covers her with distressing blushes. In either case the root of the matter is self-consciousness, and it is only by losing that self-consciousness that self-possession and confidence can be gained. As long as one thinks about oneself at all one will be liable to shyness. The only cure is to thrust all recollection of oneself into the background as much as possible, when one will gradually become natural, happy and at ease. To overcome shyness and blushing there is nothing on earth like meeting people socially, and every effort possible should be made to achieve this.—Chicago American. THE HOME CANDY MAKER. How to Produce Molasses Candy as Clear and Light as That Turned Out by Professionals. By following these directions, a bar as porous and light as that of the confectioner may be made, but a suggestion or two at the start. Too much butter makes the candy stringy, so that it cannot be pulled. Too little cooking makes it stick and impossible to handle. Overcooking renders it hard and unwieldy. Twisting the mass that is being stretched closes the pores and makes it dark colored and hard, instead of light colored and brittle. This is an old and tried formula: One cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of New Orleans molasses, one tablespoonful of vinegar and butter the size of a small hickory nut. Boll until a little of the sirup, dropped on ice or snow, or in very cold water, is brittle. Turn into aluminium pans or on to buttered tins or plates and let it cool until it can be handled. Then let two persons cool their hands, take the candy into a comparatively cool place and pull it until it is almost white. One of the persons should hold her hands in the position of a hook while the other throws the candy over them and stretches it out. During this process it should never once be twisted. When it is so stiff it can no longer be manipulated, stretch it out on the molding board or, preferably, a marble, and break, not cut, it into short lengths. A little practice will teach one to hold the end on one hand and break if by a light, dextrous stroke with the back of a knife. By this method the ends of the pieces are left porous, so that one can look through them from end to end.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Dainty Flavor for Soups. Celery leaves may be dried to a crisp, rubbed through a fine sieve and used for flavoring soups. If keep in a dry place they will retain their flavor for a long time. rapery; on for Treatment. style of window and an arrangement of panes such as is here illuminated permits of artistic and picturesque effects. Net in a soft, old irony tint is used, for the glass draery, while the portieres are of silk, delicate green in tone, with stenciled border in cream tint shading to ecru. A wide, comfortable window seat, upholstered in green, harmonizing with the portiere, and an oriental rug in soft mellow colorings, would admirably supplement the curtain furnishing. RELIGIOUS MATTERS So many years to wear the river's way Through slow-curved canyons down to find the sea! And I have murmured at a single day Of pause and waiting measured out for me. So many years preparing of the soil For one wee flower to blossom in Thy sun! And I have murmured at an hour of toil Filled with dear tasks Thou gavest to be done. What knew the river following slow Thy hand, Of pause and beauty in its years to be? The blessing it should bring a barren land, The glory of its welcome in Thy sea? What guessed the crumbling sand, the moldering sod. Of all that they should bear in one glad hour— Color and light, and incense unto God, Uplifted on the petals of a flower? They knew not; yet, obedient to Thy will, They fashioned forth Thy glory strong and slow. Ah, patient Christ, be patient with me still. Who murmur in my waiting, when I heard. STAND BY YOUR DECISIONS Don't Keep on Reconsidering Them After the Time for Action Has Come. "Never consider the decision when it is finally acted upon" was the seventh of eight rules Henry Drummond once inscribed on the fly-leaf of his Bible for finding out the will of God. Oh, the time wasted in reconsidering! Instead of so much critical afterthought, how much better for business and religion is quick accuracy. "Don't let me see you measuring your timber the second time," said a master carpenter to one of his men. Measure it accurately at first." "Say yes, and stick to it," was the lesson Beecher learned from his teacher in mathematics, who obtained from his pupil the correct answer at first, but detected the tone of uncertainty insomuch that the next moment Beecher was contradicting himself. "He that doubteth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." Some Christian workers are oscillating, faltering, eating their hearts out, reconsidering. John G. Woolly once said: "We are to look to the past as the carman looks at the wake of the boat, to steer by." The past has its life lessons, but it has no right to keep us chained to memories of our sins, wasting our energies over recriminating regrets. The first thing we learned as disciples, says Frederick M. White, in the Chicago Standard, was that riches of Christ's righteousness are inexhaustible, abundantly able to pay the debt of all our sins, past, present and future. We believed it once. Have we been reconsidering? God has not changed. The sufficiency of redemption has not diminished. The eternal Saviour, whose saving work measured the humiliating and resplendent orbit of enthrancement, incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension, is still the same. The quick accuracy of faith sees him able to pay every debt of sin. "He has riches untold." The first decision of earlier years was right. Our later reconsiderations have been battles like one beating the air. The call to the certainty of assurance in the Bible, in Christ, in our own salvation, sounds to us through the whirling dust cloud of doubting afterthoughts. As we respond to it we will appreciate the wise words of Frances E. Willard: "Keep close to thy childhood." The quick choice of Christ in childhood days was the best. All late reconsideration has been folly. De Wette, the German critic of the last century, once said: "I lived in times of doubt and strife, When childlike faith was forced to yield; I struggled to the end of life, Alas! I did not gain the field." But just before his death he wrote: "I know that in no other name can salvation be found than in the name of Jesus Christ the Crucified." He did gain the field at last, but not until he had turned out the traitorous doubting afterthoughts and accepted anew the quick accuracy of childhood's faith. Let us remove our reconsideration. WORDS OF WISDOM How much those who love have need to trust in God.—Dinah Mulock Craik. If you have built castles in the air your work need not be lost; that is where they should be; now put foundations under them—Thoreau. Jesus the friend is the real fountain and guarantee of human friendship. And the friendships which Jesus fosters have the character of the perfect friendship that He offers.—Robert E. Speer. The mind that delights in that which is lofty and great, which feels there is something higher than self, will undo ably be drawn toward I Christ — George MacDonald. Those who have most of it (happiness) think the least about it. But in thinking about and in doing their duty happiness comes—because the heart and mind are occupied with earnest thought that touches at a thousand points the beautiful and sublime realities of the universe.—Thackeray. The Favored Ones The favored ones are not those who have their own trials and burdens, but those who, through bearing the burdens of others, forget their own and develop a noble unselfish disposition. Presserian Advocate. 900 DROPS CASTORIA A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alc. 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Black, I believe." "Yes, sir." "We are the committee appointed to receive you. My name is Gray." rec "I am glad to meet you, Mr. Gray.' "And this is Mr. Scarlett.' "Delighted, Mr. Scarlet.' "And Mr. Brown.' "Mr. Brown, I assure you this is a pleasure.' "And Mr. Green.' "Mr. Green, permit me to grasp your hand.' "Also Mr. White.' "Mr. White, I love to meet so many of the brethren. But Mr. Bray, is this a colored church to which I am called to minister.' "Why, no!' said that gentleman, blankly. "Well, I see all the colors are represen- tive of the people. Mr. Black, 'and the idea occurred to me.' "Such was the fact, though none of them had noticed it before." This Is Miraculous. Manhattan, Kans., March 14.—One of the strangest cases that has ever been heard of in Riley Co. is that of the three-year-old daughter of Mr. Jonas Brubaker of this place. Some time ago the little girl took whooping cough, which was followed by pneumonia. When the pneumonia left fever was taken down with malaria in fever with at times symptoms of Optimal Meningitis. Through these troubles, but after the fever Bright's Discase set in and the doctors gave her up. Her father tells the rest of the story: "We began to give her Dodd's Kidney Pills and after she had taken about three and a half boxes, she was entirely cured. Now she is well as any child, running and playing as if nothing had ever been the matter with her. The doctors said she was beyond the realm of normality. Dodd's girl life, when she was so far into the chronic stage of Bright's Disease that we thought nothing could save her." "A man's enemies seldom kill him when he lies down," remarked the moralizer. "That's right," rejoined the demoralizer. "They stand aside and give his friends a chance."-Philadelphia Inquirer. ECZEMA ON HANDS. Red, Rough Hands, Itching, Burning Palms and Painful Finger Ends —One Night Treatment. 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Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Courtship and novels are more interesting than marriage and history.-Chicago Daily News. Piso's Cure cannot be too high spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1900. A man may be perfectly square and move in the best circles.-Philadelphia Record. Putnam Fadeless Dyes are fast to light and washing. Ungratefulness is the very poison of manhood.-Sir P. Sidney. Miss Agnes Miller, of Chicago, speaks to young women about dangers of the Menstrual Period. "To Youne Women: I suffered for six years with dysmenorrhea (painful periods), so much so that I dreaded every month, as I knew it meant three or four days of intense pain. The doctor said this was due to an inflamed condition of the uterine appendages caused by repeated and neglected colds, "If young girls only realized how dangerous it is to take cold at this critical time, much suffering would be spared them. Thank God for Lydia E. 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Do Good, Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe, 12c, 25c, Never, Never in bulk. The genuine tape has claimed C.G.C. Guarantee. Handmade, money back. Starting Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 594 ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES OPINION OF THE EDITOR OF "NEBRASKA FARMER". He Expresses His Approval of American Immigration to Canada. During the Winter months the head of the family consults with the other members as to the prospects for the future, and doubtless one of the most interesting topics discussed is that of moving to some district where it is possible to more easily secure what is necessary for a comfortable existence; where it is an easy matter to become possessed of sufficient farm land to assure a competence for the future. This, not only interests the head of the family but every individual member of it. Having before me the knowledge where he can secure a home with the expenditure of but little money, it is well for him to obtain all information possible regarding the productiveness of the land in the country that he may select. For several years past a large number of Americans have removed to Western Canada and as nearly as it can be ascertained almost all of these have expressed themselves satisfied with the conditions that exist there. During the past Summer a number of the Editors of Farm papers throughout the United States made a personal visit on a tour of inspection and the reports of these gentlemen prove interesting reading. Mr. H. E. Heath, Editor of the "Nebraska Farmer," a paper enjoying a wide circulation as well as the confidence of its subscribers, after giving some idea of the extent of this wonderful country says: "Western Canada is the last unoccu- pled and unimproved good agricul- tural land in America available to- day." He then discusses its possibilities for raising live stock and the adva- nantages it possesses for dairying, farm- ing and wheat growing, and says: "What has been said about the coun- try as to the ability of the soil, the yield of wonderful crops of wheat, is quite justified." To quote further from Mr. Heath, he says, referring to climate: "These people (skeptical ones) do not know or realize that altitude more than latitude makes climates; that large bodies of water, both fresh and salt, that never freeze over, exert a wonderful influence on climate. An other influence on climate, more potent than those named above, which applies more to the Alberta district, is the warm Chinook breeze from the Pacific Ocean, which is 600 or 700 miles nearer than Colorado or Wyoming, besides the Rocky Mountain range is not nearly so high nor half so far from the ocean as it is down in the States. "In further considering the climate "of the Canadian prairies, we should "not lose sight of the fact of the in- fluence of the rains; the total average "rainfall for the season is but 13.35 "inches for the territories, and 17.34 "inches in Manitoba, and that the "amounts falling between April 18 and October 1st are respectively 9.39 "inches and 12.87 inches, or about "three-fourths of the entire rainfall. "From the middle of June to the mid- dle of July there are over two hours "more daylight in every twenty-four "hours than there is in Nebraska. The "main reason why Western Canada "wheat grows to such perfection is the "effect of solar light, or longer period "of sunshine it gets each day. This "is what makes seeds or grain more "perfect, grown in this country than "elsewhere. This extraordinary rapid "growth of vegetation under the in- fluence of this long continued sun- shine exceeds anything known in lower latitudes. * * * "We do not wish it understood that 'wheat alone is the main product of' this country; it leads in that, yet it 'is destined to become famous for its' 'cattle, horses and sheep and for its' 'dairy products. We saw more and 'larger bands of cattle and sheep grazing in Assinibola and Alberta than we ever saw on the western plains of' the United States. One band of cat- tle numbering 5,000 head were grazing on the rich grass and sheep with- out number." The Government of the Dominion of Canada is still using the same energetic efforts which have been used for the past 5 or 6 years to settle up these western prairies, and on application to any Agent of the Canadian Government the settler will be able to secure a certificate entitling him to a low rate which will give him the opportunity of visiting any portion of Canada's grain producing domain. Not Bigoted. Brown—I thought you were a vegetarian, but I hear you eat mutton. Robinson-I am not a bigoted vegetarian. I only eat the meat of much animals as live on vegetable food.—Stray Stories. 1,000 Plants for 10c. This is a remarkable offer the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to 1.000 fine, solid Cabbages, 1,000 gourd This great offer is made in order to induce you to try their warranted seeds—for when you once plant them you will grow no others, and ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 20c in postage, they will add to the above a package of the famous Berliner Cauliflower. [K. L.] No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; dispatch of a strong one.—Colton. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Niblick—"Do you understand golf?" Fonzie—"Yes, but I don't speak it."—Boston transcript. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Lesson in the International Series for March 20, 1904—Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand. THE LESSON TEXT (Matt. 14:13-23.) 18. When Jesus heard of it, He departed thence by ship into a desert place apart; and when the people had heard thereof, they followed Him on foot out of the cities. 19. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great miracle, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick. 15. And when it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the valley, and themselves return. 16. But Jesus said unto Him, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 17. And they say unto Him, We have here but five loaves and two fishes. 18. He said, Bring them hither to Me. 19. And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the fowl to Heaven, He blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 20. And they did all eat, and were filled; and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. 22. And straightway Jesus constrained His disciples to get into a ship, and to go before Him unto the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 22. And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up into the mountain apart to pray; and when the evening was come, He was there alone. GOLDEN TEXT—Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life—John 6:35. OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION. Feeding Five Thousand.....Matt 14:33-23 Feeding Five Thousand.....Matt 6:30-46 Feeding Five Thousand.....Mark 6:10-17 Feeding Five Thousand.....John 6:1-15 TIME—April, A. D. 29. End of "The Year of Public Favor." Very soon after the last lesson. PLACE—Capernaum (7), then a great grassy plain rising from the northeastern shore of the sea of Galilee; very likely the plain of Balthala, not far from Bethesda. NOTES AND COMMENTS. (Matt. 14:13, 14). "Now when Jesus acard it:" The story of John the Baptist's death. "He withdrew . . . to a desert place apart:" As to the reasons for this withdrawing, be sure to read the accounts of the other three Gospels. This is the only miracle related by all four. Grief over the fate of the noble man who was gone made Jesus anxious to get away from the crowd to think and pray. The murder of John meant much to Him in every way—the shadow of the cross was beginning to fall across His own path; within a year He was to follow the Baptist. This was His first reason. A second reason, as Mark shows, was the return of the disciples from their mission, enthusiastic but weary. They needed His advice and counsel, but anything like privacy and quiet was impossible at Capernaum; the only thing to do was to get away. It is possible, too, that the stir the new movement was making led Jesus to fear that Herod would mistake it for the beginning of a rebellion. The account of Mark adds many details not in Matthew. "The multitudes . . . followed Him on foot:" Jesus and the disciples went across the lake; the crowds went by land around the head of the lake. It was a six or eight-mile walk. "Saw a great multitude:" He must have been both glad and sorry to see them. That they came at all indicates the excitement that was abroad in the land. (Vs. 15-21). "The place is desert;" Uninhabited; the nearest town was a long way off. "The time is already past:" The time for the evening meal. "Send the multitudes away:" For their sakes, that they might get food. The disciples were thinking of their own resources; they had nothing to give the people. Jesus was never resourceless. "Give ye them to eat:" A puzzling command to the disciples. Obedience seemed impossible, but Christ never commanded what we cannot do. When He commands we may be sure, either that we can make a way, or He will make one for us. (Vs. 22, 23). The first three Gospels tell us that after the miracle Jesus sent the disciples away hurriedly to the other side of the lake and remained behind Himself to dismiss the multitude. This strikes us at once as being strange, and we ask: Why? Why 6:14, 15 makes it all plain; the people thought because they had been miraculously provided with food that the golden age foretold by the prophets was at hand and that the last Messianic King they had been expecting was come. They were about to proclaim Him king. Jesus saw their purpose, knew that such action would be disastrous and that He must take instant measures to prevent it; a single unwise move and their enthusiasm would flame up and it would be too late. He preferred to manage the crowd entirely alone, and then the departure of the disciples—next to Jesus the most important persons there—would show the people that no political move had been planned, and would turn their thoughts from a coronation to the fact that it was late and time to be going home. Jesus Himself knew that the Messiah they hoped for would never come. He could not for a moment lower His own conception of His mission to make it agree with the Messianic hopes of prophets and people. He put the crown from Him; it was not hard now; that had all been fought out in the wilderness before His preaching began. But after it was all over "He went up into the mountain apart to pray; and when the evening was come He was there alone." Grapes from Canaan. Man's horizon depends on his heart. The poor in spirit are rich in possibilities. God never gives His power to feed our pride. It takes a brave man to retreat from temptation. To foster the fires of lust is to furnish a hell in the heart. The truth of authority depends on the authority of truth. Men who have no time for religion must be too busy to breathe. Holiness is walking in the humblest ways hand in hand with God. 28 Army Generals Send Letters of Endorsement To The Inventor of the Great Catarrh Remedy, Pe-ru-na. Right Along A good thing lives and takes on new life, and so The Old Reliable St. Jacobs Oil keeps right along curing Pains and Aches. Price 25c, and 50c. Brigadier-General King of Confederate Army. Writes: "I unhesitatingly state that I am convinced Peruna is a medicine that will effect all the cures that is claimed for its use."—J. Floyd King, Washington, D.C. General Smalls, Beaufort, S. C. Writes: "I have used Peruna for catarrhial trouble and find it beneficial and to be all that it promises, and freely give it my unqualified recommendation."—Robert Smalls. General Abbott, of Washington, D. C. Writes: "I am fully convinced that your remedy Peruna is an excellent tonic. Many of my friends have used it with the most beneficial results for coughs, colds and catarrhal trouble."—Ira C. Abbott, 906 M St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Captain Yarnell, of Washington, D.C. Writes: "Your medicine, Peruna, I believe to be the best medicine for catarrh on the market. I have taken only a small amount, and can see very beneficial results."—W. G. Yarnell, 2322 Lincoln street, N. E., Washington, D. C. General McBride of U. S. A.. Writes: "I have no hesitation in recommending Peruna to all persons who are afflicted with catarrhal troubles."—J. D. McBride, 450 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W., Washington, D. C. General Longstreet of the Confederate Army Writes: "I can testify to the merits of Peruna, both as a tonic and a catarrh remedy. Peruna enjoys the greatest reputation as a catarrh remedy of any medicine yet devised."—James Long-street, Gainesville, Ga. General Noske of O. V. U... 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"Well, Well, it was merely plaied then."—Philadelphia Press. $30.00 St. Louis to California $30.00 via The Iron Mountain Route. These tickets will be on sale daily during March and April, when Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars will be operated daily between St. Louis, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Particulars from any Agent of the Company H.C. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. Agent, St. Louis. Miss Armstrong (who has foozed the ball six times with various clubs)—"And which of the sticks am I to use now?" Wecary Caddie—"Gie it a bit knock wi' the bag!" —Punch. THE MARKETS. WINCHESTER "It's the shots that hit that count." Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, penetrating blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get, if you insist on having the time-tried Winchester make. ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. We send FREE and postpaid packages to hospitals, clinics, and Diseases of the Rehabilitation Office. We treaties on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured by our mild method, none paid a cent till cured. We furnish their names on application. DRS, THORNTON & MINOR, 1031 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo. General Butler of South Carolina, Writes: "I can recommend Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It is indeed a wonderful medicine besides a good tonic."—M. C. Butler. Brigadier-General Kirby Writes: "I can recommend Peruna to all those who are afflicted with catarrh."—General D. T. Kirby, Washington, D.C. Gen. Powell, Hecker. Post No. 443. Writes: "After using one bottle of Peruna I became convinced of its curative qualities, and continued its use to date. All symptoms of catarrh have disappeared, yet I continue its moderate use as a preventive, and an old man's tonic."—W. H. Powell, Belleville, Ill. A Gen. Sebring of the Confederate Army. Writes: "I can cheerfully recommend your valuable remedy Peruna as a very excellent tonic, and also good for coughs, colds, catarrh, and general debility."—W. H. Sebring, 133 W. 4th St., Jacksonville, Fla. General Lumax of Washington, D.C., Writes: "I can cheerfully recommend your remedy as a permanent and effective cure for catarrh, colds and to any one who needs an invigorating tonic to build up their system."—L. L. Lumax, 1603 19th St., Washington, D. C. Gen. Rayne of Washington, D. C. Gen. Payne of Washington, D.C. Writes: "I join with my comrades in recommending Peruna to my friends as an invigorating tonic to build up the system."—Gen. Eugene B. Payne, 407 4th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. General Talley of Pa., Vol. U. S. A. Writes: "Your Peruna has been used by me and my friends as a relief for catarrhal troubles with the most beneficial results. I am so convinced of the efficacy of Peruna that I do not hesitate to give it my recommendation."—Wm. Cooper Talley, 713 D St., N.E., Washington, D.C. - Mother Gray, Nurse in Child- care New York City. Gen, J. G. Bigelow, 151 C St., N. W. Washington, D. C., writes: "Peruna has made me well and it has given me more than ordinary strength and spirit for work." Gen. O'Bairne of Washington, D. C. Writes: "As many of my friends and acquaintances have successfully used your Peruna as a catarrh cure, I feel that it is an effective remedy, and I recommend it as such to those suffering from that disease as a most hopeful source of relief."—James R. O'Beirne, 290 Broadway, Washington, D.C. General Chase, Ass't Adj. General, G. A. R. Writes: "The excellence of Peruna as a cure or relief for catarrhal disturbances is well established. Many of my friends have been benefited by its use." —B. F. Chase, 28 Harrison St., Anacostia, D.C. General S. S. Yoder of Ohio. Writes: "I have found Peruna to be wonderful remedy. I only used it for a short time and am thoroughly satisfied as to its merits."—S. S. Yoder, Washington, D. C. General O'Connor of U. V. Lengions. Writes: "If you are suffering from catarrh or physical debility, immediately commence the use of Perune. It has been of the greatest benefit and service to many of my friends."—Dennis O'Connor, 738 32nd St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Gen. Wright of the Confederate Army. Gen. Wright of the Colonelate Army, Writes: "I take pleasure in recomm- mending Peruna. It is a remarkable medicine and should be used by persons who are in need of a good tonic and by sufferers from catarrh."—Marcus Wright, 1724 Corcoran St., Washington, D. C. Gen. Hawley of Washington, D. C. Writes: "I have used Peruna and find it very beneficial for kidney trouble and especially good for coughs, colds and catarrhal troubles."—A. F. Hawley. Gen. Urell of Spanish War Veterans. Writes: "Many of my friends have used Peruna with beneficial results as an effective remedy for catarrh." - M. Emmet Urell, S13 12th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Other Army Generals who praise Peruna are: Brigadier-General Cook of Washington, D. C. GeneralSypher of Washington, D. C. GeneralMiddleton, Hancock Regiment, U. V. U., Washington, D. C. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O TOL CARTRIDGES. at hit that count." Winchester cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, and strike a good, hard, pene- the kind of cartridges you will get, the time-tried Winchester make. WINCHESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. a 200 page treatise on Piles, Fistula and Diseases of the treasure on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands cured a did a cent till cured—we furnish their names on application. TON & MINOR, 1031 Oak St, Kansas City, Mo. ON RAINY DAYS WEAR TOWERS Waterproof FISH BRAND CLOTHING BLACK or YELLOW. IT MAKES EVERY DAY COUNT no matter how久 the weather. Every garment guaranteed. Ask your dealer. If he will make you a new coat in Gale Shirts, Suits, Hats, Horses Covers, and Ullage Boots. A.F. Tower Co., Boston Mass., Tower Canadian Co., Toronto Co. Salzer's National Gats Greatest out of the century, W. Yale in 1904 and Gale Hif In Mich. 221, in Mo. 25, and in N. Dakota 310 bus. per acre. You can beat that record in 1904! For 20c and this notice we mall you free lots of farm seed samples and our big catalog, tell all about this out wonder and thousands of other seeds. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. La Crosse, Wis. A. N. K. - B 2013 WOMEN WRITING TO ADVERTISEERS please state that you saw the Advertise The Old Reliable St. Jacobs Oil keeps right along curing Pains and Aches. Price 25c. and 50c. St. Louis Palladium. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. Entered at the postoffice at St. Louis, Mo., as second-class matter. Published Weekly by J. W. WHEELER, Manager and Proprietor. 2617 Lawton Avenue. MISS KATE JOHNSON.....Editor. C. H. Tandy.....General Reporter C. H. Wheeler, collector and solicitor. Miss Beatrice Ross, secretary. John W. Wheeler, Jr., solicitor. Business matters pertaining to the paper should be addressed to The Palladium Office. Communications for publication must reach us not later than Wednesday. ADVERTISING RATES. For one inch, one insertion.....$ 50 For one inch each subsequent insertion..... 25 For two inches, three months..... 6 00 For two inches, six months..... 10 00 For two inches, nine months..... 14 00 For two inches, twelve months..... 20 00 Standing and transient notices per line..... 10 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Per year..... $2.00 Six months..... 1.00 Three months..... .60 Single copy..... .05 No Excuse for Non-Payment. From the present time on, all who live south of 0 t avenue, will please settle their St. Louis Palladium bills with Miss Kate Johnson, 2627 Papin street. Mrs. M. A. Lawrence, of 3944 St. Ferdinand avenue, is the Reporter and General Solicitor for the St. Louis Palladium. The St. Louis Palladium is sold at the following places: EVEN POINTERS FOR THE READING AND ADVERTISING PUBLIC. (1) THE ST. LOUIS PALLADIUM IS in its 20th year of regular publication. (4) More bona fine subscribers than any other Negro paper in St. Louis or State. (5) The ONLY Negro newspaper published in St. Louis as the organ of the Republican party. (6) Because it is the official organ of Wright Cuney Political Club. (7) Because it is fearless in denouncing crime regardless of consequences. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The People's Choice for President. NOT AN ANGEL. If He Was, The Palladium Man Would Clip His Wings—Aaron Franklin, Who Owes The Palladium. Since we have shown that Aaron Franklin was not an angel, several persons have asked: "Why do you strike that fellow so hard?" For two years he has been in debt to The Palladium. We paid no attention to his neglect in this respect, and kept quiet, simply because of his family. But he informed several of his friends that he did not intend to pay his debt. Naturally, such a piece of impudence on top of his debt, arcuated The Palladium man's ire, so he took his pen in hand and gave him a slash. We haven't finished with him yet. We owe several bills ourselves, but when we can not pay we explain to our creditor. We don't go around telling people we will not pay. That's why we let Aaron Franklin down. We are informed that he owes as many bills as Peck's Bad Boy, and gloats over it. A few days ago we went to a restaurant to buy a sandwich for a young lady. Twenty-five cents was the amount we had, and did not want to pay all of that for the sandwich. We noticed a 60 or 70 cent steak, with creamed onions, ham and eggs and all other delicacies that go to make up a first-class supper for two that amounted to $1.40 or $1.65. We asked the cook whether the King of Dahomy was present or not. He said: "No, but it is for two gentlemen at the farther table." We looked around, and, behold! we saw the two dead-beats that owed us $2.35. One of them was Mr. Aaron Franklin, and the other was H. A. —. While they were feasting sumptuously a thought crossed our mind that their wives might be at home feasting on chuck-steak, neck-bones and wondering where the lost "Willies" were. Such is life. BARTHOLDT, The Congressman, of the Tenth Congressional District. Next week we will take hold of the Bartholt case, and show the people what is what—and how many relatives Mr. Bartholt has on the pay roll. The man has never done anything for the Negro nor his constituency. All that feed at the pie counter are Bartholt's relatives. He came from Washington, but he failed to bring his favorite message from the president to his voters. THE BLUFF. We are sorry indeed to see some of our best citizens lend their names to real estate men to sell their property. We do not believe some of the names attached to the article were given with their consent, and the scheme is that of some tricky white men to bluff the owners around that vicinity to get them to buy said property. The promoters of the scheme ought to be horsewhipped for making such a bluff. We received a letter last Monday complimenting us on an article that was in last week's Palladium. We wish to say that we are publishing a secular newspaper, and any article sent us, well written and in good words, we will publish the same, if it is paid for. The success of The Palladium has been caused by our fairness to all. The Newport Restaurant, 2321 Market Street, the Finest Cafe. Mason & Lowery have opened their doors at 2321 Market street, with all the delicacies of the season. It is an undeniable fact that they are veterans in their business. Don't forget to give them a call. This cafe is fitted up with all conveniences necessary to make it the equal of any in this country for tae accommodation of our people. Remember that Mason & Lowery have the reputation of being the two best caterers in the south. So go and get what you really need, at 2321 Market street. LINCOLN INSTITUTE NOTES. Lincoln institute is becoming widely known under the administration of President B. F. Allen. Not long since a letter for catalogue came from Trinidad, one of the British West Indies islands, and yesterday a letter came from Santiago de Cuba, asking for two young men to take charge of well-equipped farms. President Allen has had considerable experience as a teacher before he came to Lincoln institute, and knows just how to keep the work before the country. The examinations for the close of the work of the second term have just been finished, and from all indications everything is in good shape for the work of the third and last term of this scholastic year. The best papers from this examination will go to the World's fair. Lincoln institute will be represented by her president at the meeting of negro college presidents that will be held in Baltimore, April 5-7. The usual spring house cleaning has begun, and before very long everything will be in excellent shape, both on the campus and in the buildings. Since the addition of the cooking department the food and the general housekeeping plan have been very much improved in the matter of taste and arrangement. A Successful Colored Man. Lawyer George F. Collins, of the Washington (D. C.) bar, has been appointed commissioner of deeds, in the District of Columbia, for the state of New Jersey, by Gov. Murphy. He is probably the only Colored man in the District holding such a position. Mr. Collins is one of the progressive lawyers of Washington, he having been practicing there about three years, where he has a large and lucrative clientele. He was suddenly called home some weeks ago by the death of his father, but he is now back at his office, 609 F street, N. W., Washington, D. C. DEATH OF WM. R. ANDERSON. Mr. William R. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker, of 4223 Kennerly avenue, departed this life, Saturday, March 12, after a long illness, at the age of 22. He was the grandson of Rev. S. P. Anderson. He was a Christian, and a member of Antioch, from which he was buried, Monday, at 2 p. m. He leaves to mourn his loss a devoted wife, mother, father, three brothers, one sister and a large number of relatives and friends. NOTICE Wait! The greatest Negro poet and humorist, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, will appear in St. Louis, Monday evening, March 21, 1904, Central Baptist church, corner Twenty-third and Morgan streets. Seize the opportunity and hear him. Tickets now on sale. Wm. T. Burns. L. S. Williams, president; R. H. Owens, vice-president; Annie K. Russell, secretary; A. Russell, funeral director. Main office 2120 Market street, St. Louis, Mo. Phone, C390. We shall in our weekly issue speak more of the good work of this institution. We believe it is a good organization. GRANDERS CO. [Name not visible] Central Baptist Church, Twenty-Third and Morgan Street. Monday Evening, March 21, 1904. Tickets on sale at Harris & Mosby's Drug Stores, 2300 Market Street and 809 North Jefferson Avenue, and People's Pharmacy, Corner Jefferson Anveue and Morgan. GENERAL ADMISSION. Adults ..... 50 cents Reserved seats ..... 75 cents Children ..... 25 cents Box seats ..... $1.00 A Grand Entertainment ST. ELIZABETH BRANCH, No. 275 CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA At MASONIC TEMPLE (Turner's Hall) 10th bet. Market and Walnut Sts. On Wednesday Even'g, April 6, 1904 CHAUVIN & PATTERSON and the DORSEY BROS., Ira and Henry, will appear; also W. A. WILKINSON will render a Cornet Solo: PROF. JAMES II. HARRIS' ORCHESTRA of 10 Pieces will furnish music for the occasion. Mrs. M. L. Harrison, of 2107 Walnut street, is spending her life striving to build up the Negro race. Mrs. M. J. Grant, of 3989 Papin street, is one of the best Christians in the First Baptist church. Mrs. Pinkie Johnson, of 1020 Brooklyn street, always keeps so cool and level headed. In fact, her ways and manners are so very nice. Mrs. Sadie Bird and Mrs. Anna Hammons, of 20 Johnson street, can be seen at the First Baptist church every Sunday. Good Christians they are. Rev. E. C. Cole preached an instructive sermon to a large congregation last Sunday morning at the First Baptist church. Mrs. Alice Washington, of 213 South Fifteenth street, and Mrs. M. E. Brown, of 2115 Randolph street, say they know they have been converts to God, and they are sure to go to Heaven when they die. The St. Louis Colored B. Y. P. U. will meet at Central Baptist church on next Sunday, in regular quarterly meeting, at 3 p. m. A large crowd is anticipated. The club will give an entertainment soon. The Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Association met at the First Baptist church last Monday night, the grand marshal and organizer, Madame Yates, of Kansas City, being present. Dr. E. C. Cole had thoroughly advertized the meeting, hence the church was crowded. Madame Yates and others made short speeches, giving full details of what the clubs are doing in different parts of the country. At the close of the meeting a nice lunch was served. On Wednesday night last the Young Converts' club met in the chapel at the First Baptist church, for the purpose of discussing ways and means of raising money to pay on the debt of the church and other matters of interest. Madame Anna Hammons, the president, in her address to the club, informed them that it is the duty of each and everyone to live in that way and manner that their lives will influence others to come to Jesus Christ. E Paris, Ill., Oct. 12—The assignments for the Illinois conference, A. M. E. church, were made to day, having been held over from Sunday evening, pending a conference between Bishop Grant and the presiding elders. The assignments were finally made as follows: Springfield district—Rev. Andrew J. Burton, presiding elder; S. R. Cottrell, Mattoon and Clarleston; J. W. Ousley, Mound City; J. W. Saunders, St. Paul church, Springfield; S. A. Hardison, St. John church, Springfield; R. E. Wilson, Paris; William Collins, Gibbs City; C. W. Thompson, Macomb; J. M. Wilkerson, Danville; J. W. H. Jackson, Chnampaign; C. H. Sheen, Peoria; P. M. Lewis, Pontiac; G. W. Brewer, Pinkstaff; G. C. Christbury, Clinton and Lincoln; W. A. Moore, Bloomington; A. T. Jackson, Decatur; I. S. Stone, Shelbyville and Tuscola; to be supplied, Normal and Fairbury. Cairo district—P. C. Cooper, presiding elder; McCaleb Tabor, Vienna; P. A. Green, Carmi; C. L. Coleman, Marion and Dumalin; H. McClellan, Mount Vernon; Ransom Riddick, Wetung; to be supplied, Beechwood and Beech Ridge; — Dickson, Golconda; J. H. Luney, Galatia; B. F. Moss, Harriburg; C. H. Holmes, Grand Tower; Sandy McDowell, Murphysboro; C. H. Jackson, Shawneetown; J. W. Edwards, Brookport; A. Perkins, Villa Ridge; F. G. Heard, Edith chapel; J. R. Ford, Hodge's Creek; H. C. Burton, Carbonale; R. J. M. Long, Metropolis; J. H. Sydes, Cairo Quincy district—N. J. McCracken, presiding elder. Geo. W. Gaines, Quincy and Bethel; H. Lackey, Jacksonville; J. W. Tiff, Sparta; Green Price, Lovejoy; L. E. Christian, East St. Louis; Torrey Perry, Belleville circuit; W. H. Chambers, Alton; Fleming Gray, Litchfield; C. H. Thomas, Pittsfield and Quincy mission; William Graham, Upper Alton; J. W. Summers, Edwardsville; J. M. Crawfors, Elkville; William Hadley, Centralia; J. P. Coates, North Alton: Sandy Osborn, Collinsville; J. H. Smit, Lebanon and Carlyle; evangelist M. E. Marie Carter, Robert Earnest, George A. Brown and Mrs. Emma Brewington. H. Simmons was transferred to the Iowa conference in exchange for Rev. G. W. Gaines. S. P. PERKINS, Tennessee Shaving Parlor Everything Neat, Clean and Up-to-date. 1326 Morgan Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. Mr. Andrew J. Smith of 1315 CLARK AVE. Is the most successful man in the city. A FIRST CLASS GROCERY AND Meat Market, and a Department that will Invigorate the inner man. DON'T FAIL TO PATRONIZE HIM WANTED! Good, honest colored agents to sell "The Booker T. Washington President Roosevelt Dinner Picture." Agents make $3 to $4 every day. Call at 2341 Market Street from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. any day, or write for particulars. W. H. KING, 2341 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. First Baptist Church of Bridgeton, Mo., has services as follows: Preaching 11 A. M.; Sabbath school 2 P. M. Preaching 7:30 P. M. Rev. W. W. Perry, Pastor. The Ohio river became stationary at Evansville, Ind., on the 13th, at 36 feet, one foot above the danger line. Rain is reported along the valley on the 13th, and the river will soon rise again. Thousands of acres of wheat are overflowed and may be ruined. 1869 "Driftwood" NOW OPEN. NEWPORT HOTEL. 2321-2323 MARKET ST. CAFE AND BUFFET IN CONNECTION. A few more neatly furnished rooms, single suite, for rent. Prices given on application. Phone: MARION A. BROOKS, Manager. Cd: 1992. EMPLOYMENT and INFORMATION FOR EVERYBODY. THE SHOULD INTEREST YOU. The very highest wages paid to persons for all kinds of work when secured through THE CHRISTIAN EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. Information given concerning furnished or unfurnished rooms. We Guarantee Satisfaction. CHRISTIAN EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, 2603 Lucas Ave. Phone: 686C. DR. J. B. COLBERT, Manager. [Name] L. W. VINEGAR, DEALER IN New and Second Hand FURNITURE CARPETS, STOVES, and a General Assortment of KITCHEN UTENSILS BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR CASH. Also Moving and Expressing a Specialty. 806 N. 14th St. Telephone: Kinloch D-2125. Sexton & Maxwell, First-class Photographers 1407 Market St. MRS. L. A. GORMAN NICELY Furnished Rooms BY THE DAY OR WEEK 1222 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo. L. HOPKINS & BRO. Restaurant and Lunch Room Headquarters for Barbers, Porters, Hotel and Railroad Men. PRIVATE DINING ROOMS LATE SUPPERS A SPECIALTY. Fine Imported & Domestic Cigars. 2645 LAWTON AVENUE DOUGLASS HALL WALTER S. FARRINGTON. Walter S. Farrington is doing a great business on Leonard and Channing avenues as a Veterinary Dentist, Clipping, Braking and Styling Horses. He is an expert at his business. Express and Coal business on Channing avenue between Olive and Leoust streets. All orders are promptly attended to. 334 North Leonard avenue. A FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP NEWLY FITTED Has been opened by J. L. MAYS, of Chattanooga Town, who also does business in Chicago. A MANSKER, of Poplar Bluff, is employed by M. Mays, and they are always the best barbers in our city. They have removed from 1525 Clark Ave. to 1331 POPLAR STREET GIVE THEM A CALL Stop that cough. Go and get Pickett's Cough Drops. NEWLY FITTED