St. Louis Palladium

ST.LOUIS PALLADIUM Vol. XXI. No. 53. P P REV. DR. D. P. ROBERTS REV. DR. D. P. ROBERTS. Rev. Dr. D. P. Roberts, the former is doing a gr pastor of St. Paul church, St. Louis. days over 65 2500 Lawton avenue, now has charge church under of Quinn chapel in Chicago. He THE PALLADIUM'S Traveling Correspondent Interviews Twenty-Three Of Chicago's Leading Negroes Concerning Booker Washington and Negro Journals. Mr. Editor—I told you in my last communication that I would discuss Booker T. Washington and the Negro journals of America in my next letter. I shall not, however, express my private opinion of either. I have just finished interviewing ten lawyers, three doctors, seven politicians, one merchant, one undertaker and one newspaper man (not Julius Taylor), who represent the upper crust of Negro society and influence in Chicago. Of the twenty-three individuals interviewed, nineteen were of the opinion that Booker Washington is the biggest misrepresentation that the African race has produced. One lawyer informed me that he had spent a whole week in Tuskegee examining Mr. Washington's school and the methods employed in educating the young Negro of the south, and that he experienced the saddest disappointment of his life. He found Mr. Washington trying to make architects, stone-masons and brick-layers of young men who had no knowledge of higher mathematics or methods of calculation. Of the 1,500 graduates that have left the Tuskegee institute this man informs me that none came to public skill or proficiency in any line of work taught in that school. A noted Negro physician informs me that his brother spent two REY JOHN REV. JOHN MORELAND 1 Rev. John Moreland, former pastor of Metropolitan church, St. Louis, 2625 Morgan street, is now business man- Rev. John Moreland., former pastor of Metropolitan church, St. Louis, 2625 Morgan street, is now business man- --- is doing a great work. In the past 60 days over 65 persons have joined the church under his able management. years in Mr. Washington's school learning the tinner's trade. He finished his course and came home, but to this day he is unable to tell how much tin is required to gutter a roof. The politicians are unanimous in their belief that Booker T's sole object is to get a bountiful supply of worldly goods. One very intelligent gentleman was doubtful as to just what Mr. Washington was doing, the remaining three deciding that he was a great man. It may be of interest to you to know that news has just reached this place of Booker Washington's proposal to head a colonization scheme importing Negroes from the south to a northern site dedicated by promoters and land agents who wish to advance the value of their real estate, as did Duffy of the proposed Egyptian club of St. Louis. Mr. Washington lives in the north, his daughter was educated in a northern mixed school. Still preacheth the prophet, "The south is the natural and only home of the Negro." Shall we receive as a leader and father a prophet whose doctrines are false teachings?—Who portrays the trodden path, but seeks for his own abode the tranquil shores of other climes? CONCERNING NEGRO JOURNALS It seems to be the prevailing opinion here that in considering the leading Negro journals "The Freeman," a heretofore leading organ, must be thrown out, due, mainly, I would suppose, to the bombastic flights of its owner, Mr. Knox, who acquired some political bees concerning congress during the recent campaign. Hon. Charles Wilson, a retired teacher and literary man of note, in describing the Negro journals, expressed himself thus: "The Colored American leads the east, The Planet is easily the best paper in the south, and The St. Louis Palladium easily outspots all competitors in the west." I have read them all, and I consider the three papers mentioned as the leading journals of the race in America. WILLIE SNOOKS. MORELAND ager of the Star of Zion, the official organ of the Zion Connection, located in Charlotte, N. C. ST. LOUIS, MO., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1904. ST. LOUIS B. Y. P. U. Seven Churches Unite in an Interesting Meeting at Chambers Street Church. On last Sunday, in spite of the snow storm, the officers, members and friends of the St. Louis B. Y. P. U., a Christian organization, which is composed of seven of the largest Baptist churches in the city, met in their quarterly district meeting at the Chambers Street Baptist church at 3:30 p. m. A few minutes after the meeting was called to order by the president, Miss Estelle Buckner, in a few choice words, stated the object of the meeting, after which a song was sung and prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. David Johnson, the pastor of the above church. Another song was sung, at the conclusion of which roll was called and each local union answered its name, and came forward with their tuition—Antioch Baptist, First Baptist, Central Baptist, Compton Hill Baptist, Gallilee Baptist and Chambers Street Baptist. Following this, it was decided, by a vote, to receive the Ebenezer Baptist union in the association. Then another song, after which, on motion of Mr. Garfield Craven, it was decided to organize a young people's union at the Pilgrim Baptist church, as that church wanted representation in the St. Louis association, and this was the only way it could be had. The president called for the reports of the last meeting, which were immediately read and approved. Following that, the reports of the general and finance committees were read and likewise approved. After a short discussion, the lesson for the evening was taken up by the conductor, Madame Leatha Newcomb. Lesson found in Romans, 8th chapter, 1st to 15 verses. The subject was opened by Dr. Perry and discussed by A. W. Washington, W. C. Henderson, Garfield Craven, Rev. David Johnson and others. Afterwards the literary programme was taken up, Chambers Street church being first, Rev. David Johnson made a welcome address, followed by Mr. E. W. Case, of the central church, and a solo by Mr. A. J. Scott, of the same church. Compton Hill church union, a very fine paper by Miss Mamie Woods; Chambers Street church union, solo by Miss Sequintia Davis; Fifth Baptist church union, paper, subject, "Prayer," by Mr. Curtis Watson; First Baptist church union, solo by Madame Carrie Miller. At the conclusion of the programme, the question box was taken up and conducted by W. C. Henderson, and was very lively from start to finish. This being over, it was decided to hold the next meeting at the Gallilee Baptist church on the third Sunday in March, 1905. A collection was taken up, which amounted to $3.21. MISS ESTELLE BUCKNER, Pres. MRS. ANNA R. DAVIS, Vice-Pres. MISS MAMIE WOOD, Secretary. A. W. WASHINGTON, Treasurer. E. HUMPHREY, Cor. Secretary. MOTHER HAS GONE We Miss Her Very Much—Her Place Can't Be Filled. After six month of suffering, Mrs. B. Richardson, of 2714 Wash street passed into the land of rest, leaving behind her one daughter, Mrs. Fannie Newcomb, and two sons to mourn their loss and many friends. Mrs. Richardson was a member of St. Paul church, and just before her death and days before she gave evidence that the gates of Heaven were opening for her, where she would be at rest with her God. She was buried from St. Paul church, December 11. Dr. W. D. Cook, officiated. The U. B. F. and S. M. T. On December 30 all the Temples and Lodges will hold a rally at Masonic Temple, Tenth and Market, to extend honors to the state grand master, S. T. Pettigrew, and Mrs. Katie Moore, grand princess. There will be a grand reception afterward. The order of U. B. F. and S. M. T. will exhaust all its energies to do justice to the grand master and princess. Everything is in the hands of an able committee, in charge of A. J. Smith, chairman; Della Fields, treasurer, and Annie Hollam, secretary. OF MUSIC AND HOME OF FROLIC Miss Edmonia Johnson is making a great hit with the act of the Railroad Porters. Mr. Barnes is also making a bushel of fun with the song, "Shame on You." He will remain all winter with Hugh B. White. THE PALLADIUM GIVES ITS READERS MORE NEWS THAN ALL THE OTHER RACE PAPERS PUBLISHED IN THE CITY AND STATE. "MISS AMANTHIS." The Best Play Ever Presented Without Exception. Mr. J. B. Vashon, in the role of the 48-year-old maid, took those who attended the play at Douglass hall last Thursday night by storm. Mr. Vashon is undoubtedly the best actor the public has seen for quite awhile. The play was grand in every respect. It was very amusing, and consequently, most enjoyable. The honors of the evening belong to Mr. Vashon, although all others who participated did credit to themselves. Mr. Vashon, as leading actor, was perfection in itself. The Dumas Dramatic club displayed its appreciation by presenting him with a lovely bouquet of American beauties. Miss Amanthis' dignified (?) bearing was amusing in the extreme. She was evidently accustomed to the long, sweeping train which she handled with such grace. The sympathy of the audience was tendered Miss Amanthis during her heart-rending separation from her beloved captain. Still her evident happiness at the proposal of Mr. Babin-cinate fully compensated her for all heart-ache. Mr. Grant, as Miss Amanthis' loving "papa," had troubles of his own. His endeavor to extricate himself from the dilemma of acknowledging his daughter, kept the audience in a roar of laughter. Mr. Grant has always proven himself to be an excellent actor, and he did his former reputation ample justice. Mr. R. H. Hudlin, as Mr. Babincate, was none the less perfect. The joy depicted in his countenance when Miss Amanthis accepted his hand was quite amusing. Mr. Hoak, the little captain, who insisted upon throwing the cigar stumps upon Mr. Smith's balcony, was not quite brave enough to become a wooer of Miss Amanthis. His terror at the sight of Miss Amanthis, the young miss whom he expected to make his wife, not only offended the lady in question, but almost broke her heart. Misses Vella Crawford and Hutchinson were also highly appreciated. The songs rendered by both were so sweet that the encore demanded their reappearance. Upon the whole, the play has never been surpassed. We hope the Lyceum Sketch club will not keep the public waiting long for another such treat. Antioch Church Items Services Sunday, the 11th, were well attended, morning and evening. The members were found at their posts, knowing that it was the last covenant and communion in this year. Each one felt it their duty to fill their seats. Many visitors were present. Among them was Rev. F. C. Christmas. All were made welcome. The meeting was one to be long remembered, as almost each person present seemed to enjoy the Spirit of God in the highest. At 8 p. m. the pastor, Rev. S. P. Anderson, spoke from Judges, 3d chapter, and a part of the 20th verse, which reads as follows: "I have a message from God unto thee." The sermon was good, and the speaker impressed the thought that whatever our station is in life there is the message from God unto us. Rev. R. H. C. Sydnor attended the evening service. Mrs. Lillian B. Paterson, of 4349 St. Ferdinand avenue, is quite ill at this writing. Mrs. Alice Howard, of 5423 St. Louis avenue, is improving slowly, after a very severe attack. After Several Weeks Illness Mrs. B. Wood, of 1237 Linden street, died after several weeks' sickness. A few days before her death she professed a hope in Christ, and when the dread monster death came she was ready to go. She leaves a husband and one sister to mourn her loss. May this cause the husband and sister to live closer to their Saviour. She was buried on the 14th of December. Rev. Dickerson preached the funeral sermon. GOOD NEWS. The members of All Saints' congregation and their many friends will doubtless be gratified to know that Mr. A. J. Gossin has resumed the superintendency of the Sunday school, and that a rare treat is in store for them on Wednesday evening, the 28th inst., when the annual Christmas tree festival will be given, and when the Sunday school will present Root and Burnham's delightful cantata, "Judge Santa Claus." Don't fail to hear Santa Claus sing. NOTICE TO ALL—in sending matter for publication, please send something with it, as the printer must be paid. We can not publish a paper on wind. J. W. WHEELER. $2.00 Per Annum, Single Copy 5 cents. Campaign Christmas Day's Christmas Incorporations, Christ New Year Program on 25c for Campaigner's Christmas Gift. Day's Christmas Offering, Christ- orations, Christmas and New Year Programs. On 25c for 30 Days. Old Campaigner's Christmas Gift. Old Campaigner's Christmas Gift. Orpheus Academy's Christmas Offering, Christmas Decorations, Christmas and New Year Programs. Admission 25c for 30 Days. M. B. ANNOUNCEMENT. We wish to express our profound gratitude to the public for the generous manner in which it has supported our efforts, during the eventful year now drawing to a close, in the establishment and maintenance of the Orpheus Dancing Academy. Throughout the World's fair season our friends have stood loyally by us, and the academy has been a popular resort for the entertainment of the best social elements of the city, and hundreds of visitors, from every section of the world, have been entertained in a most refined and pleasant manner. of regular ternain have decision in academy of a Chr. our appr Begin 1904, all the acac will cond day, Jan the usua vail. The sa been in in first The close of the great exposition, and the departure of the visitors, together with the beginning of the winter season, will necessarily have a depressing effect, for a short while, upon all business, and, in order to lighten the burden and permit our hundreds REV. E. REV. E. C. COLE. REV. E. C. COLE. M. B. Rev. E. C. Cole, the pastor of the First Baptist church, is doing a great work. He is the acknowledged cham- First Baptist Church Items. Dr. E. C. Cole preached a noble sermon last Sunday morning, 11 o'clock, at the First Baptist church. In fact, all of his sermons are full of interest. Mr. E. Humphrey, of 4221A Cote Brilliante, is a wide-awake Christian gentleman. He loves to read The Palladium, because he certainly knows a good paper when he sees it. The concert and entertainment that was given by the Carnation club last invited. --- --- --- of regular patrons to enjoy our entertainments without interruption, we have decided to make a special reduction in the price of admission to the academy for the next 30 days, by way of a Christmas offering and a mark of our appreciation for favors bestowed. Beginning on Friday, December 16, 1904, all persons will be admitted to the academy for 25 cents. This rule will continue in force until Wednesday, January 18, 1905, after which time the usual price of 35 cents will prevail. The same high-class service that has been in vogue in the past will be kept up-first-class orchestra, first-class refreshments, wraps checked free and polite attendants. During the Christmas and New Year holidays we will also have special programmes, special decorations and special souvenirs. All are cordially invited. pion of Baptismism in the west. He is much beloved by all denominations in the west. Monday night was indeed a success. The managers, Madame Sarah F. Louis and Miss J. Ophelia Wells, spared no pains in caring for all who were present. Madame Mamie W. Jenison, of 2239 Scott avenue, was chairman of the ice cream committee, and she gave excellent service in that department. Mr. Garfield Craven will present a dramatic play of which he is the author at the First Baptist church on the 2d of January, 1905. This will indeed be the finest that was ever heard at said church. The public is cordially i Missouri State Gleanings. SGressennasescssnnesessesnzscsssszcensesesszccsszss Mbzztctssssstesesssesezeszssscaaasscssezeetsssss GOLD IN MISSOURI — |G000 CHANCE FoR STUDE! la isc iisaslercaeus wie <2 yet Dante ao (eerste Be ey dcsa ce | tome oe ap oon oe * oe Specimens of grain gold have been placed in the hands of the secretary of the recent United States geological exhibit at the World’s fair, and also sent to the professor of geology at the University of Missouri, by G. D. Elgin, @ placer miner in Oregon, who says he found the metal in Missouri, Elgin, who is more than 50 years old, has been engaged in mining all his life. He made this discovery last October in the Perry Fork creek, which divides Howard and Boone counties, near Columbia, while on a visit to his brother-in-law, R. B. Alexandia. Alexandia owns the farm through which this streams runs at this partic- ular point. Bach pan of rock and gravel taken from the stream, according to Elgin's story, reveals two or three colors of gold, and these colors are absolutely pure, not being formed with any other mineral. He states that in all his ex- perience in this business he has never seen purer gold, although the quantity in which this is to be found has not been determined. The officers of the University of Mis- have promised to examine this local- ity at the first opportunty to try to determine how much gold is really there, ‘The stream from which the gold was taken passes over a bed of flint rock. At the foot of the little falls in the stream Elgin made all of his investi- gations. He states that next summer he will return to take up a further ex- amination of his discovery. His in- vestigations this time were limted, as he made no preparations for a long stay before leaving his home. May Abolixh the Stripes. The forthcoming report of the Mis- souri state board of charities and corrections has been about completed. It will contain some important recom- mendations, one of which is that the striped garb in which convicts are at- tired be abolished and a duck uniform be adopted. Attention will be called to the fact that six states have dis- continued attiring their convicts in stripes. Another recommendation is to place the pardoning power in the hands of trial judges, to be governed by the merit system. It is held in sup- port of this suggestion that the trial judge would know more of the merits of the case than the governor possi- bly could, and that such power would relieve the governor of much annoy- ance from persons constantly solicit- ing a pardon. A third recommenda- tion is the establishment at the prison of a book bindery, where blank books used by the state could be made, as well as those required by county offi- cials. This, the report will say, would effect a great saving to the state. Horse, Trader Loses a Rot. James Griffin, a horse trader of Cawood, Mo., reported to the Kansas City police that’ he lost or had stolen $3,160 in cash and a letter of credit for $1,200 either in Kansas City or on a Chicago, Great Western train be- tween Kansas City and St. Joseph. Griffin carried his money in a pocket Look in the hip pocket of his trousers. Charged With Kidnaping Girl. George Johnson, an insurance man, was arrested at Martinsburg, charged with persuading or kidnaping a girl named Margaret Grover from her home in Moberly. She is a pretty brunette. ‘The father of the girl went to Martins- burg and sent his daughter home. Socks Are Still Good. One of the Carterville papers says: “Dr. Dumbauld says he knows what he is going to get for Christmas—a necktie and a handkerchief. Usually he gets a pair of socks, but he bought a pair early in the fall and they are ‘still good, Folk’s Expenses. Joseph W. Folk, governor-elect, has sworn to the following expense ac- count during his campaign: $1,000 to state campaign fund, $275 for hotel and traveling expenses, and $640 for rail- road fare and incidental expenses. Giaecka Gan aer. Representing himself as a game and fish warden, a stranger borrowed $30 from G. C. Greenup, postmaster at Pleasant Hill. He failed to return the money, and Greenup has complained to the federal authorities. Caught Head in Spokes. John Anderer, of St. Louis, fell from ‘a wagon and caught his head in the. spokes of a wheel. He was rescued in an unconscious condition by a police- man. He will probably recover. Versailles Accepts Light Plant. The Versailles city council has ac- cepted from the contractors the new electric light plant, which was built from the sale of $10,000 bonds. Went of ills Own Accord. John Knowles, convicted of forgery at Carthage recently, went to the peni- tentiary alone, and entered that in- stitution to serve out his sentence. Miniater Sustains Bad Fall. Rev. Dr. 0. A. Bartholomew, an aged Christian minister, well known throughout the state, was seriously hurt by a fall in St, Louis. ‘Two Shot in Crawford County. A shooting affray is reported from east of Steelville. Elias Huitt was probably fatally wounded by his uncle, as was a young man named Renneaux. GO00 CHANGE FOR STUDENTS ‘Those Desiring to Compete for Rhodes Scholarship Should ‘Write to President Jesse. All persons who desire to be candi- dates for the Rhodes scholarship in Missouri should send their application to President R. H. Jesse of the state university. All applications must be filed on or before December 31. About the middle of January, 1905, the qual- ifying examination will be held at Co- lumbia. Notice will be sent to all can- @idates that make application as soon at the date of the examinations is definitely fixed. The late Cecil J. Rhodes left in trust 2 large amount of property, the inter- est on which is to be used forever in maintaining students from the Brit- ish colonies, the United States and Germany at the university of Oxford in England. These scholarships will yield approximately $1,500 a year to each scholar whose term of residence ‘at Oxford may be three years. One ‘scholarship was awarded in each state and territory in the Unfted States last year, and another will be awarded this year. Only two scholarships can be held at one time for the same state. ‘The income is sufficient to support a young man of modest tastes. Five Reports Are Miasing. When the state labor bureau's exhid- it at the World's fair was returned, it was found that the ‘first, tenth, eight- eenth, twenty-first and twenty-fourth annual reports and a chronological yolume were missing. The reports were handsomely bound in morocco, and are of no value to any person ex- cept to the bureau superintendent. ‘Phere are no duplicates. The exhibit took a gold medal at the exposition, A Fulton Man at the Fair. A Fulton man says that one day, while he was at the World’s fair, he stopped to view some old armor. A middle-aged woman standing near him became interested in the armor, too. Gently touching his elbow she asked: “Will you please tell me, mister, is that a diving suit?” Another woman, whom he met near the Pike, stopped him and asked the way to the “Hog war.” Callaway County Eaterprise. Arrangements are about completed by which a stock company composed of citizens of Tebbetts, Callaway coun- ‘ty, will buy the Marlow & White flour- ing mill at Tebbetts and add a 50,000- bushel capacity elevator. Almost all of the $10,000 stock has been subscribed, and entirely new and modern machin- ery will be installed. Gavitines tan method. Three notes aggregating $438.10 and 2 check for $250 were stolen from James A. Young, of Louisville, Ky., in the main waiting-room of the St. Louis. union station. Young was writing a message at the telegraph window, and laid the wallet on the window sill. When he finished and turned around the purse was gone. First Jail-Breaking Experfence. Austin Logan, 15, and Oliver Jones, 14 years old, dug their way out of the detention room at the St. Louis four ieee with handles from a dresser drawer, went home and were surren- dered by their fathers. Missouri Historieal Society. ‘The fourth annual meeting of the Missouri Historical society was held a Columbia. Steps were taken toward establishing a quarterly publication, the main contents of which will be Missouri history. ‘The World's Fair an It tx, With the World's fair a fortnight in retrospect, scenes of desolation, de- struction and decay abound every- where, and order and cleanliness have given way to chaos and squalidness. Nala on A Pullman sleeper was destroyed by fire near Masser. The fire was caused by an explosion of the heating appa- ratus. The passengers escaped in their night clothes, Woman Fatally Burned. Despite the heoric efforts of her daughter, Mary, Mrs. John F. Fleming was fatally burned at her home in St. Louis. Her clothing ignited from the kitchen range. ei ee hie Ed Clark and Ray Smith, negroes, took a horse and buggy from a hitch rack in Perry, and drove it until they got tired. It cost one of them $73 and the other $45. Far Torn Of in Falling. ‘Mrs. Mary Schmitt, aged 72, fell down a stairway in St. Louis. Her right ear was torn off, and she sus- tained other injuries which may cause her death. Seventeen Mulen Cremated. The stock barn of D. A. Pierce was destroyed by fire at Armstrong, and 17 mules were burned to death. Loss, $5,000; insurance, $1,400. ‘Tansey Succeeds Jenkins, Gov. Dockery has announced the ap- pointment of George J. Tansey, of St. Louis, to succeed Tom Jenkins on the state board of arbitration. Missed White Man, Killed Negro. George Belcher, proprietor of the Tannhauser saloon, shot and killed William F. Allen, a negro, in St. Louis, she ahah 40s Rts tek: » *BE .NOT. DECEIVED*- ®TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. a King of all Hair Tonics, f 66 99 : OZONO. ; ‘iN RE. AFTER. © OBEFORES ¢ ae AFTER ‘ far _ Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and "a. bair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many \ of these are frauds pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race ae this great paper. In * the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through a fortunate #§\ circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market and “met with marked success. A‘ter a thorough test by the colored people of M\ that time it was pronounced an honest, Togitimato remedy, truo to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every « member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow #W\ long and straight, eoft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever @ genuine article appears upon the market there ure always a “a. number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other N people’s goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are “ax. Worthless, causing the hair to fall out and soln: great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are Dayle ese apices compounds, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To 4s, these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on yourhair. Do not bedeseived by flaring advertisements and big words, Buy the King of all air Tonics, MN > OZONO, AWN which is so1d with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or wo will forfeit $50.00, Now, we ask youa plain question—would we abso- S lutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, G§% if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantze, and wo are glad to say that every one “4 who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. res 20,000 people are today peng pce Fe Peace) and Srey, purchaser recommends Ozono as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively % take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Trouble- 9% some Hair. It will make short, ee hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying coat diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, A and Scurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. It will stop your hair fe from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. ah Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertisin; \ remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell i, to use hotirons. Friends, do not use hot irons ; Wer will burn up the Ay life of the hair, and cause it to arp out. Ozono straightens without any #N outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on Ay, the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. ays ‘The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good atany time: Cut out this coupon and send “ix to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Wleetrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all I skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes /* small-pox pits. We will also include one see jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature’s great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, @\ 2nd all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look N yoruger. ‘V We will also include one pagkexe of our Alebrated Scalp Soap, which is A svsolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever, The Douglass Club. ‘The Douglass club has changed off- ‘ers. Mr. Charles Norcise, president; Mr. John C. Collins, manager; Mr. Jeorge Sanders, secretary. They are noving things along nicely. Mr. J. Miles has gone into another business. They regretted very much to lose such t valuable man, All wish him well in iis new business. NOTICE. The Sons and Daughters of Rebecca No. 3 meet the second Wednesday in ach month at Bleventh and Franklin venue, at 8 p. m. Mrs. Sadie Harris, oresident, 1529 Gratiot street;May Wil- son, vice-president, 1431 Morgan street, Wir. Annic Henry, 2614 Mills street, secretary; Lizzie Robinson, assictant secretary. True Reformers’ Barber Shop And baths is the neatest, warmest vaths and shop in the city. Clean tow- 21s used in every case, for the coal man 4s well as the clerk in the office. Four tarbers who ean shave any person with ease and satisfaction. Try them. JOHN W. ALPHRAN, ler. Messrs. Wright & Bolen have opened 1 drug store at 2933 Market street. These two gentlemen thoroughly up- lerstand the drug business. They are graduates of Howard university, of Washington, D.C. They are polished gentlemen, and ask the patronage of the public. ‘They were formerly with he Harris & Mosby drug store. Sam, the Tailor, 204-206 North Four- eenth street, has enlarged his piace. He is the leading tailor in St. Louis. Next week we will give full particulars af his store. ‘Will our subscribers please pay our collectors and don’t tell them you will wee us. We can't get around to see rou all, so please pay them. J. W. WHEELER. ‘Those wanting new fall costumes nade will please call upon Mrs. R. H. 3rown, now called The Newstead Ave- me Dressmaker ‘The Lousiville & Nashville road, the aly road to Louisville and Nashville. ull that come to the World's fair need ee Ree 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE ‘Trace Marks Desicns. CopvricuTs &c. och enaesnis atch inteeee bata Sacer Scientific Ainerican, Gent ie tok rh Sold Syl powneaore MUNN & Co,sere- New York IF You i eee FURNITURE. az Sronets QA ITS GOOD. ° Se WHEN YOU CAN BUY ON Easy Credit Terms PIANOS s75ur. ORGANS. 21.00 ur. SEWING MACHINES *ce? STOVES and RANGES*t=: HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Of all Kinds at 60 cents up. IRON and STEEL SAFES, TYPEWRITERS and OFFICE FURNITURE From 6.25 up. Satan have ustiieedcepital and oct direg’ tram the workshop ip thefireide ou EASY MONTHLY BAYMENTS. to Beoorable people. ia all” parte of the world. No Biker manutactarer wil Let Fou. the goods for oars while slowiy Saying for them. ‘Write for intermation aad Pree Catalogue 1.893 THE ENCLEWOOD CO. Ecnesiceied Posten GI-63 Randolph St, Chicago, HI, U S.A be used onthe scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint ¢ kage of ‘Anti-Odor, @ positive cure for Sore Throat or Movth, all forms of 7 Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all é smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. ¢ ‘The actual valuo of thie Grand Aggregation is p00, ‘but we let you 4 have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the / pene in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, wo f ave placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short 4 Hair and tho other head Long Hair. ‘The U. 8. Government has granted us / this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Set ree 80 f ifthe coupon hae this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake, “Use only the coupon having the two heads on it, As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Rich- f mond, Va, We havo thousands of testimonials we have not space to pub- j lish, ’Here is a sample of one: / f Boston Ohemical Company : « 4 Dear Sirs,—You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have 4 used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been f fooled go often, it does nx good to recommend honest goods. y MAGGIE B. PRocToR, § Here is another: Box 114, Feirfield, Texas. Gentlemen,—Alter using OZONO a short while“only,I am glad to say 4 that my hair ie already straight and growing finely. ~ al ] MISS BESSIE POWERS,” { Come! J 883 Missouri street, Toledo, 0. § A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, 4 you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine f *“OZONO.” Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same § day we receive your order. é \ BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 4 810 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. ALP se a a LIT” i ra See! STS te ne NR Tn Gee mea ee Ee GNSS EERE Sle oes RES ee hi | i Boston Chemical Co., a = 810 Fast Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. fj NG, oe Tenclose you $1.00, for which please send at once fj the following goods: AN 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, © worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package #\ (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. — Total, $4.00. 7 i Amo isiécev3<o3 osssGaesaseseeresers Hduney NOtsnne-rscasecess 0 ee ee AGRI 2 1 amon nee Fese ah eyeoet sity MMERL te mannaeaeecees ~ an If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has fit ‘no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon 4 when you send your order. * ( a RRP A RAR DARD IAD RRR =: 333333555353: >>3336 S e Anheuser-Busch oor am, the Tailor eh Is the Place to Get Your Douglass A i+, | Buffet and Pool Root Fall and Winter Suits 1s NOW OPEN Made to order. One of the Best Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars 204 North 14th Street, Miss Mary White’s Rooming House 1311 Spruce Street With all the Latest Style Improvements She formerly lived at 200 S. 14th St 1409 Market Street B. MUNCHWEILER LaDIES’ and GENTS’ SHOES DON'T FORGET THE [IUMBER 1409 Market Street $ G. W. ROBINSON, Second-Hand Furniture BOUGHT AND SOLD, "salting a Rann Seve Be ‘a Specialty. 4025 Easton Avenue $ ‘on noura Mo. ° Louis Deppe. Tapes woh oes FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines, Whiskies, Brandies, 290. ETC, Markit St & Jelfeson av. St Lonis, Mo Anhiouier-tunch Beer Douglass Buffet and Pool Room 18 NOW OPEN Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars J. P. WATKINS, Prop. . LAWTON AVE. and BEAUMONT ST. LOUIS, MO. DR. S. B. BELL, —rmsr-c1ass— Barber Shop and Bath, In the True Reform Hall. First-class Barbers. 8. W. Corner Pine Street and J fer gon Avenue. B. BELKER, —Dealarin— Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Meat and Vegetable Market. i19 and 1121 Morgan Street. St. Louis. Mu Mrs. Susan Gross, 2609 Pine Strect, Milli 1 l inery. Up-to-date Hats. Trimmings and all material in that line, ‘immingy ond all terial a hating MR. A. LL. LEE, Representing the PALACE LAUNDRY, guarantees satistaction ane prompt service, The best Collar and Cuff work in the elty. Please addrena ali comm munications to 2825 st. Loult arenue, — 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. Miss Isabella Morgan.....Asst Editor. Beatrice Ross .....Secretary. C. H. Tandy .....General Reporter C. H. Wheeler, collector and solicitor. 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. 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 360 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: 2617 Lawton avenue. (1) THE ST. LOUIS PALLADIUM IS in its 20th year of regular publication. (4) Morebona 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. .JOTTINGS. A Japanese torpedo boat was crippled in the attack on the Sevastopol. St. Louis authorities are experimenting with incinerating plants at the World's fair grounds. Mrs. Cassie Chadwick, on her return to Cleveland, was hooted and hissed by a great crowd in the streets. The Colorado supreme court has ordered the vote of one Denver ward thrown out on account of frauds. Andrew Carnegie declares he will give testimony against Mrs. Chadwick as desired, and his health will permit. The boll weevil convention decides that the early burning of cotton stalks is the best way to exterminate the pest. Tokio reports that the Sevasatopol, the last Russian battleship at Port Arthur, has been sunk by a torpedo attack. Every courthouse employee in Shawnee county, Kansas, is to have an increase in salary of $5 per month for each baby born in his family. While on a St. Louis & San Francisco train, bound for their home at Pittsburg, Kas., a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Westfall. The senate has been informed of the house's impeachment of Judge Swayne, and a committee has been appointed to prepare the details of the proposed trial. Through Senator Cullom's influence, a bill has been reported favorably in the senate, providing for the incorporation of the National Red Cross society. George M. Kelly, a wealthy merchant of Kokomo, Ind., after sending a letter of explanation to a newspaper, shot his wife and attempted to kill himself. Kelly will die. The board of regents of Nebraska university has formally accepted John D. Rockefeller's gift of $67,000 for the erection of a university building to be devoted to religious and social purposes. Perfect quiet has followed the volcanic disturbances in the Humble oil fields in Texas. Reports have reached New York of similar eruption at sea, which covered the water with oil for miles. M. B. This week we began our twenty-first year of the publication of The Palladium. Our mailing list has become so that we have been compelled to change our policy. Those that do not get the paper will please write us a card notifying us of the same. We must say that we have the best subscribers that are in St. Louis, and they have one of the best collectors in the The Palladium is no respecter of persons. Wheeler, you should carry heavy life insurance.—The Forum, Springfield, Ill. The above clipping calls for a few of The Palladium's views on various subjects. We are impartial in all things. We have but one face. We carry same under one hat. We fear no cowardly men or women. We carry no razor or gun. We are out all hours If You Play With the Buzz Saw You Will Get Sawed. Last Sunday night the pastor of the Compton Hill Baptist church complained about something that appeared in The Palladium. What his words were we do not know. After he had finished an old Nigger got up and give CITY NEWS. Notes and News Concerning Our People--Weekly Record of Social Events, Deaths, Marriages and Births--Written Especially for St. Louis Paladium. Joseph Steele, of 2315 Papin, has been very sick. Mr. Walter Robson has been called to Dayton, Ky., on business. Mrs. Goodlow, of 2325 Market street, is another on the sick list. Miss Ethel Simpson, of 3029 Caroline street, is quite ill at present. FOR RENT—Furnished room for gentlemen, at 3222 Lawton avenue. Mr. James Patton is as happy as a man gets to be. He is taking life easy. Mrs. C. H. Tandy, of 1224 Bayard avenue, is quite sick at this writing, December 14. The Gem Bar and Marble Heart Club is the place of frolic. 1911 Market street. Mrs. Alice Cannon, of 4355 Maffitt avenue, who was ill for a few days, is up and out again. FOR RENT—One neatly furnished room. Mrs. James T. Richardson, 324 Montrose avenue. For sale at the office of the St. Louis Palladium all the goods that are manufactured in the Boston Chemical Co., at Richmond, Va. Mr. A. W., of 4214 Maffitt avenue, is doing a good business handling coal. He will sell you coal by the basket on ton. Give him a call. Mrs. Ella Barnes Johnson, of 2715 Wash street, is still selling the Mexican Indian soap. Call and try it, for it is most wonderful. Mr. T. A. Ford, the groceryman at 1315 Clark avenue, is meeting with success. His business is increasing. We wish him much success. The steam heat is now on at the Newport hotel, and each room is comfortably heated, and a few rooms are for rent by the day, week or month. We know the whereabouts of one E. M. Wood, who once lived in St. Louis with his wife and two children. He wrote a most disgraceful book on etiquette. We see he was married in Memphis, Tenn. The sheriff will call for him soon. Look out! person of The Palladium Man. We seldom get mad. We sympathize with some of our subscribers who are willing to do their whole duty and circumstances hinders them. We never stop the paper on them, for we know they will come to the front in due time. We will call on you to collect this week. Please let us have what you owe us. of night. We have met several fellows out loking for us. We stand on the side of doing right. We want your friendship, nothing more. We carry no insurance; the state don't need it. We sleep at home and board elsewhere. We ring no backing-bell at any time. We have a number of scalps hanging to our belt. We hope the Forum is now satisfied. MANAGER WHEELER. The Palladium fits, including the manager. We wish to say that we have for four years refrained from pulling the skeleton out of the closet of this old man on account of his family, but now we will soon pay our respects to this old deluded man. Due the Palladium for subscriptions, $3. Watch out soon for the facts in the case. Miss Rebecca Rodgers, of 1211 Lucas avenue, will soon take a trip south. She will have a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Starks and son, Leroy, of 4238 San Francisco avenue, have all been on the sick list, but all are up again. With the able Dr. Roberts, as pastor of Quinn's chapel, Chicago, the Church will soon be free from the clutches of its creditors. Mr. and Mrs. Lightfoot, of Lexington, Ky., who have been visiting Mrs. Light's foot's brother, have now returned home. Mrs. C. Foster has returned from New Orleans, La., where she has been visiting friends. The Palladium was, of course, sent to her. P. B. Pitman, of 3408 Locust street, died last Wednesday, after many months of suffering. He leave a wife and four children to mourn his loss. Rev. W. L. Batchlar, recently of Covington, Tenn., but now stopping at 3921 St. Ferdinand avenue, this city, is pending a few days in Kansas City, Mo. The Mound Bayon Demonstrator comes to our desk on exchange. We notice that it is quite newsy and of interest. We wish the Demonstrator success. Mr. A. W. Wilkerson, of 4032½ Finney avenue, will soon move into the Douglass hotel. We have not seen him for two years. We hope for his future success. Miss J. Genevieve and Miss Viola Howell, of Denver, Col., visited Mrs. Fannie Newcomb, of 2714 Wash street, and spent a pleasant week. They left for home last Wednesday. Mr. Charles H. Brandon, of Edwardsville, Ill., spent Sunday, the 11th, in the city, but he was not the guest of his sister, Mrs. M. A. Lawrence. Where were you, Charles? Miss Clara Wilson, formerly of our city, but at present living in Chicago, was married recently to a gentleman of high standing, a Mr. Obla. They are perfectly happy and contented. Miss Annie Carter, of Toledo, O., who formerly lived in Chattanooga, Tenn., is now visiting Miss Rosie Session, of 15 Johnson street. She left for home last Monday night. She was well pleased with our city. Mr. Charles Brown, of 707 North Twelfth street, says: I heard of The St. Louis Palladium. Will you please send it to me? I have heard so much of it, I'd like to subscribe for it." All right, sir; you shall have it. The new courthouse in the new county of Roosevelt, N. M., was dedicated, Wednesday, a feature of the ceremonies being the presentation of a photograph of the president, for whom the county was named. Members of the M. E. church, south, are planning a new $100,000 home for orphan boys. A special collection for the purpose will be taken next Sunday in all of the churches of that denomination. Dr. Sheppard, of Congo, Africa, and Prof. R. H. Lange, of Paris, Tex., were in the city a few days and spent quite a pleasant time investigating our city's pleasure resorts. They left a few days ago for their own homes. Miss Mannie L. Graves was married recently in Chicago to Mr. Corners, of Covert, Mich. She is the guest of Mrs. W. B. Williams Brown. When Mrs. Williams leaves for Nashville, Mrs. Corners will depart for her new home in Covert, Mich. We wish them much joy. Mrs. Belle Rodgers, of 3944 St. Ferdinand avenue, entertained the Ladies' N. D. S. club Thursday, the 8th. Most all the members were present, and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Anna Tillman, at 4010 Finney avenue, and it being the middle, or social meeting, a short programme will be rendered. Members are requested to be present at 2 p. m., Thursday, the 22d. BECAUSE I LOVE YOU SO That Is the Public's Selection, and the Dumas Dramatic Club Will Present it. Those who read the unique proposition the Dumas Dramatic club offered the public in The Palladium for the last two weeks will be anxious to learn the result. It was left to the public to decide which of the club's former plays they would prefer seeing the club reproduce. The following plays were offered for consideration: "Bound By an Oath," "Because I Love You," "Damon and Pythias," and "Past Redemption," and we are glad to say that the novel idea of selecting a play has met with great success. The drama, "Because I Love You," has been decided on, it being the most popular of the four. It has received a vote of 268. The club feels safe in recommending the play, "Because I Love You," and the rehearsing will begin at once. The costuming and stage settings will be up to the requirements. On account of the club's past experience in this play, we will be able to give a true presentation. Almost the same cast will appear, and in addition a large chorus is to be rehearsed along with the play. We feel very grateful to those who sent in coupons, and will spare no pains to do credit to the play and honor to the club. Grand Scenic Spectacle Strictly first class and up to date. Illuminated, artistic exhibition by Prof. W. G. Hynes, Tennessee's famous exhibitor. He has a wonderful, attractive exhibition. First week in the city. Opening engagements with special exhibition at Central Baptist church, corner Twenty-third and Morgan streets, Rev. G. B. Stevens, pastor, Monday night, December 12, 1904. Programme - Burning of the General Slocum ship at New York city, Wednesday, June 15, 1904. Iroquois Theater burning, Tuesday, December 29, 1903. Race pictures and the progress. First part of the Life of Christ in moving pictures. Proceeds for the church. Come one, come all, and help us. Admission, 10 cents. W. G. Hynes, Exhibitor. W. M. Posey, Operator. GREETING. To All Concerned: Although we have been open for business only about three months, we take this opportunity to thank our many friends for the support they have given us so far and to state that we also owe the constantly increasing volume of our business to two facts: We deal with absolute and unswerving fairness with every patron; we handle only goods that will sustain the unrestricted guarantee of their manufacturers and ourselves, so that our customers can have no reason to become dissatisfied. The stock of each department is large and complete, and receives daily additions, so that we always have what you want in drugs, toilet-articles, cigars, candies, stationary and soda, Hot and cold. Wishing all a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, and hoping to "Meet you at the Fountain." We are respectfully. WRIGHT & BOLEN, Druggists. 2333 Market Street. Ex-Gov. David R. Francis, president of the St. Louis Exposition Co., is probably the most elaborately-decorated man in America. Kings, princes and potentates have showered decorations upon him until, if he wore them all at once, he would glitter like a circus wagon. Among the lot are the red eagle of Prussia, the crown of Italy, the Leopold I. of Belgium, the sun and lion of Persia, the double dragon of China, and the cross of the Legion of Honor of France. The construction of a line between Galena and Springfield, Mo., will be begun by the Missouri Pacific next year. A teacher was telling a class of boys that they should all be ambitious, even to the hope of some day being president of the United States. "Every boy who hopes some day to be the president stand up," said the teacher. All stood up but Freddy, who began to cry. "Why, Freddie, don't you want to be the president?" "Boo-hoo!" sobbed Freddie: "yes, ma'am_but I can't." KEEP THE FLAG FLYING ELIZABETH TEMPLE NO. 12 OF THE S. M. T. Meets the Seddon Monday in the afternoon at 2:30 p. m., and the Fourth Friday night at 8:00 p. m., in each month. True Reformer's Hall, 2000 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. Carrie Stevenson, 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. RAMSEY'S THE STRICTLY MODERN ROOMING HOUSE Every convenience desired by patrons of high class rooms at moderate cost. MRS. HATTIE J, RAMSEY, Proprietress. BARBER SHOP. Shaving, Shampooing HAIRCUTTING In the Latest Style, 25 Cents. Good Music for Balls, Parties and all Social Occasions by the Old Reliable ADAMS BAND. 1Q5 N. 13th Street. J. E. ADAMS, Res. 1306 Clark Ave. FANNIE LEE World's Fair Artist Pictures of all kinds called for and delivered. All sizes crayon, pastel, water color and oil paintings a speciality. Fine frames and high-grade work. Terms reasonable. Cash or credit. Also lessons given. Call or write to 456 NORTH SARAH ST. Electa Temple, No. 31, S. M. T. Meets Second Thursday of each month at 8:00 p. m., Knights of Pythias Hall, Lucas and Jefferson Aves. Mrs. Annie D. Hyati, M. W. P. Lulu O. Dell, Secly. True Reformers' Hall MADAM IRVING'S Hair Dressing Parlor Shampooing, Straightening, Scalp Massaging a Specialty Braids and Bangs to Match in Color and Quality CALL AND SEE HER WORK WILLIAMS Pink Coat Bar. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. POOL ROOM. S. E. Cor. 22d and Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. JOHN H. HARRIS THE ALABAMA RESTAURANT Is the place to go when you are hungry. They have good things to eat, cooked just to suit your taste. You can get MEALS AT ALL HOURS. Visitors from Alabama should call there. Room for everybody. PETER H. HARRIS HENRY BROWN, Neatly Furnished Rooms 703 and 711 NORTH 14th. Street. Branches 1433 and 1519 Lucas Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. LENNY BROWN. Manager. DELIA BROWN. Proprietress. M. B. B. ODD FELLOWS' BAND and ORCHESTRA Under the direction of S. J. LANE, TEACHER OF MUSIC. OFFICE: 1323 WASH STREET. [Name] THE STAR FURNISHED ROOT MAN Rooms like Home, Sweet, Sweet Home 705-707-709 North Fourteenth Street Palace Bath House DON'T MISS MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, At MASONIC TEMPLE. ADMISSION 25c. MUSIC BY HARMONY BAND. 1910 THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI. The Missouri Teachers' college, a department of the University of Missouri, will undertake university extension work this winter in the Kansas City public schools. The teachers of that city have organized a club for the study of books outlined by the faculty of the college, and each book is to be supplemented by lectures either by Dr. A. Ross Hill, dean of the college, or Doctors Frank P. Graves or J. S. Meriam, of the faculty. Such an arrangement practically brings the best instruction of the college to the home of the teachers. Other cities of the state may well follow Kansas City's example. Experiments by the Missouri Agricultural college with 100 kinds of peach trees for five years show that the peach crop in Missouri could be greatly increased by a proper selection of trees. Prof. J. C. Whitten, who has conducted the experiments, says for commercial orchards, the best varities are Mountain Rose, Crawford, Elberta, Family Favorite and Salway. For home use he recommends Connett (southern early), Thurber, Lewis, Carmen, Champion, Crosby and Gold Drop. These varieties ripen in the order named, and are hardy enough to fruit when others fail. The Missouri College of Agriculture at Columbia will offer an eight weeks' course in horticulture, beginning the 3d of next January, for the benefit of young men who want to learn the more important facts connected with fruit growing. The college is a part of the public school system of the state, and hopes by offering a number of short courses during the winter to be of more practical value to the citizens of the state. C. J. Keyser, of McCurry, Gentry county, Mo., has just been elected Adrain professor of mathematics in Columbia college, New York city. Prof. Keyser graduated with honors from the university of Missouri in June, 1892, and has been actively engaged in teaching most of the time since. Dr. J. S. Meriam, of the Missouri Teachers' college, a department of the state university, will visit most of the country schools within a radius of ten miles of the college. This week he walked out four miles, and spent the afternoon in a rural school teaching two classes during his visit. To meet the growing demand for instruction in poultry farming, the Missouri Agricultural college will offer a short course on the subject, beginning the first week in January. Some person actually engaged in a successful poultry business will be secured as instructor. PLEASE COPY THIS Sick at 1311 Spruce street is Mr. Thomas Brown, almost among st.angers. He has a sister in Memphis, Tenn., but she has married since to saw her and he knows not her name. Bluff City News and Colored Citizen of Memphis will please copy. J. W. WHEELER, Manager of the St. Louis Pallium. Also SHINING PARLOR For Ladies and Gentlemen. Cigars and Tobaccos AND LAUNDRY BRANCH. The Best Service in the City. Frank E. Lewis AND Charles Tonsall, Proprietors. SAN ANTONIO & ARANSAS PASS RAILWAY COMPANY One of the Best Lines South. We are confident that many of our people are looking for permanent homes, and we would suggest that they look to the great state of Texas, in order to make a personal investigation of the wonderful possibilities of the Lone Star state. Texas, particularly the territory traversed by the San Antonio & Aransas Pass railway, which owns and operates 723 miles of road, as follows: Main Line—San Antonio to Houston. Waco Division—Waco to Yoakum. Lockhart Division—Lockhart to Shiner. Kerrville Branch—San Antonio to Kerrville. Corpus Christi Branch—Corpus Christi to Kenedy. Rockport Branch—Rockport to Gregory. Alice and Falfurrias Branch—Skidmore to Alice and Falfurrias. By reference to the map you will see that they run through the finest and earliest truck-producing section in the southwest. The climate is so that the farmers raise and sell something every month in the year; in fact, it is known as the "open winter" farming country of the southwest, where a man can work out in the open air every day, and does not have to spend all he makes in the summer to keep him through the winter. It is understood that the low rate Homeseekers' tickets will continue to be on sale during November and December to all San Antonio & Aransas Pass points, of which the following are the most prominent local stations: Falfurrias, Corpus Christi, Alice, Beeville, Skidmore, Runge, Cuero, Yorktown, Hallettsville, Rock Island, Yoakum, Giddings, Cameron, Luling, Rockport, Kennedy, Karnes City, Flocresville, Rockdale, Gonzales. You can pack up Sallie and the babies and go south, and they will show you all of these fertilized fields, where you can enjoy life. It is a sad mistake when our people crowd into a large city. You can do better by taking up your home in Texas. We will continue this appeal for the benefit and welfare of the Negroes. (To Be Continued Next Week.) Go on SAN ANTONIO & ARANSAS PASS RAILWAY. If you wish to spend a pleasant winter, GO TO TEXAS. If you have money to invest in land, GO TO TEXAS. If you wish to be benefited by the finest of artesian well water, GO TO TEXAS. If there are another number of other things you wish to do, just take advantage of the never-before-heard-of offer of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway and go to Texas. Just think! Only $15 a round trip to Texas. Quite often one makes his home in a place where the best of advantages are not offered him. The only way to remedy this inconvenience is to take advantage of whatever opportunities afford themselves. Texas is a state that contains acre upon acre of production farm land. It is not only productive during the summer, but what is most unusual also during the winter. A man doesn't have to "lay by" for the long winter months. The climate is such that one can farm all the year around. Some may hesitate because of the supposed difficulty in disposing Y MISS witers' Christmas Ball, DECEMBER 26, C TEMPLE. ION 25c. RMONV BAND For Ladies and Gentlemen [Name] of crops because of lack of railroads. Such a claim held good long years ago. At the present time, the San Antonio railroad has access to every available point, and makes this special offer of $15 a round trip for the express benefit of those whose funds may be low, and who might wish to purchase land in Texas, and could not afford the regular fare. Don't hesitate longer. Buy your ticket and go at once. Palmer's, Toilet Balm On of the finest toilet creams on the market is this bleach. We do not recommend this bleach to turn you white, because nature can not be changed. But will guarantee that it will remove all sunburn, pimples, blackheads and blotches. It will make you from two to three shades lighter. It will make the skin clear and natural. Simply rub it into the skin, and it will fade out the color you want. Comes in two shades, pink or white. We will pay $100 to anyone who can prove that our balm is not just what we recommend. Small size, 50 cents; large size, $1. Address all letters to Palmer's Toilet & Perfumery Co., 4020 Finney avenue, room 4. Agents wanted everywhere. Try Palmer's Perspiration Odor Destroyer; only 25 cents per box; 5 boxes for $1. The Little Barber Shop. Mr. B. B. Hall, proprietor of the barber shop at 1326 Morgan street, is an up-to-date one. One can go there and his modesty will never suffer a shock. There is a concourse of ministers that congregate in that shop, and the air is always filled with heavenly thoughts. Would there were more places like it where one could go without hearing God's name called in vain. We congratulate the little gentleman upon his way of conducting a shop where men can gather and exchange opinions with God's representatives. MEN AND WOMEN OF MARK. MEN AND WOMEN OF MARK. Frank Scott. W. H. Berzey. Ralph Meyers. W. H. Dorsey. W. C. Gordon. J. G. Pettiford. J. M. M. Stokes. Geo. B. Vashon. George Richardson. Mrs. A. Wheeler. Robert Portwright. Mrs. E. Reynolds. Dr. P. D. Roberts. Rev. W. C. Williams. Daniel Prince, Broker. J. A. Harris, musician. John H. Johnson. David Gordon, principal. Peter A. Clark, educator. Edward G. Hopson, clerk. Henry Williams, musician. Russell, livery and undertaking. James W. Grant, general manage Chas. Bradley, second-hand dealer. Mr. L. Brockway, second-hand dealer. John W. Wheeler, editor Palladium. Wm. T. Curtis, successful business man. Order of eServices. For Lane's Tabernacle C. M. E. church, 3966 Fairfax avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Sunday Services— 9:30, Sunday School; 11 a. m., preaching; 8 p. m. preaching. First and Third Sunday—At 6:00 p. m., Epworth League. Second and fourth Sunday—At 6:00 p. m., woman missionary meeting. Weekly Services— Monday night, board meeting; Wednesday, 8 p. m., prayer meeting; Thursday evening, sewing circle; Friday night, class meeting. REV. O. B. HEAVLOW, Pastor. Residence. 3696 Fairfax Ave. John W. Wheeler, Jr., is again an active worker for the Palladium. All contracts made by him are O. K. So help this young man and you help yourself. Agents Wanted Ladies or gentlemen wishing employment that will pay $50.00 or $75.00 or $150.00 per month can secure it by writing HOME PROTECTIVE ASS'N. James L. Mays, Proprietor BARBERS Joseph Lee - - L. J. Jenkins. THE Equal Rights Barber Shop. JUST NEWLY FITTED UP. READY FOR BUSINESS. Massage: First-Class Work. Coal Orders Promptly Attended To. 1331 Poplar St. (Near 14th St.) ST. LOUIS. MO LOUIS HUGGINS, Formerly of 2132 Franklin Ave., BUYS Furniture, Carpets, Stoves. Residence and Flats 2612-14 Franklin Ave. ST. LOUIS, MO. Newport Hotel, EUROPEAN. 2321-23 Market Street in the heart of the Colored Business District. Steam heated throughout. Conveniences Unsurpassed. Rates by the Day, Week or Month at Reason- able. Address MARION A. BROOKS. 2323 Market Street The Royal Sons and Daughters of Douglass Will meet at DOUGLASS HALL on the Second and Fourth Thursdays of each month MRS. FANNIE LEE. Royal Mistress. BERTHA TOLBERT. Royal Secretary. J. M. H. Dorsey Wood, Coal & Ice, Hauling to all Parts of the City 2629 Morgan St. WILLIAM T. DAVIS, SHAVING PARLOR, 2811 Manchester Avenue. First-Glass Barber Shop and First-Glass Work Guaranteed. Coal, Kindling, Wood. HAULING AND EXPRESS WAGONS. TRUNKS CONVEYED FROM OR TO UNION STATION. Office: 4017 Easton Avenue. MR. C. YOUNG. Telephone—Kinloch C-397. THEO. H. TEMPEL, Dealer in GROCERIES, 2601 Market Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. California Canned Goods a Specialty. Wm. A. Overton, Plumbing AND GAS FITTING. Furnaces, Stoves and Ranges Repaired and put up. Expressing and Moving. 1124 N. Sarah Street Phone Lindell 249 A. --- Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Chinese Restaurant in Connection. Duck Nudles and Chop Suey AT ALL HOURS. 2801 MORGAN STREET. HEADQUARTERS OF BANNER BASE BALL CLUB. 715 North Twelfth GEORGE WILLIAMS, Pro Curtis' Newport B W. T. Curtis' Newport Buffet, 2323 MARKET STREET. nes, Liquors and Ciga Wines, Liquors and Cigars. RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION Meals can be Ordered by Telephone, Kinloch C 1199 Also the Famous Anheuser Beer. 2323 Market St DAVE YOUNG, MIXERS. JOHN H. CLARK, Night. Day. Headquarters for Colored Professionals. THE ROSEBUD BAR, POOL ROOM IN CONNECTION. Distributors of Applegate's Old Rosebud Whisky. Also a FIRST-CLASS CAFE in Rear. Open all Night and Day. All Prices. Private Dining-Room. 2220-22 MARKET ST., ST. LOUIS, MO. PHONE: Kinloch D855. The Douglass Social Club, 2106 WALNUT STREET. First-class accommodations in every respect. The members will be gladto welcome you at this cozy resort. PHONE KINLOCH D 2127 CHAS. NARCISE, President. NEWPORT CAFE. SHORT ORDERS A SPECIALTY. 2321 Market Street, St. Louis, Mo. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. QUICK SERVICE MEALS AT ALL HOURS. LOWERY & MASON, OF DALLAS, OF FORT WORTH, There is a way of trifling that costs a heap of money. Neglect Lumbago and Sciatica and it may put you on crutches, with loss of time and money. St. Jacobs Oil will cure surely, promptly. Price, 25c. and 50c. PETER H. BURKE W. T. Cun 234 Wines, Also the Famous A Choice Wines and Whiskies of the Best Brand. North Twelfth St WILLIAMS, Prop. 's Newport Buff MARKET STREET. alquors and Cigars. THE SEVASTOPOL STILL FLOATING Report of Her Being Sunk Was Somewhat Premature. SHE HAS BEEN BADLY DAMAGED The Attempts to Sink Her Has Cost the Japanese Three Torpedo Boats and Several Others Crippled. Tokio, Dec. 16.—Boldly venturing into Port Arthur harbor the Japanese torpedo flotilla has torpeded and seriously damaged the Russian battleship Sevastopol, the only one of the larger vessels of the Port Arthur fleet still afloat. The Sevastopol is believed to have been put out of service, though it was not sunk as was at first reported by the besiegers. The attack was not without cost to the Japanese, who lost three torpedo boats and were compelled to tow several other small craft away in a badly crippled condition. Several previous dashes had been made against the Sevastopol, all of which met with so furious a fire from the lone fighting ship that they were driven back. Many attempts were made to sink the vessel with shells from 203-meter hill, but so cleverly was it maneuvered that it has invariably managed to find shelter under the lofty hills which surround the harbor. Every part of Port Arthur is visible from 203-meter hill. The streets are deserted and but few soldiers are doing patrol duty. Many buildings have been burned and still more shattered by Japanese shells. Foreign military attaches before the city express themselves as shocked by the slaughter with which the siege has been characterized. The trenches are choked with the bodies of the slain, many of them so torn and mangled by dynamite grenades as to be almost unrecognizable as those of human beings. A number of the attaches assert that the use of dynamite in modern fighting is a relic of barbarism and that the use of the explosive should be prevented by the powers. Reports from the army indicate that the Russians can not hope to hold the place much longer, as the city is being beaten into ruins by the Japanese heavy guns. DEATH OF DEPUTY SYVETON The Family of the French Politician Now Admit That It Was a Prearranged Suicide. Paris, Dec. 16.—That the death of M. Syveton, the national leader, was a case of suicide, as reported by the authorities, and not due either to accident or assassination, is now admitted by the family of the dead man. The tragic end of the brilliant politician, according to the now accepted reports, grew out of a love affair which threatened to end in his arrest, and it is asserted that, with the full knowledge and approval of one or more of those concerned, Syveton shot himself; not in his study, but in a bathroom. In the rom there was a charcoal heater, which he lighted, allowing the carbonic acid fumes to escape and then awaited asphyxiation. In an hour's time, it is said, a member of the household visited the room and found the body, which was carried to the study, where report afterward said the death occurred. "DARK LANTERN DICK" DEAD Richard D. Lancaster, a Former Well-Known Politician of St. Louis, Has Passed Away. St. Louis, Dec. 16.—Richard D. Lancaster, who for more than thirty years was prominent in Missouri state and national politics, died at ten o'clock Wednesday night in his home, No. 5741 Von Versen avenue. He had been ill for several months, but it was not thought that his condition was serious until a week ago, when he began to fall after an operation. Mr. Lancaster was the father-in-law of Congressman James J. Butler. He was a lifelong friend of the late United States Senator George G. Vest, and it was largely due to his efforts, it is claimed, that the senator was returned to Washington after his first term. Charged With Killing Messenger. San Francisco, Dec. 16. -Arthun Swindell and Sidney Jarvis, charged with the murder of Wells Fargo Messenger Roberts, were arraigned Thursday on a murder charge, and their examination set for next Monday. F. J. Mackey, the millionaire employer of the two suspects, will assist in the defense of the men, and declares his belief in their innocence. Tried Suicide in an Alley. St. Louis, Dec. 16.—After selecting a dark alley for the scene of his death William Weymouth, 19 years old, handsomely dressed, and claiming to be the nephew of L. A. Weymouth, a prominent New York lawyer, shot himself in the temple Wednesday night. He is in a serious condition. Neoga Man Killed By Train. Effingham, Ill., Dec. 16.—A man by the name of Steel was killed at Watson, Ill., Thursday night, by the Illinois Central freight train. His home is supposed to be at Neoga, Ill. BUTLER RETAINS H.S SEAT Twelfth Missouri District Congressman Will Not Be Ousted. Reynolds, the Contestant, Did Not Properly Observe the Statutes Governing Contests. Washington, Dec. 16.—Congressman James J. Butler will be allowed to hold his seat throughout his term. Elections committee No. 2, having charge of his case, asked the house to be discharged from further consideration of the matter. This leaves the case where it was, with Butler in, Reynolds having no chance to oust him. M. J. REPRESENTATIVE JAS. J. BUTLER Butler's term expires March 4, 1004, when he will be succeeded by Ernest E. Wood, who was elected over Courey at the general election, November 8. Butler was thrice sent to congress. Each time his election was contested, and twice he was ousted after congressional investigation. He was first chosen over William Horton, who successfully contested his election. Horton's term having expired, Butler's second election was successfully contested by George C. R. Wagoner. Col. George D. Reynolds was Butler's third opponent. The returns announced Butler's election, and Reynolds' filed a contest. A committee of the house conducted a long investigation, declared that both sides had been guilty of fraud, and continued the case until the session of the Fifty-eighth congress, with the result that no more will be done by the representatives to settle the matter. The grounds for dismissing the case are that Reynolds did not observe the conditions stipulated by the statutes governing contests before the house. MURDEROUSLY ASSAULTED Night Watchman Connor, of Aurora, Mo., Assaulted by Pals of Men He Had Arrested. Aurora, Mo., Dec. 16.—City Night Watchman Will Connor was assaulted by the pals of three men whom he had arrested while attempting to enter the rear door of a store, and was almost beaten to death. He had arrested the three men and marched them to the city jail, where he had forced them, by drawing his revolver, to take the key and open the door. While one of them was opening the door two friends of the men slipped up behind him and struck him over the head with the butt of a revolver. After repeatedly striking him on the head they locked him in the jail and made their escape. R. N. FORD CONVICTED. The Burton (O.) Banker Found Guilty of Embezzlement at Warren, O. Warren, O., Dec. 16—After deliberating ten hours, the jury in the case of Ohio vs. R. N. Ford, the Burton (O.) banker, Thursday morning returned a verdict of guilty, as charged in the third count of the indictment, for embezzlement. During the night hours the defendant was an interested witness in a game of chess between Attorney White and Judge Hole, while in the next room the jury was busy. Once a laugh came from the jury room, and the defendant remarked: "They seem to be having a good time. Wonder what they think of me?" Thirty minutes later he knew. MARIE ALICE SCHOFIELD. Death of a Former Chicago Literary Light and Wife of a St. Louis Publisher. St. Louis, Dec. 16.—Mrs. Alice Schofield, wife of John H. Schofield, editor and publisher of the Butchers' and Packers' Gazette, died, Wednesday night, at the family residence, of cancer. Mrs. Schofield assisted her husband in his newspaper work, and was a woman of literary ability, having published several volumes of poems. The deceased was in her fifty-third year. Her maiden name was Dorren. The body will be taken to Chicago for interment. Seize Smuggled Goods. Newport News, Va., Dec. 16.—Customs officers at Old Point are reported to have seized on board the United States cruiser San Francisco a rich store of smuggled goods, including silks, cigars china and ostrich feathers. Spanish Ministry Resigns. Madrid, Dec. 16.—The entire cabinet has resigned. The resignations were consequent on a disagreement of the ministers over the proposed military reforms and the king's refusal to confirm certain nominations. HIS SENTENCE AFFIRMED HIS SENTENCE AFFIRMED Harry A. Faulkner Was Member of the St. Louis House of Delegates. Convicted a Second Time of Perjury In the Suburban Boodle Case, Supreme Court Confirms It. St. Louis, Dec. 14.—The conviction of Harry A. Faulkner, former member of the house of delegates, on the charge of perjury, was affirmed by the supreme court at Jefferson City Tuesday morning. The result of previous affirmations has been the immediate removal of the convicted men to the penitentiary. Faulkner's sentence was five years in the penitentiary. He secured a reversal of his first conviction in the supreme court, and on his second trial was again convicted. The case of Louis A. Decker, convicted of bribery, who received a five-years' sentence, was remanded for new trial. Both cases are outgrowths of the Suburban franchise boodle scandal. Faulkner was convicted of falsely testifying, before the grand jury that he knew nothing about the case. Faulkner was a member of the house of delegates combine, and was accused of being mixed up in both the Suburban and city lighting deals. He was indicted for bribery, and in the litigation which followed was accused of perjury and indicted on this charge. The charge of perjury was tried first, and Faulkner was found guilty and given a three-year sentence. He took an appeal to the supreme court and the case was reversed and remanded on the Bonner decision concerning affidavits. The case against Faulkner was again tried in St. Louis, and he was again convicted. Again he appealed to the supreme court and the court has affirmed the decision of the lower court and Faulkner will have to serve his sentence. The charge of bribery still stands against him, and may be resurrected when he serves his three years sentence. Decker will be tried again in St. Louis as soon as the informations against him can be corrected according to the Bonner decision, and the case can be decketed. DID AN ENORMOUS BUSINESS The St. Louis Terminal Association Makes a Statement of Its World's Fair Business. St. Louis, Dec. 14.—The Terminal association management has given out the following official statement of the enormous passenger business done at Union station during the seven months of the World's fair season: Total number of trains, 91,560; 457,688 cars; daily average, 436 passenger trains; 2,180 cars. During September and October the daily average was about 520 trains and 2,600 cars. In some instances as high as 84 trains were handled in the station in 60 minutes. Pieces of baggage handled about 1,739,000. About 10,000,000 people is the estimate for the whole season. Tickets sold, $47,776, amounting to $3,289,-292. As all visitors to the fair held round-trip tickets, and as all railroads have downtown ticket offices, the above sales, which are an increase of about 100 per cent, can be better appreciated. About 80 per cent. of all this business was handled during the hours from 6 a. m. to 9 a. m., and from 6 p. m. to 9 p. m. TO BE TRIED FOR HIS SEAT Alderman Hubert W. Butler, of Chicago, Couldn't Substantiate Charges Made. Chicago, Dec. 14.—In the most spectacular session the city council ever held, Alderman Hubert W. Butler threw himself on the mercy of his colleagues Monday night, and after an apology for the imputations he had cast breadside a week ago, retracted his charges reflecting on the integrity of the men who voted for the Ravenswood extension ordinance. Butler's excuses were not accepted as adequate atonement, and after the McCormick investigating committee had reported that the accuser had failed to produce an iota of evidence, the council set Saturday afternoon as a time for placing the alderman on trial for his seat. "GRAFT" IN RUSSIAN ARMY Several Russian Officers Said to Have Been Arrested Charged With Embezzlement. Berlin, Dec. 14.—Reports of "graft" in the Russian army, which have been current since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war, continues. The Lokal Anzeiger has a dispatch from Kieff which states that several Russian officers have been arrested, charged with embezzlement of large sums intrusted to them to purchase woolen clothes for reservists. A Union Electrocution. Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 14.—Because his executioner was a brother member of the union to which he belonged Nelson Boggiano expressed satisfaction at his electrocution here. He was glad he said, to help a union man to find work even at the cost of his life. Tin Plate Mills Starting. Pittsburg, Pa. Dec. 14. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Co. started 37 tin-plate mills Monday. Of the 242 mills all but seven are now running and it is expected they will be going before the end of the week. WOMAN AND HOME FOR THE LACE-WORKER. The Soft Scarf Is a Nice Christmas Present to Make for Elderly Ladies. Elderly ladies find the soft scarf very becoming, and now that lace is so much in vogue no better gift can be offered at this time than that modeled after the design in the accompanying cut. A piece of fine net the desired length should be edged with lace braid, and the ends ornamented with lace fashioned from the same braid. The lace design here shown is a comparatively simple one; includes what is frequently called the simple lace stitch, the wheel or spider, and in the stem pattern the single bar is used. If preferred, the lace and net idea may be carried out in stock or turn-over collar instead of the less A NEAT LACE SCARF END. common scarf. Speaking of collars, there comes to mind a dainty bit of neckwear recently seen in the shops, and which could easily be made at home; one of the revised old-fashioned sort, a lay-down collar to wear with an old-style brooch. Sew together three strips of fine insertion, finish with a frill of lace, fasten upper part of collar to a neck band. This may be made by the home needlewoman for a few cents, but costs dollars when bought down town. HAND-SEWING REVIVED. All Kinds of Hand-Made Things Now Much in Esteem, Especially Fine Needlework. Needlework as an art has long been despised, but is now being revived. The day will soon dawn when, once more, a girl will blush to have to own that she cannot stitch, sew, tuck, hem, gather, whip, and fell linen into beauty and usefulness. Hand-embroidered and crocheted, knitted or netted lace, lasts for years, and puts the machine-made fimitations to scorn. With clever fingers a very little money suffices to render a house beautiful, and the pleasure derived from the work of one's hands is priceless. Curtains of serge or velveteen may be transformed into splendor by embroidery and stitchery. Tablecloths that would cost ten times the money in a shop can be made and embellished at home. Pretty underclothing is a necessity to every nice girl, and it is prettiest when she makes it herself in dainty shapes and with fine trimmings of frills, lace or embroidery. A girl never looks sweeter than when occupied with a feminine handicraft. Then there are the poor. "Blessed are they which consider the poor." If girls knew with what delight tired mothers of the people buy cheaply good and beautiful clothes for their bairns and themselves, there would be more ladies' handicraft clubs. These clubs are formed by a number of girls who meet one afternoon or evening at a member's house or the clubroom and work for the poor. No garment or article is given away. The workmen's wives and mothers pay a low price for each, covering the cost of the material. The club members give the time and work. The garments are simple, but beautiful in shape and make, the aim being to show that plain clothing need not be ugly or gaudily vulgar. Handicraft clubwork is not limited to the needle. Small bookshelves and cupboards, fret work, poker work, leather work, curtain work, ribbon work, bent-iron, metal and bead work, are all useful. FOR THE NEEDLEWOMAN Pretty jabots are made from fine lace handkerchiefs. Gilt threads are used with good effect in embroidering white linen collar and belt sets. Pretty plaited waists of sea-green albatross figure among the least expensive blouses. The new-old and exquisitely beautiful ribbon embroidery appears on collars, cuffs, belts, bags and gowns. An ingenious woman made an old white lace shawl into a beautiful evening wrap by lining it with innumerable frills of white chiffon. Some of the lingerie petticoats have flouances and ruffles cut out in deep scallops, tiny ruffles of narrow lace set on the under ruffle and showing in the fan-shaped spaces. Embroidered brussels lace cravats are among the pretty models that may be easily constructed at home. They may be of white, cream or black net and the embroidering done in geometrical designs. A newspaper-cutting book can be contrived by making an outer cover of cartridge paper and inserting between it a blank paper writing pad from which the leaves are loosened all but an inch at the left side. You can paste your paper cover on to it and paint on the outside a large cluster of many-colored pansies to represent the inclosed "thoughts," painting in gold the word "pensees" under the flowers. BEAUTY NOTES IN GENERAL Something About Care of the Eyes, the Hair and the Complexion. Your druggist will give you an eyewash of borax and camphor water which will be of benefit to the eyes if they are tired or inflamed. Mix it with a little warm water and apply with an eye-cup. The lashes can be strengthened in growth by use of this ointment: Two ounces red vaseline, one-eighth ounce tincture cantharides, 15 drops oil rosemary, 15 drops oil lavender. Be careful not to let it get into the eyes, for it will smart. Daily scalp massage and a good tonic, such as eau de quinine, will put your hair in better condition and may check the gray growth. Brush out the dandruff with a stiff brush, penetrating to the scalp, once a week, but do not use the fine comb unless you are skillful with it. Leave off cold cream and powder for awhile, and give your face a thorough treatment with castile soap, hot water and the face brush. Use every night, and don't be alarmed at the red spots that at first will appear. They are the blackheads making their way out. There is no way that straight hair can be made wavy except by use of artificial curlers. Use kid ones, avoid the iron. Water in which quince seeds have been boiled keeps the hair in curl for some time. Noses have undoubtedly been changed in shape by some of the violent methods employed, but there have also been serious results from the same methods. I should certainly leave my nose as it was formed and to try to be as pretty as possible in other respects. You can make people forget one faulty feature if you will. You had better let your warts be treated by electrolysis. This is the surest and safest method. This is an excellent lotion for baldness: Eight ounces alcohol, one ounce spirits lavender, one-half ounce glycerin, eight grains sulphate quinine, two and one-half drams tincture rhatany, one and one-half drams tincture cantharides. Apply twice a day. Shampoo with tar soap once a month and brush dandruff from scalp every week. Massage at night in this manner: Place the tips of fingers on scalp, move them with the scalp in rotary manner, go from spot to spot until the whole scalp has been loosened. The brown blotches are probably from liver trouble, and the trouble must be corrected by a physician. For freckles try this: One ounce lemon juice, one ounce alum, one pint rose water. Use the following skin food with massage: Four ounces sweet almond oil, one ounce white wax, one ounce spermaceti, melted together. Add to this mixture one and one-half drams pulverized borax which has been dissolved in one and one-half ounces glycerin and one-half ounce orange flower water. Stir constantly until almost hard, and then add, dropping, one-half dram tincture benzoin and one drop oil of neroli.—Washington Star. USEFUL HAT-PIN HOLDER. Fills a Long-Felt Want—A Suitable Case in Which to Keep These Fins. A test-tube inserted in a fancy case makes a pretty and useful receptacle for the necessary hatpin. Three rows of insertion and three rows beading, sew together, edge top ```markdown ``` PRACTICAL HAT-PIN HOLDER. and bottom with lace, run ribbon through beading, leaving ends long enough to tie. Insert test tube, and the very convenient little novelty is finished. Narrow insertion and beading are used so as to just fit the test tube. Chop Suey. Scrape the meat from the bones of half a chicken and cut it into strips a half-inch long. Slice an onion thin. Soak a handful of mushrooms for ten minutes in cold water, then drain. Cut a stalk of celery into inch-long pieces. Wash and slice six Chinese potatoes. Cook a cup of rice so that each grain stands alone. Put the chicken into the frying pan with butter and fry until done, but not dry and hard. Add the sliced onion and cook a little. Add the mushrooms. Now pour over all a small dessert dish of Chinese sauce. Add some water and stew for ten or 15 minutes. Add the celery and at the end of five minutes the potatoes. Thicken with a little flour and water; boil up once and serve with the rice.-Marion Harland in Chicago Daily News. FLOCKING INTO CANADA IMMIGRATION FROM DAKOTA AND ADJOINING STATES. Major Edwards, United States Consul- General at Montreal, Describes the Movement as Due to Scarcity of Land. Montreal, Nov. 15.—Major Allison Edwards, United States Consul-General, who returned to-day from a visit to his home at Fargo, North Dakota, said in an interview: "The proper way to describe the manner in which the people of North Dakota are coming over into Western Canada is to say they are coming over in droves. Among the people there did not seem to be any thought of there being a boundary line at all. It is simply a question," added the major, "of there not being any more land in North Dakota and the surrounding States, and the people are flocking to Canada to get good farms. Naturally the number that will come over will increase all the time, and I may say the people you are getting are the best people in the west. They are well supplied with money and are well acquainted with the conditions under which they will have to work." The agents of the Government located at different points in the United States are prepared to give the fullest information regarding homestead and other lands. YARNS BY THE WAY. Miss Mary Manning, the author, while seeing Rome for the first time, was anxious to include a visit to the tomb of Caesar. Meeting a citizen on the street, she inquired, in her best Italian, the location of the tomb. The man looked greatly embarrassed. "I am desolated, signorina," he apologized, speaking in excellent English; "I do not know. Caesar has been dead so long!" A country sexton in England officiated at a funeral clad in a red waistcoat. At the conclusion of the obsequies, the vicar gently remonstrated with the old grave-digger, saying: "Robert, you should not wear a red waistcoat at a funeral; you hurt the feelings of the mourners." Robert replied, placing his hand on his breast: "Well, what does it matter, sir, so long as the heart is black." A very pretty manicurist in Bond street recently was attending upon Joe, and, as she added the finishing touches, she looked up with limpid eyes, and said: "We are always so glad to have testimonials from our customers. Do you mind?" "Delighted," responded gallant Joseph. Whereupon he wrote upon his card and handed her the following: "There is a divinity that shapes our ends." Full of pitfalls for the foreigner who is logical is the English language. A Frenchman was invited to lunch at a club of "workingwomen"—an association of progressive English society leaders. "Ah," said the Frenchman, "these workingwomen, they are the wives and daughters of your workingmen." His hostess airily explained that the two phrases did not balance. "The workingman," she said, "wears his garters outside his trousers, and does not use a handkerchief. But the workingwoman"—she glanced around—"wears rather nico hats, don't you think? The Blindness of Love. "My flance is so different from other men." "Of course he is, since he proposed to you."—Kansas City Star. Miss Hapgood tells how she escaped an awful operation by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I suffered for four years with what the doctors called Salpingitis (inflammation of the fallopian tubes and ovariitis), which is a most distressing and painful ailment, affecting all the surrounding parts, undermining the constitution, and sapping the life forces. If you had seen me a year ago, before I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and had noticed the sunken eyes, sallow complexion, and general emaciated condition, and compared that person with me as I am today, robust, hearty and well, you would not wonder that I feel thankful to you and your wonderful medicine, which restored me to new life and health in five months, and saved me from an awful operation."—MISS IRENE HAPOOD, 1022 Sandwich St. Windsor, Ont. —$5000 forfeit if original of above letters proving geninness cannot be produced. Ovaritis or inflammation of the ovaries or fallopian tubes which adjoin the ovaries may result from sudden stopping of the monthly flow, from inflammation of the womb, and many other causes. The slightest indication of trouble with the ovaries, indicated by dull throbbing pain in the side, accompanied by heat and shooting pains, should claim your instant attention. It will not cure itself, and a hospital operation, with all its terrors, may easily result from neglect. RELIGIOUS MATTERS Thou knowest I would serve Thee, Lord, And in deep silence wait for Thee, To learn the mystery of Thy word That heals from sin, from death sets free. For Thou dost fill me with Thy love, No help denied, no fond hope vain, When I Thy wisdom fain would know, They light respendent maketh plain. Unto my soul's expectant call, Unto my faith, on prayerful wing, Thine Omnipresent voice of truth/ The living waters ever bring. Thou heedest all my heart's desires, With promise of diviner day, Thou turnest earth's dark hours away. And folding me within Thine care, Then teach Thou me to know Thy will, Unfaltering let me seek Thy face, For in Thy sight is strength renewed— Thy love crowns with immortal grace. —Clara Elizabeth Choate, in Boston Budget. KILLED BY THE LIFE LINE. An Accident Which Illustrates How Good Intentions Being Tragic Failure. Good intentions are sometimes a tragic failure when they are not directed by knowledge. Two life guards at Atlantic City last week sprang into the surf after a drowning man. They carried with them a life line. The Philadelphia Press says of what, occurred: "Then overzeal and frantic haste took possession of the frenzied crowd on the shore and the life line was pulled and hauled. Suddenly it caught around the throat and shoulders of the unfortunate guard. Too late the boat was turned toward him and the bruised and choked body lifted in and taken to the sands." The drowning bather's life was saved; the life guard's life was sacrificed by the blind folly of a well-meaning crowd. Yet people say with complacency: "Well, I did the best I knew how," as though that were sufficient excuse for any result. The best we know how is never enough while there is any better that we might know. The parent or Sunday school teacher who handles the life line in class or home in blind ignorance of certain principles of child nature which she can and ought to know, is not insured by her love and good intentions against working tragic injury upon the loved one. To know what is best is a supreme duty in life saving—S. S. Times. THE TEST OF FAITH. A Parable Which Illustrates the Quality of the True and False Faith A woman once set cut upon her life's journey with a guide and companion whom she called Faith. And all went well until Pain appeared. Then Faith was blanched and weak with terror. And the long, slim lash of Pain descended upon it again and yet again, till in agonizing despair the woman saw that Faith was dead. Alone she went her way. But it was very hard, and all unknown to her. "Oh," she cried, "if I had Faith again to guide me and bear me company!" And there came to her a new Fath, nobler, more beautiful than the first. And she taught her many things. Then Pain came again, with his long, cruel lash. But Faith was brave. The hiss of the lash did not terrify, the sting did not weaken her. She seemed, indeed, to grow stronger, until she turned and slew Pain, leaving him by the wayside. The woman was filled with wonder. "O Faith," she said, "glad, wise and brave Faith, you have taught, me many things. Tell me, why that other Faith cringed and died under Pain's persecution, while you have but grown stronger?" And Faith answered: "The Faith that died under the lash of Pain never was Faith at all."—Ram's Horn. BLARE OF THE RAM'S HORN. Faith fills up the promises before they are fulfilled. Preparation is the best prayer for consecration. People who remember malice easily forget mercy. Truth is never worth much where it costs but little. The chronic kicker is the first to go 'ame in the race. He wears the devil's yoke who thinks that sin is a joke. Heavenly activity is fruitless without heavenly attributes. The apoplectic church is apt to have an apologetic preacher. The paint of pride is not the same as the robe of righteousness. Christ's Use of Little Things Christ never despised little things. The poor widow's coppers were estimated by Him as worth more than many large offerings of rich men. "She hath cast in more than they all." Her two mites were not worth much to Caesar or to Caiphas but Christ had need of them. The emperor could afford to reward the man that added a new province to the empire. The king of kings does not fail to reward him who gives a cup of cold water. Moreover, He made conquests with His "little ones" that Caesar could not make with his legions. What He did He does. The log church built by the mountaineers may witness a greater work than a temple that is the pride and boast of a city. The shepherd lad with only a sling was more than a match or the enemy who had terrified all Israel. He trusted himself in God's hands, and God used him. FULLNESS OF GOD'S LOVE. Can we be content with a superficial view of the fullness of God's love in Christ? Paul said that he did not apprehend all for which God had apprehended him. He, therefore, pressed on toward the goal to obtain the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. The soul which is rooted and grounded in the love of God is made wise to apprehend the wonders of the love of God. Its breadth embraces all the races and kindreds and peoples of mankind; graciously forbearing all the human wisdom in comparative religions; gentle with all the vanities of human philosophies; spanning the necessities of this sinful world with the desire of the cross and the merciful privilege of repentance. The length of God's love fills all eternity; it is the abiding refuge of poor and needy ones from generation to generation; unchangeable, the same yesterday, today, and forever; with no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. God's love is wondrous deep, so that the Gospel poet cried out: O the department of the rites Both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God How unsearchable are His judgments, And His ways past finding out! God's love is the mirror of Himself, reaching down into the pit of sin, finding the depths of human misery, dispelling the darkness of human unbelief, and casting out our fear. Christ has shown us this depth of God's love. He condescended to our low estate; He left the excellent glory which He had with the Father before the world was; He humbled Himself amid the heartless humanity; He experienced sorrows and acquaintance with griefs; he endured the contradictions of enemies; He suffered the travail of shame and death; He trod the winepress alone, even forsaken for a moment by his Father; but He purchased redemption for us through His vicarious death at Cavalry. Never until we reach our home in glory shall we be able to scale the heights of the love of God. His love surpasses pureness; it is stronger than death; it is supreme in power; it is extraordinary in dispensation; it is infinitely able to elevate the sinner to pardon and peace, to sonship and heirship, into the power of the life that is endless because Christ the Saviour is without end! Christian experience is the fruitful branch of the soul-tree. The entrancing harmonies of Mozart are beyond the hearing of the deaf. The glories of a beautiful garden are beyond the sight of the blind. So must the love of Christ be beyond the spiritual hearing and seeing of the un-Christian soul, says Arthur S. Burrows, in Chicago Standard. The cross is upheld, but the soul blinded by the god of this world cannot see anything in Calvary. The Word of God is read, but the worldly beclouded mind of the sinner unsaved cannot hear the sweet promise of salvation. But the eyes of the blind are opened by the Spirit of God; the ears of the deaf are unstopped by the Spirit of God. The entrance of the Word of God into the soul gives light; the formerly blinded sinner sees the manifestation of God in Christ Jesus, and spiritual hearing awakens to the beautiful song of redemption until the life becomes a hymn of praises. God loves us unto the end. God exchanges moral poverty with spiritual riches. God rewards our humility with exaltation. Under the covert of His wings, our weakness becomes almighty strength. The tree that is well rooted and grounded bears from its shoulders luxuriant and myriad-numbered leaves; its fullness is prized by its foliage. The Christian soul-tree has such spiritual fullness. The fullness of God fills the life, and the foliage is shelter to a weary brother, and beauty to a nerveworn traveler. God made His common tree complete. God makes His Christian complete in Christ. Prayer becomes power. Faith becomes fortitude. Trust becomes contentment. Joy is unconfined. Spiritual digestion is unimpaired. Soul health is wealth, though the pocket has not a dollar. The Bible is the picture of eternal life. Hope anchors the soul to the everlasting God. His arm beneath the Christian wayfarer means the wayfarer's perseverance. God takes the plain things of this world and makes them glorious through His power. He summons from the ordinary soil the matchless green grass; He fills the thirst of the flower petal; He transforms the blossom into luscious fruit; He changes the rough carbon into the brilliant diamond; He makes the raw metal live with electric life. Since He does such things with the inanimate, how much more will He do things of loving kindness and tender meries with His willing children. Shall not we all seek His saving grace, that we may become such willing children as will grow up into Him in all things? After the clouds have passed, and the storm has ceased, then will God Who has loved and led us all the earthly way, transplant us into paradise. The Love of Nature. What a holy thing it is, this naturel-love, what a pure, sweet, religious thing! You cannot put it into a creep, or even into a psalm; but it lifts you, somehow, until you feel that you are very near to God, and near to the heart of that which gives joy to immortal beings. I believe we shall never know, until it is revealed to us in the other life, how much the birds—the innocent, pure singers of the air—have done to lift humanity above its baser instinct and make men more worthy to be called the sons of God. —James Bucaham. Minute Cheesemaking. The rough outlines of cheesemaking are probably familiar to everyone. Fresh milk is taken and curdled with rennet. The curd is then broken up and the liquid whey drawn off; the breaking up of the curd, its straining and the subjection of it to pressure are processes repeated several times until eventually the curd has become of the necessary consistency and solidity. It is then set aside, usually for some considerable time, to ripen, and during this time great changes are subtly taking place in its substance, so that the curd, which at first was an uneatable solid, becomes gradually transformed into a palatable cheese. Suitable external conditions, chief among which is a proper temperature, are, of course, necessary to bring this ripening of the curd to a successful issue, but the real reason of the transformation is the presence of myriads of bacteria, which find in the curd a luxurious dwelling place, where they can live and multiply. That in so living they must abstract foodstuffs from the curd around and give out in turn new substances is merely the natural course of their life, but it makes all the difference between curd and cheese.—Good Words. Queer Names of Farms in 1799. Queer Names of Farms in 1799. The queer names given to tracts or land by the owners in olden time are illustrated in a conveyance encountered by a clerk in the Baltimore record office recently while engaged in reorganizing the indexes. The deed in question is recorded in liber W. G., No. 60, folio 57. It was executed in 1799, and conveyed from Joshua Stevenson to Richard Gittings five tracts of land in Baltimore county, the consideration being $1,000. The name of each tract and its dimensions are as follows: "My Sweet Girl, My Friend and Pitcher," 62 acres; "Here Is Life Without Care and Love Without Fear," 41¼ acres; "The Unexpected Discovery," 262 acres; "Hug Me Snug," 15¼ acres, and "Stevenson's Cow Pasture, with Little I Am Content," 22 acres.—Boston Transcript. Ostrich "Telephoning." "When the eggs on the ostrich farms of California are at the point of hatching," says Charles F. Holder, "a curious tapping of the shells may be heard. This the keepers call 'telephoning.' The sound is caused by the chicks inside the eggs endeavoring to break out. Those which cannot easily emerge are assisted by the mother bird, which will sometimes break an egg from which the telephoning is heard by pressing it carefully, and will then aid the chick to get out. At the Pasadena farm, the sight of a boy riding an ostrich as he would a pony may sometimes be seen." -Youth's Companion. Diamonds Made in Pipes. Scattered over southern Africa are great pipes in which diamonds have been made, says Prof. Moison. There pipes are made of blue ground. Each volcanic pipe (for their origin seems to have been volcanic) is the vent for its own special laboratory, a laboratory buried at greater depths than we have reached or are likely to reach; where the temperature is comparable with that of the electric furnace; where the pressure is fiercer than in our laboratories; where no oxygen is present and where masses of carbon-saturated iron have taken perhaps the islands of years to cool to solidifying.—N. Y. World. Proper Precautions. Mr. Ward Heel—Booze has promised me that if I help to nominate him he will give me a job. Mrs. Ward Heel—Is this man Booze sure of getting it? "Not by any means; old Sly Dog is running against Booze." "And if Slydog gets it?" "Ill be all right, anyhow. I'm under contract to help nominate both of them on the same terms."—Ohio State Journal. Live by Fishing: There are 850,000 men in the world who gain a livelihood chiefly by fishing, making an annual catch of $225 worth of fish for each man. The fisheries of the United States supply 800,000 pounds annually, and those of Europe 1,800,000 pounds. The American citizen eats about 25 pounds of fish and 140 pounds of meat in a year, while the European eats 64 pounds of meat and 11 pounds of fish annually.—N. Y. Sun. THE MARKETS. New York. Doc. 18. CATTLE—Native Steers 4 25 @ 5 75 CATTLE—Middling @ 8 FLOUR—Winter Wheat 3 75 @ 5 85 CATTLE—2 Red (new) @ 15 22 CORN—No. 2 @ 52 OATS—No. 2 @ 34½ @ 35½ PORK—Mess (new) @ 13 00 @ 13 75 LARD—Western Steers @ 7 20 ST. LOUIS. COTTING—Middling @ 7¾ CATTLE—Native Steers 4 50 @ 7 75 Cows and Heifers @ 6 00 CALVES @ 4 50 @ 7 40 HOGS—Fair to Choice @ 4 90 HOGS—Fair to Choice 3 75 @ 4 90 FLOUR—Patent @ 5 00 @ 5 15 Other Steers @ 4 25 @ 5 15 WHEAT—No. 2 Red (new) @ 1 14 CORN—No. 2 @ 43 RYE—No. 2 @ 75 OATS—No. 2 @ 30½ WOOL—Pub Washed 26 @ 26 Other Grades @ 16 HAY—Clear Timothy 9 50 @ 12 00 EGGS @ 11 @ 22 LARD—Choice Steam @ 25 @ 37 PORK—Standard Mess(new) @ 6 52½ CHICAGO. 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