St. Louis Palladium

ST LOUIS PALLADIUM Is Now the Official Organ of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. Also the A. U. K. and D. of A. in the West. WRIGHT & BOLEN. Druggists. Telephone Number Central: 5265 LEARN IT NOW. Vol. XXIII. No. I. Is Now PETER H. HARRIS Col. Elmer H. Hancock. His thrilling escape during the recent Ute uprising reads like romance, Col. Hancock's old home is at Lexington, Ky.,where the United rBothers of Friendship and Sisters of the Mysterious Ten met this year. WHY IS IT That the Laws of the State of Missouri Are Not in Accordance One of the greatest evils that is now undermining the society of the Christian community is the unholy state of affairs that the laws of Missouri sanction the act of man and woman living together and not being married. If there ever was a time in the history of Christian civilization that the better class of people should rise up and enter their solemn protest against this growing evil now is the time. This is a matter that should be stamped out for the good of the rising generation—this thing of man and woman living together in such a state, and people knowing the same. They should be responsible for this growing evil. The pastors of the churches dare not speak of it in the pulpit for fear of offending some of his good contributors. We shall enter this, our solemn vow, for the good of the race, to ask that all law-abiding citizens will assist in ridding the community of such. Children that are born out of wedlock are continually making excuses of their birth through life. A Hint to the Wise. Some years ago the Palladium man cleared out a company of Negroes that were doing a paying business among the Negroes of St. Louis, known as the "Coal Smelting Co," which had headquarters in several states. We would say to the Negroes of St. Louis that they should be a little careful in this matter of taking shares in every Jim Crow concern that comes to this city with such glaring promises. These concerns get in a few so-called leading men and send them out to prey upon the minds of the Negroes of St. Louis. The Palladium perhaps will soon be in a position to strike a blow at another in St. Louis. Mark what we say and the prediction. NOTICE! NOTICE! We hereby announce that the partnership of Harris & Mosby has been dissolved and in the future Mr. W. H. Mosby is sole proprietor of the drug store at 809 N. Jefferson avenue. This is one of the best drug stores that you can trade at. Mr. Mosby is a young man and one of the most progressive young men in the city. He is kind and pleasant to all and delights in making others happy and contented. We ask, for him, your patronage. NOTICE! From date, all matter sent to this office for publication under the guise of church matters will be charged for. Free matter coming from the churches, Y. M. C. A. or colleges will be allowed free for two inches; over that we charge five cents per line. So don't send it unless the name of the parties are sent, so we can collect. ST. LOUIS, MO., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1906. PROVIDENCE BAPTIST NOTES. We take this method of informing our friends and the general public that Providence church rounded out her first six months' work last Sunday and we are delighted to say that we have succeeded in raising $106.181. We entered our new church building with an enrollment of 25 members and with but little if any outside encouragement, but in spite of these discouraging features our church has made steady and substantial growth along all lines. We now have an enrollment of 110 communicants, and our financial collections have averaged over $178.00 per month. The persecutions and irreligious criticism that have been heralded against us have caused us to love each other more and stimulated us to make greater sacrifices for the advancement of the kingdom of Christ. We have learned with the apostle to be "patient in tribulation," to "recompense no man evil for evil," and "if it be possible as much as leth in us, live peaceably with all men." We have all the paraphernalia that is necessary for the development of the people, a well organized Sunday school, B. Y. P. U., Mission Circle, Friday evening prayer meeting, preaching Sunday mornings 11 o'clock, and Sunday evenings 7:30 o'clock; and aside from these religious organizations we have two social organizations, the Financial and Chrysanthemum clubs. All of the services of our church have been fairly attended. We cannot say that we have had such an overflow that we have had to put chairs in the aisles yet, but we are working to that end. We are thankful to our friends for their presence, liberality, and words of cheer. We are also thankful to the American Baptist Publication Society for their donation of three dozen Bibles in the beginning of our work. We have not space to make mention of all the good things that have been done for us by our friends. If there is one thing that we may boast of if we were inclined to do so, it is that we have a united church and perfect peace reigns within. We close by saying to friends and foes, if foes we have, that our doors stand ajar at all times for you to mingle with us in the blessed work of the Master. X. Y. Z. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH NEWS. Rev. R. H. Cole preached a glorious sermon last Sunday morning, which was gladly received by all present. The funeral of Mr. Nathan Westly, who died a week ago prior to last Sunday, was preached by Rev. J. K. Parker, on the above date. The Knights and Daughters of Tabor, of which he was a faithful member, turned out in a large body. Madam Cora D. Havey, of the Welfare Association, a white lady of note, will address the Young People's Union next Sunday at 5:30 p. m. The public is cordially invited. The Sunday school has a large attendance every Sunday, and it is hoped that those members of the church who have not been sending their children in the past will start them at once. Prof. A. W. Washington, of 2011A Walnut street, will give a series of lectures at some of the prominent churches in the city this winter. Subject. "The Right." The East St. Louis Sentinel. In its many forms it is hard to keep up with. In three years its many changes has convinced a thoughtful person to believe it is only for notoriety and the fun that the editor and manager can get out of it. We say fun, because it is not in the business for money or its support, for it hasn't advertisements enough to get it out one week, which is enough to dishearen any man who is following the road of the East St. Louis Sentinol. 2734 Morgan Street. If you have doubts as to business or love affairs, consult the World's Greatest Claivoyant, Leon Devoux. If undecided, consult Leon Devoux. WANTED—A good barber; take charge of shop. Call Sunday between 9 and 10 a.m. 138 Ferry street. CITY NEWS. Notes and News Concerning Our People--Weekly Record of Social Events Written Especially for St. Louis Palladium. Mrs. M. A. Thornton will attend service at Antioch church next Sunday. Mr. Chas E. Thornton, of Edwardsville, Ill., spent Sunday, the 9th, in St. Louis, visiting old friends. Young Clarence Cannon, of 4355 Maffitt avenue, is quite ill, brought on from lifting a very heavy rock. Hymn books and disciplines of the A. M. E. church for sale at 3224 Lawton ave. B. W. Stewart. Clarence, the son of Mr. and Mrs. King Cannon, of 4355 Maffitt avenue, is quite ill at this writing. We hope for his early recovery. Wright & Bolen are doing business at the old stand, 2337 Market street, where they will be pleased to see their friends as of yore. Mr. W. H. Mosby, of 809 N. Jefferson avenue, is a very pleasant gentleman, and will be glad to see his friends at the above number. We all, more or less, want medicine and toilets of all kinds. These articles may be purchased at Mosby's drug store, 809 Jefferson ave. Mrs. M. E. Dobbins and Mrs. James Norund, of 2622 Stoddard street, entertained Mrs. Charles E. Thornton, of Edwardsville, Ill., Tuesday of last week. Miss Addie Miller, a friend of Mrs. M. E. Dobbins, of 2622 Stoddard street, will spend the holidays in New York, where she has been for quite a while. We wish her a pleasant stay. Mr. A. A. Brooks' skating rink, 2120 Market street, is crowded at every session. If there were not so many Jim Crow Niggers in St. Louis, the Douglas skating rink would also be in demand. We have several new applicants for membership in the edad beat society. The first week in January, 1907, an election will be held. One man has 260 shares—if he votes his shares for himself, he will be made president. Mr. Kornet, of 914 Market street, is one of the best tailors in St. Louis. The Palladium man formerly had his clothes made by him, but of late years he has been too poor to have clothes made to order, and now gets them as best he can, but young men who want an up-to-date suit, go to 914 Market. Don't forget to go to "Sam," the Tailor, and get your winter suit or a present for your friend. He is doing a large business, as you know, at 204 and 206 N. Fourteenth street. He also has a working store at 1322 Pine street. It is an undeniable fact that he is one of the best men in St. Louis, as the Palladium man knows. Mr. Charles Q. Clark, of 2315 Market street, one of St. Louis' most energetic young business men, ranks among the best of tailors. He solicits the patronage of all, and assures you satisfaction. Mr. Clark has a special attraction for ladies for Xmas. See his Xmas "ad." in this issue of the Palladium, and above all things don't forget to notice his window as you pass down the street. Mrs. Elizabeth Slayton, of Owensburg, Ky., and Mrs. Lucy Tyler, of Wingo, Ky., are visiting Mrs. Althea Young, of 4017 Easton avenue, and Mrs. E. Miller, of 6100 Alabama avenue, of St. Louis, Mo. These ladies are sisters to Mrs. Young, who made it quite pleasant for them. We know how it is for relatives to meet and all be made happy, but when the parting comes, each going a different direction, this question is brought to our minds: Shall we meet on earth again, and enjoy each other's company? Such it is that makes us sad, yet we are consoled by the thought that, if they live a Christian life they will meet beyond the Jordan, in the heavenly land of God. Miss Olivia Richardson, of 3004 Lawton avenue, has been suffering for the past week from the effects of a very severe cold. The T. C. G. C.'s held their regular club meeting at the home of Miss Alice Simms, 3309 Arsenal street, last Sunday afternoon. Mr. G. W. Robinson, of 4025 Easton avenue, is doing a good business. Last September he did more business in that month than in any month during his business as a furniture dealer. Mr. Ruffles Fentress, of 2629 Pine street, the brother of Mrs. Curtaindoll is quite sick, and has been for several weeks. His sister has been much concerned about him. We trust he will recover. See the "ad." of the Southern Railway. It is the shortest and best line to many southern points: Florida, Louisville, Chattanooga, etc. Office 719 Olive street. Mr. C. C. Stewart, D. P. A. We will soon present several pictures in the Palladium of a number of the worst Negroes in St. Louis. Some of them are lawyers, doctors and preachers. Watch for we will pay 25 cents to any one that will guess who we will present. Miss Clyde C. Clark, graduate nurse of Provident Hospital, St. Louis 1905, has been appointed nurse in charge of U. S. Government Hospital, Rapid City, South Dakota. She is the fourth nurse from Provident Hospital to pass successfully the cil service examination for nurse in government service. We received a letter from C. S. Marshall, of Robertsville, Mo., who complimented us on the paper in general, and thanked us for not putting him on our kicking mule, but promises to send in his amount soon. Mr. Marshall is one of the Palladium man's best friends and has been for 38 years, so you see, he will never get on the mule. Miss Eugenia B. Neack, of 2806 Walnut street, entertained the T. C. G. C. whist club, which meets every fortnight, last Friday evening. Whist was indulged in until a late hour, after which the club repaired to the dining room where a splendid repast awaited them. Mack Mack makes a charming hostess. She is one of the charter members of the club. Mr. Terrell, of 6319 S. Broadway, has been ill since the first of last October, suffering with malaria. He is very weak, yet we hope for his ultimate recovery. His wife is doing all she can for him. Such is life. When we men and women get sick it is then we need the faithful help of a wife, or husband, for such is man and woman joined together. We are not in the habit of paying to go to a concert, dance or fair, then afterward speak good things about them. Moved West. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Richie, of 2606 Stoddard street, have moved west to 3102 Marnice Place, where they will be found living in a two story brick with furnace heat and gas. It seems as if they are just starting life. Mrs. Richie has been in poor health, but from all indications she will soon be in the best of health. White Undertaker Buries a Negro. All the Jim Crow Negroes are not dead yet. One died in Nebraska last week. The relatives had nothing for a Negro underlaker to do. The white man who did bury the body told the relatives that it had been so long since he had buried a Negro that he did not know how to embalm a mixed Negro and Indian. SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN UNION. The Spiritual Christian Union is to draw together all persons in bands of love and sympathy, uplifting all out of darkness into light, showing all the true light, the giver of all life. Those desirous of living on a higher plane are asked to join us. Come with cheerful hearts overflowing with love for others, thereby receiving a blessing in return. Lectures and tests by J. S. Weatherford and Mrs. E. Brooks at the Masonic building 2720 Morgan street every Friday evening 8 p. m. All are welcome. $2.00 Per Annum, Single Copy 5 cents: in the West. or color, private or the missing number. Dickinson By Has Full Possession of at 809 N. Jefferson Ave. ry His Goods. Telephone Number Central: 5265 LEARN IT NOW. W. H. Mosby Has Full Possession of the Drug Store at 809 N. Jefferson Ave. Go There and Try His Goods. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. We wish to, and do hereby, express our most hearty appreciation for the kindness shown the association by the public, churches, representatives and individuals in the amounts contributed in the rally, before and since. The following are the contributors: St. Paul church ..... $14.15 Central Baptist church ..... 12.15 Leonard Avenue Pres. church ..... 6.85 Metropolitan Zion church ..... 6.30 Antioch Baptist church ..... 1.50 Providence Baptist church ..... 1.10 Jones' Chapel ..... .55 A. M. E. Z. church, of East St. Louis ..... 2.00 Chambers Street Baptist church, 3.00 Queen Esther Court ..... 1.00 Excelsior Lodge K. of P. No. 3 ..... 1.00 Semper Fidelis Lodge K. of P. No 34 ..... 1.00 Tuscan Commandery ..... 2.50 Good Samaratan Council No. 400, 2.00 Dunar Lodge Elks No. 90 ..... 1.50 Harris & McCain, undertakers ..... 1.00 Dr. G. D. Gaines ..... 1.00 Dr. G. E. Stevens ..... 1.00 Dr. D. W. Cook ..... 1.00 Dr. E. C. Cole ..... 1.00 Dr. B. W. Stewart ..... 1.00 Rev. S. D. Parr ..... 1.00 Rev. S. G. Boyd ..... 1.00 Rev. S. P. Anderson ..... 1.00 Rev. J. W. Abrum ..... 5.0 Mr. C. H. Dodge ..... 1.00 Mrs. K. Boswell ..... 8.5 On Christmas night the Congress will conduct a symposium on the Birth of Christ. Special Christmas music. Central Protective League The league met in regular session at 2727 Franklin avenue at 2 p.m., December 9. The president called attention to the resolution of November 23, and thanked the committee for such an able expression of the feeling of the league in the matter of the Twenty-fifth infantry. After the routine business of the league had been transacted the chair appointed the following committee to prepare a memorial to be forwarded to Senator Foraker of Ohio because of his resolution presented in the United States senate in reference to the discharge without honor of the members of B, C and D companies, Twenty-fifth infantry: A. H. Phoenix, W. A. Warfield, C. C. Roberts, T. A. Jackson, C. W. Vaughan, A. J. Brewer and J. W. Hutt. The Hon. C. H. Tandy then introduced Mr. J. C. Leftwich, of Boley, I. T., who addressed the league on the aims, desires and conditions of the Colored race in the state now forming, and he was cheered to the echo by the members of the league, who were very much impressed by the winning, forceful manner of the stalwart orator. Mr. Leftwich said in part: "We have in the territory several Colored towns of considerable size, whose citizens and officer are of color THE CHURCH OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY Mid-Winter Fair at St. Paul Chapel. The fair which has been going on at St. Paul chapel from December 4 to 14, inclusive, has been, in the judgment of the Palladium, a renowned success. There has been an interesting program each night, and on one occasion Prof. Blue and his band, already famous, appeared in concert. The beautiful booths, so handsomely decorated, displayed not only beautiful but useful articles for sale. One of the booths which especially attract- W. H. Mosby H the Drug Store at 80 Go There and Try His ists, Telep LE and we, the Negroes and Indians of these towns, enforce the same rule that exists in the ultra-democratic towns; that is, 'Don't let the sun go doken on you.' Mr. Vaughan then addressed the league in his well studied and eloquently prepared manner. After the usual short, snappy, stinging addresses by Messrs. Hamilton, Wheeler, Franklin, Bouldrew, Smith, Roberts and others the session adjourned. CHRISTIAN PEPER. The late Christian Peper was one of the best men in St. Louis. We knew Mr. Peper from 1867 to the time of his death, and had much dealings with him, and at no time did we discover a falling of memory, and the children's foolishness, or the whims of those who wish to break his will, should not be regarded by the courts. To The Public. Any erroneous reenction upon the character, standing or reputation of any person firm or corporation, which may appear in the colums of The Palladium will be gladly corrected upon being brought to the attention of the management. All articles sent to this office for publication, must have the writer's signature or otherwise such articles will be ignored. We are not responsible for the return of unsolicited contributions on any subject. Churches and others having news or notices will please have the same in the office by Wednesday to insure publication in the week's issue. Five cents per line for each insertion. Seven cents per line for each insertion. black face. It occasionally happens that papers sent to subscribers are lost or stolen. In case you do not receive any number when due, inform us by postal card, and we will cheerfully forward a duplicate of the missing number. ed our attention, was the candy booth, beautifully decorated in black and gold, which we at once recognize as the colors of the T. C. G. C. girls. At this booth we noticed many familiar faces from the club, among which was the pleasant face of the president, Miss Katie Harris. The fair, as I have said, was a success and a credit to St. Paul chapel. The Palladium man, who always wishes the church well, would have attended more regularly, but he was too poor to pay the price. GEO. W. F. BULLOCK, Ladies' Barber AND TONSORIALIST 3820 Franklin Avenue. St. Louis S. SEXTON LOCAL 44, A. F. M. West End Music Store 2129 MARKET ST. Instruments Bought and Sold. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY. All Kinds of Repairing Done. ST. LOUIS. NEW DRESSMAKING 2726 MORGAN ST. Such as Ladies' Tailoring and Fashionable Dressmaking. MRS. MAMIE ALEXANDER. MISS NELLIE BOUYER. Telephone A-2064. FRANK MONTGOMERA Coal and Wood. EXPRESSING DONE. 2621 Barnard St. St. Louis. MRS. R. WILKERSON, 3233a LASALLE ST. Cleaning Feathers For Men's and Ladies' Hats. P.S.PERKINS EVERYTHING CLEAN AND FIRST - CLASS. 924 North 21st Street. 904 N. 21st. St. MUSIC FURNISHED for Receptions, Balls and Parties. JOHN L. FIELDS, teacher of the Harp, now with the Great Western Band and Orchestra Musical Combinations to be hired for small parties and entertainments. Violin, Cornet, Harp. I-VIOLIN AND HARP. II-VIOLINS, VIOLA BASS. Bell Phone: Main 3206. Bell, Bomont 1481. PHONES: Kinlech C-397 LOUIS HENCKEN, (Successor to Theo. H. Tempel. GROCER, 2601 MARKET ST., Orders Promptly Delivered. St. Louis IF YOU BUY FURNITURE. AT Thuner's ITS GOOD. 2122-24-26. South Broadway PHONE: BOMONT 48 & FORA Prop. "It's always fair weather When good fellows get together." Where are you going? I am going to the HOME COOKING KITCHEN TO GET A GOOD MEAL. Strictly Home Cooking Like Mother Cooks at Home Remember the Number. 2127 MARKET STREET. Meals at All Hours. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. TELEPHONE A-2064. FRANK MONTGOMERY DEALER IN Coal and Wood. EXPRESSING DONE. 2621 Bernard St. St. Louis. PRESIDENT TELLS OF CONDITIONS IN PORTO RICO Special Message the Result of Chief Executive's Recent Visit. MUCH GOOD WORK DONE Progress Made Under American Administration Is Pointed to with Pride—Last Year the Most Prosperous the Island Has Ever Known—Congress Urged to Confer Full American Citizenship Upon the Porto Ricans—Would Have All Insular Governments Placed in One Bureau. Washington.—President Roosevelt's message, describing conditions in Porto Rico, and making recommendations for legislation he believes necessary, was read to the congress. It is as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives: On November 21 I visited the island of Porto Rico, landing at Ponce, crossing by the old Spanish road by Cayeet to San Juan, and returning next morning over the new American road from Arecibo to Ponce; the scenery was wonderfully beautiful, especially among the mountains of the interior, which constitute a veritable tropic Switzerland. I could not embark at San Juan because the harbor has not been dredged out and can not receive an American battleship. I do not think this fact creditable to us as a nation, and I earnestly hope that immediate provision will be made for dredging San Juan harbor. I doubt whether our people as a whole realize the beauty and fertility of Porto Rico, and the progress that has been made under its admirable government. We have just cause for pride in the character of our representatives who have administered the tropic islands which came under our flag as a result of the war with Spain; and of no one of them is this more true than of Porto Rico. It would be impossible to wish a more faithful, a more efficient and a more disinterested public service than that now being rendered in the island of Porto Rico by those in control of the insular government. I stopped at a dozen towns all told, and one of the notable features in every town was the gathering of the school children. The work that has been done in Porto Rico for education has been noteworthy. The main emphasis, as is eminently wise and proper, has been put upon primary education; but in addition to this there is a normal school, and agricultural school, three industrial and three high schools. Every effort is being made to secure not only the benefits of elementary education to all the Porto Ricans of the next generation, but also as far as means will permit to train them so that the industrial, agricultural and commercial opportunities of the island can be utilized to the best possible advantage. It was evident at a glance that the teachers, both Americans and native Porto Ricans, were devoted to their work, took the greatest pride in it, and were endeavoring to train their pupils, not only in mind, but in what counts for far more than mind in citizenship, that is, in character. I was very much struck by the excellent character both of the insular police and of the Porto Rican regiment. They are both of them bodies that reflect credit upon the American administration of the island. The insular police are under the local Porto Rican government. The Porto Rican regiment of troops must be appropriated for by the congress. I earnestly hope that this body will be kept permanent. There should certainly be troops in the island, and it is wise that these troops should be themselves native Porto Ricans. It would be from every standpoint a mistake not to perpetuate this regiment. In traversing the island even the most cursory survey leaves the beholder struck with the evident rapid growth in the culture both of the sugar cane and tobacco. The fruit industry is also growing. Last year was the most prosperous year that the island has ever kno vn before or since the American occupation. The total of exports and imports of the island was $45,000,000, as against $18,000,000 in 1901. This is the largest in the island's history. Prior to the American occupation the greatest trade for Spanish Custom in Decay. Formerly the dowry of every peasant girl in Spain included a set of linen sheets. On account of the increased cost of linen, this branch of trade has dwindled down to an insignificant figure. "They say poor Shifter is ten years ahead of his time." "Well, it's not true. I'm his landlord, and I know he's just six months behind."—Tit-Bits. any one year was that of 1896, when it reached nearly $23,000,000. Last year, therefore, there was double the trade that there was in the most prosperous year under the Spanish regime. There were 210,273 tons of sugar exported last year, of the value of $14,186,319; $3,555,163 of tobacco, and 28,299,322 pounds of coffee of the value of $3,481,102. Unfortunately, what used to be Porto Rico's prime crop—coffee—has not shared this prosperity. It has never recovered from the disaster of the hurricane, and, moreover, the benefit of throwing open our market to it has not compensated for the loss inflicted by the closing of the markets to it abroad. I call your attention to the accompanying memorial on this subject of the board of trade of San Juan, and I earnestly hope that some measure will be taken for the benefit of the excellent and high grade Porto Rican coffee. There is a matter to which I wish to call your especial attention, and that is the desirability of conferring full American citizenship upon the people of Porto Rico. I most earnestly hope that this will be done. I cannot see how any harm can possibly result from it, and it seems to me a matter of right and justice to the people of Porto Rico. They are loyal, they are glad to be under our flag, they are making rapid progress along the path of orderly liberty. Surely we should show our appreciation of them, our pride in what they have done, and our pleasure in extending recognition for what has thus been done, by granting them full American citizenship. Under the wise administration of the present governor and council, marked progress has been made in the difficult matter of granting to the people of the island the largest measure of self-government that can with safety be given at the present time. It would have been a very serious mistake to have gone any faster than we have already gone in this direction. The Porto Ricans have complete and absolute autonomy in all their municipal governments, the only power over them possessed by the insular government being that of removing corrupt or incompetent municipal officials. This power has never been exercised save on the clearest proof of corruption or of incompetence—such as to jeopardize the interests of the people of the island; and under such circumstances it has been fearlessly used to the immense benefit of the people. It is not a power with which it would be safe, for the sake of the island itself, to dispense at present. The lower house is absolutely elective, while the upper house is appointive. This scheme is working well; no injustice of any kind results from it, and great benefit to the island, and it should certainly not be changed at this time. The machinery of the elections is administered entirely by the Porto Rican people themselves, the governor and council keeping only such supervision as is necessary in order to insure an orderly election. Any protest as to electoral frauds is settled in the courts. Here again it would not be safe to make any change in the present system. The elections this year were absolutely orderly, unaccompanied by any disturbance; and no protest has been made against the management of the elections, although three contests are threatened where the majorities were very small and error was claimed; the contests, of course, to be settled in the courts. In short, the governor and council are cooperating with all of the most enlightened and most patriotic of the people of Porto Rico in educating the citizens of the island in the principles of orderly liberty. They are providing a government based upon each citizen's self-respect, and the mutual respect of all citizens; that is, based upon a rigid observance of the principles of justice and honesty. It has not been easy to fistill into the minds of people unaccustomed to the exercise of freedom the two basic principles of our American system; the principle that the majority must rule, and the principle that the minority has rights which must not be disregarded or trampled upon. Yet real progress has been made in having these principles accepted as elementary, as the foundations of successful self-government. I transmit herewith the report of the governor of Porto Rico, sent to the president through the secretary of state. All the insular governments should be placed in one bureau, either in the department of war or the department of state. It is a mistake not so to arrange our handling of these islands at Washington as to be able to take advantage of the experience gained in one, when dealing with the problems that from time to time arise in another. In conclusion let me express my admiration for the work done by the congress when it enacted the law under which the island is now being administered. After seeing the island personally, and after five years' experience in connection with its administration, it is but fair to those who devised this law to say that it would be well-nigh impossible to have devised any other which in the actual working would have accomplished better results. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House, Dec. 11, 1906. Executioner Saved Watch. Joseph Lang, the public executioner of Vienna, wears a heavy gold watch chain and a massive watch, which is held securely in his pocket by a thief-proof hook. Both the chain and the hook withstood the attack of a pick-pocket who endeavored to relieve the hangman of his treasure in a crowded street of the Austrian capital recently. The thief was, captured, and the watch, on which the grewsome record of its owner's official activity is engraved, was saved. PLANS SENT TO CONGRESS FOR THE GREATEST BATTLESHIP IN THE WORLD. WILL COST $6,000,000 As Wide as Two City Lots, as Long as Two Blocks, and Will Sail Twenty-One Knots an Hour. Washington—Congress has received from the secretary of the navy the plans which the department has had drawn up for the big battleship provided for the last session. Four plans were submitted by the bureau of construction and six by private firms and individuals. The plan recommended provides for a ship in many respects superior to any other built or building. It was prepared by the construction bureau. Greater Than Any Other Battleship. According to the specifications, the broadside fire will be greater than that of any other battleship, the elevation of the guns will be greater, with consequent increase of range; the defensive qualities improved over present standards, and the total weight of the hull and armor will exceed by over 3,000 tons any other similar vessel. The ship is to be 510 feet long, 85 feet 2%-inch beam, 27-foot draft, 20,000 tons displacement, 2,300 tons coal capacity and 21-knot speed. Offensive and Defensive. The offensive armor will consist of ten 12-inch guns, fourteen 5-inch rapid-fire guns and some machine guns to repel torpedo boat attacks. The cost is limited to $6,000,000. The protection of the ship consists of a belt of waterline armor eight feet in width and 11 inches maximum thickness throughout, protecting the boilers, machinery and the magazines, and tending besides to maintain the stability of the ship. Above the waterline the sides of the ship are protected by armor 10 inches wide, only slightly less than the armor in the main belt. Above this again, amidships, there will be 5 inches of armor shielding the smoke pipes, most of the secondary battery and the hull structure. There is also a diagonal and athwart bulkheads and a protective deck. WILL SPELL LIKE CONGRESS. President Will Withdraw His "Simplified" Order to Public Printer. Washington—President Roosevelt will withdraw his simplified spelling order to the public printer, and hereafter all documents from the executive departments will again be printed in the old-fashioned style. Representative Landis, of the joint committee on spelling, had a conference with the president, when the president said he did not wish to have the spelling overshadow other matters of greater importance, and expressed a willingness to revoke his order for the new spelling in case the house of representatives should go on record as opposed to the system. Accordingly, Mr. Landis introduced the following resolution in the house: "Resolved, That it is the sense of the house of representatives that hereafter in presenting reports, documents or other publications authorized by law, or ordered by congress, or either branch thereof, or emanating from the executive departments, their bureaus or branches, and independent officers of the government, the government printing office should observe and adhere to the standard of orthography prescribed in generally accepted dictionaries of the English language." The measure was passed without a dissenting vote. In the Congo Country. Washington—Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, British ambassador, called at the state department, and discussed with Secretary Root reported atrocties in the Congo Country, and particularly the Lodge resolution pledging the support of the senate in any steps the president may take toward ameliorating conditions in the Free State. Ambassador Durand said that the agitation in England was similar to that in this country, and it was not improbable that England had about reached the point for action. Fighting the Colorado River. Imperial, Cal.-Representatives of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. were in conference with a large assemblage of the people of the Imperial valley, and submitted a proposition to the effect that the interests of the valley subscribe a $1,000,000 contingent upon the successful controlling of the Colorado river, the railroad company agreeing to carry on the work at an estimate of $2,500,000. The proposition was received enthusiastically by the people, and with little doubt will be consummated. German Reichstag Dissolved Berlin—The existence of the rechstag was terminated suddenly amid scenes of excitement, upon the defeat of the government's bill for a supplementary appropriation to support the troops in German Southwest Africa. This action, although Joreshadowed several days ago, took the house by surprise, as dissolution means a direct attack upon the clerical party, which has grown into such intimate relations with the government that it frequently has been characterized as the governing party. ST.LOUIS to LOUISVILLE Trains Leave Union Station 10:00 A.M. 10:10 P.M. TICKET OFFICE: 719 Olive Street and Union Station. Fresh DRUGS Daily 2601 LAWTON AVENUE, N. W. Cor. Jefferson and Lawton Aves. Open Day and Night. Both Telephones. R. J. RAYMOND, Attorney - at - Law, 1111 Clark Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Friedman Loan and Mercantile Co. PAWNBKOKERS, 1324 MARKET STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Money to Loan on All Articles of Value At the Lowest Rate of Interest. Dealers in Gold and Silver Watches, Chains, Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Guns, Pistols, Musical Instruments, Clothing of Every Description. Especially Low Interest on Large Loans. Unredeemed Pledges for Sale. Business Confidential. Tel. Kin. C-468. We are the only thoroughly experienced and the only practically competent Colored Undertakers in the city. A. RUSSELL, Livery, Boarding and UNDERTAKING have our own conveyances and do all our own work Carriages furnished for all occasions. NUT STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Phone Curtis' Newport B and do all our own work. all occasions. MO. Phone Central 555. wport Buffet, We have our own conveyances and do all our own work. Carriages furnished for all occasions. 2322 CHESTNUT STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO. Phone Central 555. W. T. Curtis' Newport Buffet, 2323 MARKET STREET. lines, Liquors and Ciga and Cigars. Wines, Liquors and Cigars. RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION Meals can be Ordered by Telephone, Kinloch C 1198 amous Anheuser Beer. 2323 M ROOMS FOR MEN ONLY. BILLIARD ROOMS IN C EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. Brunswick Sal G. W. HOLT, Proprietor. 5 Market Street, (Near Uni- liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Phone TELEPHONE: KINLOCH A, 1275. HARRISON, Phar. D. GEO. HARRISON & McKOIN 2323 Market St. HARD ROOMS IN CONNECTION. BY FIRST-CLASS. Black Saloon, Proprietor. Street, (Near Union Station), Os. Phone Central 1653. OCH A. 1275. GEO. W. McKOIN. R McKOIN, FURNISHED ROOMS FOR MEN ONLY. BILLIARD ROOMS IN CONNECTION. EVERYTHING STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. The Brunswick Saloon, 1925 Market Street, (Near Union Station), Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Phone Central 1653. Real Directors EMBALMERS, Wash Street, T. LOUIS, MO. First Class. Terms Most Reasonable. Successful Embalming Guaranteed. answered Promptly, Day or Night. E JOCKEY CLUB Terms Most Reasonable. ing Guaranteed. hotly, Day or Night. KEY CLUB All Work First Class. Terms Most Reasonable. Successful Embalming Guaranteed. Calls Answered Promptly, Day or Night. THE JOCKEY CLUB WM. DOVER, Proprietor. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars BREAKFAST and SUPPER BILL OF FARE. Bread, Butter, Potatoes, Coffee, Tea or Milk with all Egg or Meat Orders. Oatmeal, with Breakfast Orders. Choice of Meats and Two Vegetables with all Supper Orders. Meets the 2nd Tuesday night in each month at 8 p. m. at Taborian Hall, 11th and Franklin avenue. GRACE E. MULLIGAN, H. P. LULA LEE CHATMAN, C. R. MR. JAME A. SYDNOR I NOT ONLY A Paper Hanger of prominence, but he is also engaged in PAINTING, WHITENING AND KALSOMINING..... Give him a call. 3951 Finney Av. THE POPULAR Barber Shop 1331 POPLAR ST. First-Class Work and Up-to-Date Barbers. G. W. HOOD, Proprietor. Wm. KNIGHTS Jewelry Store at 211 N, Jefferson Av. is the place to go. Ten years experience. Second-Hand Furniture BOUGHT AND SOLD. Moving and Expressing, General Jobbing and Repairing of Ranges, Steves, Etc. a Specialty. 4025 Easton Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO. Louis Deppe, Importer and Dealer in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC Wines, Whiskies, Brandies, ETC., ETC, Southeast Corner of Market St. & Jefferson Av. St. Louis, Mo MR. H. YOUNG. Coal, Kindling, Wood. HAULING AND EXPRESS WAGONS. TRUNKS CONTACTED FROM OR TO UNION STATION. Office: 4017 Easton Avenue. Mrs. Susan Gross 2600 Pine St. Millinery. Up-to-date Hats. Trimmings and all material in that line. WILLIAM T. DAVIS, SHAVING PARLOR First-Glass Barber Shop and First-Glass Work Guaranteed. Mrs. W. E. Mack, 26 S. 14th Street. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS. St. Louis, Mo. BELL, OLIVE 1438. MAXWELL, First-Class Photographer 1407 Market Street. B. BELKER, —Dealarin— Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco. Meat and Vegetable Market. 1119 and 1121 Morgan Street. St. Louis, Mo. --- EPISCOPAL ADDRESSES. Bishops of the A. M. E. Church and Post Office Addresses. RT.REV. B. W. ARNETT, D. D. Willberforce, G. RT. REV. WESLEY J. GAINES, D. D. Atlanta, Ga. RT. REV. WM. B. DERRICK, D. D. Flushing, Greater New York, N. Y. RT. REV. C. T. SHAFFER, D. D. M. D., Chicago, Ill. RT. REV. ABRAHAM GRANT, D. D. 3349 Pennsylvania avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. RT. REV. H. M. TURNER, D. D. LL. D. 30 Young, Atlanta, Ga. RT. REV. L. J. COPPIN, 738 South Twelfth street, Philadelphia, Pa. RT. REV. MOSES B. SALTER, D. D. 30 Vanderhorst street, Charleston, S. C. RT. REV. B. F. LEE, D. D. Wilberforce, Q. RT. REV. EVANS TYREE, D. D. 13 North Hill street, Nashville, Tenn. RT. REV. B. T. TANNER, D. D. 2908 Diamond street, Philadelphia, Pa. RT. REV. C. S. SMITH, D. D., M. D. 39 East Columbia street, Detroit, Mich. RT. REV. JAMES A. HANDY, D. D. 1341 North Carey street, BETHEL INSTITUTE, 110 Hanover street, Cape Town, South Africa The Home Protective Association A reliable, progressive, fraternal as sociation. Headquarters at Hannibal, Mo. Chartered under the laws of the state of Missouri and under the super vision of the Missouri Insurance de partment. Organized on a safe equit able plan that will perpetuate the Asso sociation. Imperial officers—C. R. McDowell Chief Regent, Hannibal Mo.; J. H. Pel ham, Imperial Councillor, Hannibal Mo.; M. A. Lewis, Imperial Secretary, Hannibal, Mo.; R. L. Beal, Imperial Treasurer, Hannibal, Mo.; O. C. Queen, Medical Director, Hannibal Mo.; Geo. F. Neil, Imperial Organizer, LaGrange, Mo. Imperial Advisory Board—A. R. Chinn, Glasgow, Mo.; R. H. Smith, LaGrange, Mo.; W. H. Dixon, Palmyra, Mo. The official is a guarantee that it is founded on a business principle. We recommend the circulars to the public and ask that the people rally to their standard, they have been before the public for many years and they are doing a great work. We shall speak from time to time about this much made organization. Office at 3351 Finney Avenue, Rev. R. H. Sydnor. Sons and Daughters of Rebecca No. 3 meets at t. U. F. hall, Jefferson and Lucas avenues, on the second Wednesday in each month at 8:30 p. m. Mrs. Sadie Harris.....President 1529 Gratiot Street. Mrs. Lula Wallace.....Vice-President 1531 Grand Street. Mrs. Ann Henry.....Secretary 2614 Mills Street' Miss Sallie Hackney.....Ass't. Secretary 209 South Fifteenth Street S. W. WILLIAMS, DEALER IN Gents' Furnishing Goods AND A FINE LINE SHOES A SPECIALTY. Call and Make Our Place Your Headquarters. 502 Buchanan St. TEXARKANA, TEX. OLD PHONE 405. 1409 Market Street B. MUNCHWEILER Dealer-in LADIES' and GENTS' SHOES DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER We give Eagle Trading Stamps. A WEEKLY VISITOR Calling on 170,000 Colored People in the City of St. Louis, and the State of Missouri..... "THE PALLADIUM" An Afro-American Newspaper, Published For The Good Of The Race.... ...$2.00 A YEAR... NEWS FROM MISSOURL ```markdown ``` Left Only Empty Store. The presence in Carthage of a score of produce shippers and merchants from towns between there and Memphis on the White river route of the Missouri Pacific reveals the methods of a man giving the name of R. M. Hughes, who went there recently. Hughes & Co., under which name the scheme was worked, established a produce shipping center there and shipped several carloads of poultry and eggs to Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago besides supplyg the Joplin, Carthage and Webb City markets. The firm was doing an enormous business and after selling nearly all the produce on hand at low prices the man left town, saying he would return. He has not returned and the creditors took charge. Declares They Carried. Gov. Folk has issued a proclamation declaring the ratification by the peleyle of the state of the two constitutional amendments voted upon at the recent state election. The proclamation was issued as soon as the vote on the two amendments was certified to the governor by Secretary of State Swanger. One of the amendments provides for a local option road tax of 5 per cent and the other increases the tenure of office of sheriffs and coroners from two to four years. Sheriffs and coroners elected November 6, 1906, are not affected by the amendment, and will serve but two years. Officers elected in 1908 will serve four years, as the amendment will not take effect until that time. A Big Retainer. a well known Macon lawyer receive a letter from a woman client, asking if she could sell a cow to secure funds to clothe her children. She had been having trouble with her husband, and on the threshold of divorce proceedings he had forbidden her from disposing of any of the property. The couple have about ten children, and the woman wrote some of the little ones were in need of winter clothing. She wanted the lawyer's advice as to her right to sell some of the property she had helped to earn. In her letter she inclosed a silver dime for the legal direction.-Macon Republic. Missouri Legislature's Date. The next legislature meets January 2. There is considerable confusion in different parts of the state now among the newly elected members as to the opening date of the session because of an error in the official manual, which fixes the first Wednesday after the first Monday as the date. The state constitution provides that in off years the session of the general assembly shall convene the first Wednesday after the first day in January. January 1 is Tuesday, which will cause the legislature to convene Wednesday, January 2. Fined a Springfield Negro. Filled a Springfield Negro. George Cook, a negro, was fined $125 in the criminal court in Springfield on the charge of carrying concealed weapons. The arrest was made shortly after the lynching of the three negroes there last April. The defense sought to prove that conditions justified the negro's being armed. The case had twice been tried in police court, a hung jury, resulting both times. The case had been continued nine times. Aged Woman Crushed to Death. Mrs. Mary Herson, one of the first white women who went to live in Kansas City, was crushed to death recently under the wheels of a heavy brick wagon in the rear of her little cottage at 1704 Genesse street, where she had lived since before the civil war. Two Runaways Caught. Claude Hunt, 12 years old, whose mother lives in Hiawatha, Kan., and Jacob Hoover, 9 years old, runaways from the Masonic home of Missouri, were returned to the home from St. Louis recently. The two boys, cold, wet and hungry, were picked up at the Wabash depot in St. Charles by a car inspector, who provided them with food and shelter and turned them over to the police. The boys said that they were on their way to Claude's mother's home in Hiawatha, Kan., from Sparta, Ill., but later admitted having escaped from the Masonic home. Three Children Killed. Three children were killed recently four miles west of Joplin when a rrisco train crashed into a buggy in which they were returning home from a literary society meeting. The victims were Anna Steffey, aged 15; Earl Cline, aged 14 and Lena Cline, his sister, aged 15. The Cline girl was instantly killed, the Steffey girl lived until 4 o'clock the next morning, and the boy died at 9 o'clock. Geologists Want $40,000. Geologists Want $40,000. The state board of geology met at Jefferson City to consider and go over matters relative to legislation that will be recommended by this department. The members present were E. R. Buckley, state geologist of Rolla; E. S. Gatch, of St. Louis, and Dr. E. M Shepard, of Springfield. The board decided to ask the legislature for an appropriation of $40,000. The last session $20,000 was appropriated. The increase is to be used for a wider exploitation of the mineral resources of the state. Specially Prepared for This Paper. LESSON TEXT.—Matt. 28:1-15. Memory verses 5. 6. GOLDEN TEXT.—"He is risen, even as he said."—Matt. 28:6. TIMES. Jesus rose from the dead Sunday morning. April 9, A. D. 30. PLACE.—The resurrection was from the tomb in a garden near Calvary. The home of the disciples during the 40 days was in Jerusalem and Vicinity. PAPER.—Mark 16:1-13; Luke 24:1-16; John 20:1-23. Comment and Suggestive Thought. V. 1. "At the end of the sabbath." Toward daybreak Sunday morning. "To see the sepulchre." Not only to try to assuage their grief, as mourners still are wont to do, by drawing as near as possible to the beloved form of the departed One, but also to apply to the body spices which they had prepared for its further embalming (Luke 23:56; 24:1). V. 2. "A great earthquake." This was merely a local disturbance, and occurred before the woman reached the place. "An angel . . . rolled back the stone." This, not to let our Lord out, but to let his disciples in, and show to the world an empty tomb. V. 4. "For fear of him." Any appearance that is supernatural, or believed to be such, strikes fear to the hearts of men. "The keepers." Members of the guard set here by Jews with Pilate's permission. "Became as dead men." Swooned into unconsciousness. V. 5. "Angel answered." To calm their perplexity, he spoke these assuring words. "Fear not yet." Those who love Jesus have naught to fear in earth, heaven or hell. From Genesis (15:1) to Revelation (1:17) the Bible rings with "Fear not." "I know that ye seek Jesus." Holy angels know and rejoice over those who love Jesus and are eager to comfort them. V. 6. "He is risen, as he said," Jesus had plainly foretold his resurrection the third day. But while enemies recollected this, his friends seemed as if they never had heard it. The strongest evidence of Jesus' resurrection were required and given, so that our faith in the living Christ rests upon the most fully proved fact of all history. "Come, see the place." See John 30:4.7. V. 7. "Tell his disciples." So that their sorrow may be turned into joy. Peter was mentioned by name (Mark). "He goeth before you into Galilee." The going before is in the sense of leading. It represents the action as already begun. "There shall ye see him." What we may call Jesus' official meetings with his friends all occurred in Galilee. V. 8. "Departed quickly." They obeyed at once. "Fear and great joy." Their awa was not gone, but with indescribable joy contended for mastery of their hearts. V. 9. "As they went." In what he now relates Matthew summarizes all of Jesus' appearances to the women. Mark and John tell of a first meeting with Mary Maidalene V. 10. "Be not afraid," or "Fear not." Jesus repeats the angel's exhortation, and addresses the commission he had given. "My brethren." To this high and holy relationship the risen Lord calls his friends. V. 11. "While they were going." At the time when the women were on their way. "Some of the watch (guard) came to the city." Not all could leave the place at one time until released by their superior officer; but the stunned watchmen had recovered some of their number to make report of the extraordinary occurrence. "Shewed (told) . . . all." They reported the earthquake and angelic vision—all that had come under their observation V. 12. "They." The chief priests, who felt their own ruin was sure, if this story got abroad. "Assembled with the elder's." Possibly a meeting of the Sanhedrim, but more probably by secret call, the leading participants in the recent trial of Jesus were brought together. "Gave large money." They bribed the Roman soldiers to keep what had occurred a secret, and tell in its stead a story which they fabricated in a hurry and without proper care to render it credible. V. 13. "Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept." It was well they were not cross-questioned on this tale. V. 14. "We will persuade him, and secure you." By bribes and threats—such as they were well practiced in using—they would manage Pilate and later him from carrying out the law which required him to put to death guards found sleeping on duty. Practical Points. V. 1. We now can look upon the graves of our friends with composure, for we know that their release there from and reunion with us are sure.—1 Cor. 15:55, 57. V. 2. We, too, should rejoice to be God's servants to roll away the stones from the pathway of others.—Heb. 1:13. V. 8. Joy, without fear have those loving hearts, which see the ever-present Jesus.—John 1:22. V. 9. Jesus always brings good cheer. He longs to banish every cloud from each heart.—Phill. 4:4. V. 12. Fittle are their wisest plans who league themselves against God.—Isa. 8:10. The Only Trouble. "To listen to Muggs' talk you 'd think he' was a man of the finest k ind of principles." "He is. But he never uses them L. S. WILLIAMS. Undertaker & Funeral Director. ```markdown ``` 127 N. 3rd St., East St. Louis, III Phone: Kin. St. Clair 802. 2317 Market St., St. Louis, Mo. Phone: Kin. D-153. NISHED FOR ALL OCCASIONS. "Banner." Meets at 310 North 11th. Prince Hall Lodge No. 1. St. Louis, Mo. meets first Monday in each month. Masons in good standing are invited. John Mriweather, 707 N. 16th street, W. M.; Harry Lawless, secretary. Meets at 310 North 11th. McGhee Lodge, A. F. and A. M. St. Louis, Mo., meets fourth Monday in each month. G. W. Porter, W. M. 6100 Charles avenue; E. S. Brown, secretary. Meets at 310 North 11th. Prince Hall Lodge No. 1, St. Louis, Mo., meets first Monday in each month. Masons in good standing are invited. John Merriweather, 707 N. 16th street, W. M.; Harry Lawless, secretary. The Douglass Buffet and Fine Wines, Liquor and the best of service 2645 Lawton A ABYSINNIA 11th. Meets at 310 North 11th. 1, St. Louis, Day in each standing are McGhee Lodge, A. F. and A. M. St. Louis, Mo., meets fourth Monday in each month. G. W. Porter, W. M., 6100 Charles avenue; E. S. Brown, secretary. Press Buffet and Pool Room ses, Liquors and Cigars, the best of service offered. 5 Lawton Avane INNIA 18 SOUTH TENTH ST. The Douglass Buffet and Pool. Room Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars and the best of service offered. 2645 Lawton Avanue ENTERTAINS Monday and Thursday nights of each Night rent reasonable for The best and largest hall Apply to B. BANKS, 18 S. THE DOUGLASS Beaumont and Lawton FRESH DRUGS and TOOLS Prescriptions Carefully and Accura Ice Cream Soda a Special CREWS @ BARRETT S. P. McGILL Dealer CRAWFISH and HARDY EXPRESS 801--813 South 10th St. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY The White L 1501 Gratiot S CHOICE WINES, AND CIGARS SAMUEL E. LEONARD, 1 CENT IS ALLOWED to write for us showing the BICYCLES, BELOW any other manufacture. DO NOT BUY A or on any kind of terms, until you have logues illustrating and describing e bicycles, old patterns and latest models. BICYCLES and wonderful new offers direct to order with no middelements. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL with allow 10 Days Free Trial and mail house in the world will do. You will able information by simply writing to we need a Under Agent in order to make money to suitable young men. $8.50 PUNCTURE-PRO Regular Price $8.50 per pair. To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only $4.80 NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS WON'T LET OUT THE AIR may nights of each week. Admission, 25c. rent reasonable for any use. rest and largest hall in the city. INKS, 18 South Tenth St. BULGLASS PHARMACY mont and Lawton Avenue BGS and TOILET ARTICLES is Carefully and Acurately Compounded Ice Cream Soda a Specialty @ BARRETT, Druggists P. McGINNIS Dealer In and HARDSHELL CRABS EXPRESS th 10th St. St. Louis, Mo. DERS PROMPTLY DELIVERED White Lillie Bar on Gratiot Street. WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. EONARD, - Proprietor. ENT IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write for our big FREE BICYCLE catalogue showing the most complete line of high-grade BICYCLES, YEARS, and SUNDRIES at FRICES LOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE at any price, kind of terms, until you have received our complete Free Cata- lustrating and describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade patterns and latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory rider with no middlemen's profits. UP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit. Pay the Freight and DON'T Brew, Prials and make other liberal terms which no other the world will do. You will learn everything and get much vali- mation by simply writing us a postal. a Rider Agent in every town and can offer an opportunity money to suitably young men who apply at once. Monday and Thursday nights of each week. Admission, 25c. Night rent reasonable for any use. The best and largest hall in the city. Apply to B. BANKS, 18 South Tenth St. THE DOUGLASS PHARMACY Beaumont and Lawton Avenue FRESH DRUGS and TOILET ARTICLES Prescriptions Carefully and Acurately Compounded Ice Cream Soda a Specialty CREWS @ BARRETT, Druggists S. P. McGINNIS Dealer In CRAWFISH and HARDSHELL CRABS EXPRESS 801--813 South 10th St. St. Louis, Mo. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY DELIVERED SAMUEL E. LEONARD, - - Proprietor. CENT IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write for our big FREE BICYCLE catalogue showing the most complete line of high-grade BICYCLES and UNIVERSALS at PRICES BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. DO NOT BUY A BIGYCLE from anyone, at any price, or on any kind of terms, until you have received our complete Free Catalog of bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW PRICES and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Pay the Freight and allow 10 Days Free Trial and make other liberal terms which no other will do. You will learn everything and get much valuable information by simply writing us a postal. We need a Rider Agent in every town and can offer an opportunity to make money to suitable young men who apply at once. O PUNCTURE-PROOF TIRES ONLY $4.80 PER PAIR air $4.80 NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS WANT LET OUT THE AIR ORDER $4.85 E FROM PUNCTURES. experience in tire (GASH, WITH ORDER #48.83) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Result of 15 years experience in tire making. PUNCS, NAILS, TACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be volcanized like any other tire. Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over make-SOFT, ELASTIC and Sewecty-five Thousand pairs sold last year. DESCRIPTION Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures without allowing the air to escape. The rubber is stamped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. That is why the tire is patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all air from being or soft roads between the tire and the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these tires is $8.50 per pair, but for advertising purposes they are received only of only $4.80 per pair, and your letter is received. We ship C.O.D. or approval until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures in the jacket, impaired or once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially that "Holding Back" weave. Weave" trend which prevents all air from being and the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of these advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider shipped same day after purchase. We are also a approval and found the nicely represented amount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send an RH and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel two Samples of our international knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned season they are not satisfactory on examination. And money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, agent or the dealer, for a ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased you will give us your order. We want you to send us a small trial kite, built-up-wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and repair men. Write for our big catalogue or but write a letter to DO NOT CALL OF BUYING it. Only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. COMPANY BORA LUJU LUJU LUJU You do in all cases allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send **FULL CASH WITH ORDER** and enclose this advertisement. You will receive a plated brass hand pump and two hand pumps on full paydrafts (these metal puncture closers to the bottom of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned are not included if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. at our experege are directly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will run faster than any tire you a bicycle will give us at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased that you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. COASTER-BRAKES, everything in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDY catalogue. DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, Dept. "JL" CHICAGO, IL "Banner." I Notice the thick rubber brace "A" and puncture strip "B" and "D," also rim strip "H" to prevent rim cutting. This helps make- SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY Entered at the postoffice at St. Louis like, as second-class matter. Published Weekly by J. W. WHEELER. Manager and Proprietor. 2611 Lawton Avenue. Mrs. M. A. THORNTON, of 315 S. 22nd. St. is the Reporter and general solicitor for the St. Louis, Palladium. Mr. Charles H. Wheeler, general solicitor and collector for the Palladium. 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 Wed- aeday. ADVERTISING RATES. For one inch, one insertion..... $ 50 For one inch each subsequent insertion..... 25 For two inches, three months..... 6 00 For two inches, six months..... 10 00 For two inches, nine months..... 14 00 For two inches, twelve months..... 20 00 Standing and transient notices per line..... 10 RATES OF SOLDONS Per year.....$2.00 Six months.....1.00 Three months......60 Single copy......05 The St. Louis Palladium is sold at the following places: 2617 Lawton Ave. 211 North Jefferson avenue. The Palladium is sold at: 9 North Seventeenth street. 2739 Wash street. BROOKLYN BANK BROOKLYN BANK SEVEN POINTERS FOR THE READING AND ADVERTISING PUBLIC. (1) THE LOUIS PALLADIUM IS in its 20th year of regular publication. (2) Never has missed an issue. (2) Never has missed an issue. (3) No fake subscription list to "catch" honest advertisers. (4) More bona fide 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. Senator Foraker is the man of the hour. We have no kings in America. Col. Elmer H. Hancock is a Kentuckian; such men as he the editor of the Palladium delights to speak well of. See his cut in another column. Last month we said in an editorial that we hoped when congress met the first Monday in December that some senator or representative would move that the Negro companies B, C and D would be restored to their former positions. At that time 10,000,000 Negroes were ready to exclaim, "My God, my God, hast thou forsaken us?" But when congress met, after opening in due, form, Senator Penrose came to the front on the Negro troops; then the able Senator Foraker of Ohio arose and introduced a resolution in behalf of right, referring to companies B, C and D. It was this that made the Negroes of America use the words of the lamented and martyred James A. Garfield, who said: "God still reigns and the government at Washington still lives." Such was the acclamation of millions of Negroes in American when Senator Foraker showed his determination to have fair play. It was then we exclaimed: "God still reigns and the government at Washington still lives." And among those brave and loyal senators and representatives the Negro still has true friends. God grant that we may find more friends to the cause of right. The Negro Press Is Speaking Through= out the Country The "American Baptist" shells the president and denounces his actions. The Cambridge Mirror denounces the action of Roosevelt. The Chicago Broad Ax is strongly opposed to the action of the president. The Detroit Informer speaks against the action of President Roosevelt. The Rising Sun of Kansas City, Mo., denounces the action of the president. The Wichita Searchlight strikes hard licks against the action of Roosevelt. The Richmond Planet condemns the actions of Roosevelt and the war department in sharp language. The Christian Recorder digs at the president's actions in a mild way, but firmly holds that the president's way is wrong. The Atlanta Independent is utterly opposed to the cheap politics played by Roosevelt in discharging Companies B, C and D. The Interview, of Richmond, Ind., the motto of which paper is "All Men Up," says: "President Roosevelt was as dumb as a clam on the Atlanta riots, where scores of innocent Colored people were murdered in cold blood, but was quick to break his silence by issuing an order compelling the Colored veterans to expose their comrades who ventured to resent unbearable insults or be dishonorably disbanded. The whole navy was sent to Cuba to hold down a few Colored insurgents at the cost of millions of dollars. But not even a sentimental or sympathetic word was uttered in defense of innocent or helpless American citizens at home. Strange logic this. Where is the 'Square Deal' and the 'Door of Hope' that we have heard so much about when the good president was begging for our votes?" The Dallas Press, one of the best and most widely-circulated papers in the south says: "Mr. Roosevelt has at last shown his hand. He has dismissed a whole battalion of Negro troops in the effort to make the innocent ones 'squeal' on the guilty. Mr. Roosevelt has changed the logic of the centuries and the morality of ages. It has always been held that better let one thousand of the guilty escape rather than punish one of the innocent. Not so with the strenuous one. Let us suppose a case. Where would the president have been if one of the battalion of Colored troops 'squealed?' Could he have_on the testimony of that one convicted the reeremainder of the soldiers? Suppose that a majority even had consented to aver that certain soldiers were guilty of the crime at Brownville, could the president under the law have fixed responsibility and administered punishment? The only reasonable answer is, No. Considering the matter from this viewpoint, it is apparent to all right-thinking men that to say the least the president has acted rashly in his decision, and the pity is that there is no remedy for the innocent whom he has consigned to disgrace on account of the aets of the guilty." Negro Soldiers Shed Tears When Dis armed El Reno, Okla., Nov. 11.—The members of Companies B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth infantry (Negro), recently ordered dismissed by President Roosevelt, as a result of the riotous disturbances at Brownsville, Tex., August 13; were formally disarmed at this place. Many of the men, some of whom had been in service more than twenty years, shed tears when they gave up their guns. To-morrow the disarmed troops will have battalion drill without arms, and will be discharged immediately upon receipt of the official order from Washington, probably Monday or Tuesday. The second battalion of the Twenty-sixth infantry, under command of Major Charles J. T. Clarke, which arrived last night from San Antonio, has gone into camp just outside the garrison limits of Fort Reno. The Negro troops have shown no disposition to be ugly.—Globe-Democrat. This is one of the saddest things that has ever fallen from the hands of our friend or foe. These companies—B, C and D of the Twenty-fifth infantry—have been the flower of the regular army, as brave and as fearless as any men that ever enlisted, and to see that hundreds of them are compelled to suffer for the wrong-doings of a few men. The recommendation, while admitting that many of them were innocent, declares that they, too, should suffer. This sweeping order by the president is something that 10,000,000 of Negroes cannot understand, and the adjustment must and should be made soon, before it becomes an eating cancer. Never in the history of any country was there such an order rendered to the defenders of their country. We hope that some senator or congressman will, at the convening of congress, the first Monday in December, 1906, introduce a resolution restoring these brave men to their former positions. She Seen Her Duty and She Does It. Wife—That new girl of ours is a caution. Husband—What's she done now? Wife—I told her to put the salad oil on the table and she polished the table top with it—Boston Transcript. If undecided, consult Leon Devoux, the Great Hindoo Clairvoyant. He removes the Hoodoo and removes evil influences. 2734 Morgan street. Our Advertisers Are All Reliable And You Will Be Benefited By Patronizing Them. Sam, the Tailor, is the man that patronizes Negro business men, and our people ought to patronize him. 204 North Fourteenth street. The ST. LOUIS PALLADIUM Is Recognized As The Leading Afro-American Paper Of The West. She Had Her's. "I see, Katie, that New York is to have one policeman to every 521 inhabitants," said the lady of the house. "Well, ma'm, I've got mine," was Katie's reply. -Yonkers Statesman. 1 Give your husband or your beaux a fancy vest for a X-Mas present. I have his measure and will make it cheap. Prices----$4.00. $12.00. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING constant use for over ten years, and is considered a necessary toilet article in thousands of homes. It is guaranteed free from all injurious drugs or chemicals. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING makes harsh, stubborn, kinky, curly hair soft, pliant and glossy, enables you to comb it with ease and to do it up in any style consistent with its length. It is perfectly safe and harmless. By supplying the needed oils directly to the roots of the hair, NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING tones up, invigorates and nourishes the scalp, stops the hair from falling out, increases its growth, and prevents the hair from splitting and breaking off at the ends, and gives the hair new life and vigor. NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING removes Dandruff, cures Tetter, Itching and Scaling of the Scalp, etc. There is nothing experimental about Nelson's Hair Dressing; it has been thoroughly tested and is endorsed by thousands of satisfied users. Try a box and be convinced that it does all and more than what we claim for it. WHAT THOSE WHO KNOW HAVE TO SAY: NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING is put up in 4-ounce square tin boxes and sold at all drug stores for 25c. a box. If you cannot get it at your drug store, send us 30c. in stamps and we will mail you a box. We want good agents (male or female). Write for prices, terms, etc. Address NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond, Virginia RIP SAW COLUMN OF THE ST. LOUIS PALLADIUM A Husband Who Does Not Go Home Now-a-days. Mr. Isaac T. Smith works at 616 Locust street, and his wife at 4220A St. Louis avenue. Mr. Smith had better look after his wife or—or—we will know the reason why. The La Salle street girls are not the only ones who paint. We have some on St. Ferdinand avenue, west of Good avenue. When dressed and painted they look like the Devil just out of the flour barrel with the red light of hell shining on his cheeks. Oh! they look right nasty. We have a few pointers on Singleton street and in French Town. We have secured a reported for the Rip Saw column south of Chouteau avenue. Watch out; we will give you something new next week from the Mushrooms and Big Negroes. The best way to get a girl common to all men is for the girl to think that the only way she can keep him is to be common with all that come along. Thus none of them will have her. To see a yellow girl paint her cheeks, flour her arms, paint her lips, black her eyebrows and look cunning is terrible, but it takes with the brainless and dudes; but such frights never get a good husband. We have a keg of white lead and a keg of red paint, which we will sell the La Salle street girls cheap, as we know they cannot pay the drug store prices. At school and at the ```markdown ``` To Ladies: Give your husband or your be X-Mas present. I have his mea cheap. Prices----$4.00, $12.00. CHARLES Q MERCHANT T 2315 1-2 MARKE NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING A Delightfully Perfumed Hair Pomade PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR COLORED PEOPLE. This old, reliable preparation has been in constant use for over ten years, and is consider thousands of homes. It is guaranteed free from NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING makes hair soft, plant and glossy, enables you up in any style consistent with its length. It. By supplying the needed oils directly to the HAIR DRESSING tones up, invigorates and hair from falling out, increases its growth, splitting and breaking off at the ends, and gives NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING removes D and Scaling of the Scalp, etc. There is nothing experimental about Nelson thoroughly tested and is endorsed by thousands be convinced that it does all and more than what WHAT THOSE WHO KNOW Miss Isabelle Byrd, Battle Creek, Michigan, writes: "I recommend it wherever I go. It has done wonders for me." Miss Willie L. Griffey, McMinnville, Teen., writes: "I have used your Nelson's Hair Dressing for nearly four years and would not be without it. It is the most wonderful beautifier on the market for colored people. There are others, but none like Nelson." NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING is put up in at all drug cannot get it at your drug store, send us 30c. in We want good agents (male or female). Address NELSON MANUFACTURING halls they are the same ugly frights. We know they do not kiss much, or the young men would be poisoned by that nasty stuff on their cheeks. Oh! you ought to see them! One of the most common of all things is the painting of Negro women's faces. The Negro girls, women and children are trying to change their color. The janitor-bootblacks and porters are up in arms against the Palladium. We don't mind. If we throw a bomb into their camp they will scatter. The West End lady has changed the place of meeting, but the Palladium man is on to the place. Watch out, old girl. A Negro woman got mad because her daughter was called a "gal." What next? The Surgical Butcher. A Liverpool lady had given her butcher her daily order over the telephone, and later in the day decided to change it a little and countermanded an order she had given for some liver. Ringing up her butcher she said: "You remember that I gave you an order for a pound of liver an ago?" "Yes," was the reply. "Well, I find that I do not need it, and you need not send it." Before she could put down the receiver she heard the butcher say to some one in the shop: "Take out Mrs. Blank's liver. She says she can get along without it."—Tit-Bits. Hard Hit. Why may we be quite sure that Goliath of Gath was astounded when young David slew him with a sling and a stone? Goliath of Gath was astounded when David slew him with a sling and a stone, for it struck him very forcibly and such a thing had never entered his head before. ur beaux a fancy vest for a measure and will make it Q. CLARK BUT TAILOR MARKET STREET been in considered a necessary toilet article in free from all injurious drugs or chemicals. makes harsh, stubborn, kinky, curly you to comb it with ease and to do it well. It is perfectly safe and harmless. easy to the roots of the hair, NELSON'S states and nourishes the scalp, stops the growth, and prevents the hair from and gives the hair new life and vigor. moves Dandruff, cures Tetter, itching at Nelson's Hair Dressing; it has been thousands of satisfied users. Try a box and what we claim for it. KNOW HAVE TO SAY: Mrs. C. Covenia, Fernandina, Florida, writes: "I have been an agent for your Nelson's Hair Dressing for nearly four months. It is the best selling article I ever sold." Cora Rennoves, Indianaapolis, Inc., writes: "It is the only Hair Dressing that the colored people ought to use. It is the only one that does my hair any good." It up in 4-ounce square tin boxes and sold drug stores for 25c. a box. If you 20c. in stamps and we will mail you a box. (male). Write for prices, terms, etc. RING CO., Richmond, Virginia. 9 WINTER SUITS I Have Them In THE ORIGINAL SAM THE TAILOR. SAM WEISMAN, Prop. J. WEISMAN, Manager. 204-206 N. 14th Street. SAM is Now ReadY To Make your WINTER S all grades and grades, and over 2,000 your means. Satisfaction guaranteed p.l. THE ORIGINAL SAM W J. WEI 204=206 N. What is the Matter with your hands and face? They seem to be all chapped. Get a bottle of Carr's celebrated cream it will cure them in one night, and keep the skin soft and smooth. For sale at all Colored Drug-stores. Put up only by LEWIS CARR 2636 Randolph St. Louis, Mo. Anderson & Jacksons COAL, KINDLING, ICE AND EXPRESS. Light Moving. All Orders Promptly Attended To. Coal by Basket or Ton. Telephone: Kin Central 6648 L. OFFICE: 2822 EASTON AVE., St. Louis, Mo. E. M. Hawkins SHAVING PARLOR AND BATH. DOUGLAS BUILDING. 2645 Lawton Av. ST. LOUIS. N. B. F. and S. M. T. $ ^{+} $ Louis Royal House No. 1 meets the first Friday night in each month at Free Reformers Hall, Pine and Jefferson 3rd floor at 8:15. All members invited to be present. Mrs. A. D. Hyatt, M. E. Q. Miss Jessie Miller, M. E. Scribe. A. N. K. and D. of H. Sunlight Council No. 603 meets the fourth Friday night of each month. Mrs. Lula Lee Chatman-E. Q. 1525 Pine St. Jennie Jones, Sec, 700 Jefferson Ave. Ruth Temple No. 163 S. M.T. meets the fourth Friday afternoon in each month at Free Reformers Hall, 3rd floor,at 2:30. All members of U. B. F. and S. M. T. are invited. Miss M. B. Miller, W. Sec. Miss Jessie Miller, W. P. Henry Young 4017 EASTON AVENUE. 4017 EASTON AVENUE. Professional Sodder and Gardener, Will Give Perfect Satisfaction. WOOD. COAL. EXPRESS. All orders promptly attended to. The Tailor. 204 N Fourteenth St Winter Suits SUITS I Have Them In patterns to select from. Prices to suit or money refunded. Courtesy shown to NAL SAM THE TAILOR. VEISMAN, Prop. ISMAN, Manager. 14th Street. A Barber Wanted For a Colored Shop and one for a White Shop. Salary for Colored Barber $12 to $15 per week. It pays. Address Nicholson, Miss., for further information. The Oriental Barber Shop First class work guaranteed. JOHN H. WATTS, The Haircutter, Proprietor. 617 N. BEAUMONT STREET. FOR RENT—Nicely furnished Room at 2744 Walnut Street. MRS. MARY GRAY. NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS BY THE DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. PLEASE GIVE US A CALL. PALMER, 2117 CHEST- NUT ST. M'GREGOR & HORN. 1547 GRATIOT ST. Dealers in Fresh Meats of all Kinds and Family Groceries. We solicit your trade, as we handle the best of goods at 1547 GRATIOT ST. Nicely furnished rooms to rent at 1234 Clark ave. Good neighborhood. Mrs. Bievens. The "Leader" Barber Shop. 1417 MARKET STREET HOT, COLD, SEA-SALT, and Shower Baths, 25c. Shaving, 10c. Mustache Dyed, 25c. Buff Hair Cut, 25c. Children's Hair Cutting, 15c. All Shines, 5c. J. H. KENT, Proprietor, ST. LOUIS, MO. Yours in F. C. & B.; A. F. & A. M. THE LEADER POOL ROOM. 8 and 10 S. 14th St. J. H. KENT, Manager Born Seer and Past Master of Clairvoyancy BEHOLD STRANGE POWERS OF A STRANGE MAN. Lost Missing Friends Promptly Located GOOD TO ALL Who Visit the LUCK Great Hindoo Clairvoyant and Palmist If you want to become prosperous, to find out what is best to do, then seek the advice of this clairvoyant, to whom many prosperous men and women owe their present success. He gives a plain statement of facts and shows you the way to help yourself. The troubled and unfortunate should seek his advice. There is no home so dreary, no life so sad, no heart so lonely, no condition so hopeless that cannot be righted and kept aright after a visit to this wonderful man. Is your husband or wife untrue? Does another share the love that is rightfully yours? Have you enemies? Have you a doubtful love affair? Have you lost your lover or sweetheart? Do you want to get them back? Then see this man. He will show you just how to do it, and how to bring about a speedy and happy marriage with the one you love and should have. he will tell you whom, and me or false, your lucky days. He has assisted hundreds all who are unsuccessful, or unfrowned with any difficulty his advice and start aright. pier, wiser and better than Colia Fair, of California, in the Gold Mine King Through the source of his scientific work he will tell you whom, and when you will marry, whether your friends are true or false, your lucky days, months and years, where to go to gain happiness. He has assisted hundreds out of difficulties who had given up in despair. All who are unsuccessful, or unlucky, who are undetermined, dissatisfied or confronted with any difficulty or trouble whatever, should see him at once, seek his advice and start aright. man. He will send you home happier, wiser before. If you cannot call, write. DE VOUX reading for Miss Magnolia Fair, or before she had married Mr. Scott, the Gold Mine of Death Valley, Cal. L—On presentation of this AD with-will entitle ladies or gentlemen to aographical Reading. Formerly $5, for L CORRESPONDENCE WITH PERSONS OF THE CITY. On this gifted man. He will send you home happier, wiser and better than you ever were before. If you cannot call, write. PROF. LEON DEVOUX reading for Miss Magnolia Fair, of California, in 1902. Before she had married Mr. Scott, the Gold Mine King of Death Valley, Cal. SPECIAL-On presentation of this AD within ten days will entitle ladies or gentlemen to a thorough Biographical Reading. Formerly $5, for PERSONS RESIDING OUT D. CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH PERSONS RESIDING OUT OF THE CITY. 2734 MORGAN STREET Between Beaumont and Leffingwell Ave. M. to 9:00 P. M. ORIUM Roller Skating Rink, MARKET STREET, is the leading color built and is owned and operated by color rink floor. Well lighted and vent ood order. A. A. BROOKS, M Mr. George William a fine bar at 2034 Che stnut Street, and a fine specialty: Chile Con Carne, Spaghetti and Oy get the number, bling colored rink in the bed by colored. It has a and ventilated. Good OOKS, Manager. Williams t, and a fine Cafe in con- 2118-20 MARKET STREET, is the leading colored rink in the city. Was built and is owned and operated by colored. It has a special skating rink floor. Well lighted and ventilated. Good music and good order. A. A. BROOKS, Manager. Mr. George Williams Has opened a fine bar at 2034 Chestnut Street, and a fine Cafe in connection. A specialty: Chile Con Carne, Spaghetti and Oysters in every style. Don't forget the number, 2034 CHEST NUT STREET. Both 'Phones. Friedman Loan & Mercantile Co. PAWNBROKERS Money to loan on all personal property at lowest rates of interest. Spe Money to loan on all personal property at lowest rates of interest. Special sale on unredeemed overcoats, Ladies' suits and cloaks from $1.50 up. 1324 MARKET ST Demonstrating the Occult Art of India in His Private Studio. YOU SHOULD CALL MEDIUMS DEVELOPED 2034 CHEST NUT STREET. Both 'Phones. 50c Correspondence ST. LOUIS We can not publish a paper on wind, so when you have an ad. printed in The Palladium we want our money and not a whole lot of chin music. See Maxwell before the holidays and have your photos made. Prices are reasonable and courtesy is given all customers. Don't forget the number, 1407 Market street. The telephone number of J. W. Wheeler's residence, 2617 Lawton avenue, is K. Central 7890. Call up that number and let us know when you want us to send the Palladium to you. The Honesworth Sisters are doing a good business. If you want your hair long and wavy go to them, for they are wonders. See their work. 2131 Market street. "Have you heard the news?" Not at all. I have not read the St. Louis Palladium this week. Well, you can go to the drug store at 809 N. Jefferson avenue. Mr. W. H. Mosby is there for business. Be sure to get your medicine at this drug store. We know that you will be treated all right. Remember 809 Jefferson avenue. For Rent—Flat at 4337 Cottage ave; bath and other conveniences. CHARLES H. HODGE. WE GET THE PAPERS NAMED IN OUR OFFICE EACK WEEK. So You See We Keep in Line With the Progressive Negro of America. The Reformer, Ricamond, Va. Advance Citizen, Springfield, Ill. The Teacher's Quarterly, Nashville, Tenn. The Bluff City News, Memphis, Tenn. The Eagle, Tunnel Springs, Ala. Southern Christian Recorder, Columbus, Ga. Missionary Seer, Philadelphia, Pa. Voice of Missions, Bible House, New York. Jackson County Judge, Independence, Mo. The Major, Gallatin, Tenn. Metropolis Weekly Gazette, Metropolis, Ill. The Topeka Plaindealer, Topeka, Kas. Kentucky Reporter, Owensboro, Ky. The Lodge Journal and Guide, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Va. The Texas Freeman, Houston, Tex. Wisconsin Weekly Advocate, Milwaukee, Wis. The Texas Guide, Victoria, Tex. The Cambridge Mirror, Cambridge, Mass. The Home News, Alexandria, Va. The Demonstrator, Mount Bayou, Miss. The Colored Citizen, Memphis, Tenn. The National Mirror, Kansas City, Mo. The Star of Zlon, Charlotte, N. C. The Rising Son, Kansas City, Mo. The Central Christian Recorder, Lincoln, Neb. The Trutfeller, St. Louis, Mo. The Freeman, Indianapolis, Ind. The Enterprise, Omaha, Neb. Appeal to Reason, Girard, Kas. The New York Age, New York. The Forum, Springfield, Ill. The Christian Recorder, Philadel The Christian Recorder, Philadelphia, Pa. The Atlanta Independent, Atlanta, Ga. The Vindicator, Coffeyville, Montgomery county, Kas. The Detroit Informer, Detroit, Mich. The Colorado Statesman, Denver, Col. The Interview, Richmond, Ind. The Sentinel, East St. Louis, Ill. The Wisconsin Weekly Defender, Milwaukee, Wis. The Tulsa Guide, Tulsa, I. T. American Baptist, Louisville, Ky. The Advocate, Portland, Ore. The Dumb Animals, Boston, Mass. The Kentucky Standard, Louisville, Ky. The Blue Grass Bugle, Frankfort, Ky. The Cadiz Informer, Cadiz, Ky. The Richmond Planet, Richmond, Va. The Wichita Searchlight, Wichita, Kas. The Baton Rouge Banner, Baton Rouge, La. The Independent, Savanah, Ga. The Dallas Express, Dallas, Tex. The Irish World, New York. Southern Christian Recorder, Columbus, Ga. The Columbia, Louisville, Ky. The Afro-American Ledger, Baltimore, Md. Southern Watchman, Mobile, Ala. Birmingham Wide-Awake, Birmingham, Ala. Sedalia Weekly Conservator, Sedalia, Mo. St. Joseph Enterprise, St. Joseph, Buchanan county, Mo. The Cincinnati Brotherhood, Cincinnati, O. The Family Doctor, or a Home Medical Adviser, New York. Sunday-School Monitor, Nashville, Tenn. The National Domestic, Atlanta, Ga. The Voice of the Nefro, Atlanta, Ga. McCall's Magazine, New York. For Rent—4336 Cottage avenue, three nice rooms, furnished or unfurnished, to first-class colored people. Rooms at 409-11-12-13 North Levee. As we chanced to pass the above numbers, we were indeed struck with astonishment as we saw Mr. Wm. Lee, proprietors of these rooms—a club room with all the modern improvements, such as reading room and splendid library, at 409; next, 411, a fine barber shops; No. 412, billiard and pool room; up stairs a large room where clothing is bought and sold, also jewels, diamonds, watches. Really this is almost a department store. No. 413 is a splendid ice cream parlor and restaurant. On the third floor of 409 is a commodious hall, which is rented for all occasions. This is the largest and best to accommodate all occasions. Mr. Lee is a thoroughgoing business man, very accommodating, and when you get acquainted with him you will find one of the most congenial men you could possibly meet. Do not fail to visit his place of business. He buys and sells planes on the most reasonable terms. Remember the numbers—409-11-12 & 13 N. Levee. The citizens in the vicinity of Morgan and Jefferson avenues will be pleased to know that Mr. Wm. H. Mosby is sole owner of the drug store at 809 Jefferson avenue. You can find at this store all that is to be found in any first-class drug store. MR. JOHN McCORD, the most intersesting character in St Louis. Compensation. He that is cold of hand and black of wing Alighted by a peasant's hut. The door Stood open half in heartless welcoming— The grim guest cast his shadow on the floor! Chill was the night, and bare the humble room; The fagots on the ashen hearth burned low; A mother rocked her first-born in the gloom, And watched the breath of fever come and go. "In vain I stay for sup and lodging here," Said Death—the cold of hand and black of wing— "For poverty and want and woe and fear Have brought already all I dare to bring!" Straightway he took his shadow from the floor, And passed into the castle of a king— And when, at dawn, he fluttered from that door, He bore the heir of millions 'neath his wing! —ALOYSIUS COLL. (In the Home Magazine.) Notice! Notice! The collecting for the Palladium is up to the manager, and we shall be on duty from 9 a. m. till 8 p. m. We hope that our many friends will so arrange to be of good cheer, and at all times make us happy. We shall endeavor to do what we can to give you the news of our people. We have the best list of subscribers of any Negro paper in the country, and they have the best collector. USE PICKETT'S ANTISEPTIC For chapped face and hands, pimples, scrofaula, tetter, ringworm, eczema, ulcers, rash, galis, and all skin diseases. 25c. For sale by S. L. PICKETT, 2601 Lawton ave. See Friedman's "ad." He is our friend Anything-in-life will a man give for money, and Mr. Friedman has the dough. Call and see him—1324 Market street. Use Pickett's Laxative Viburnum for Famale Troubles. Isabel and Taylor, two of St. Louis' young men, are doing good business at 1315 Clark avenue. Give them a call. American Still Leads in Cotton. Liverpool, Dec. 6 - The sales of cotton during the day were 14,000 bales, of which 13,000 were American. Receipts 20,000 bales, including 19,700 READERS OF THIS PAPER DESIRING TO BUY ANYTING ADVERTISING IN COLUMNS SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING WHAT THEY ASK FOR, REFUSING ALL SUBTITUTES OR IMITATIONS Fine Imported and Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars WM.LEE'S DEPARTMENT STORE. 409—Barber Shop and Hall on Third Floor. 410—Clothiers, Jewelry and Piano Store. 411—Confectionery and Resturant. 412—Buffet and Pool Room. Open Day and Night Kinloch, Central, 5799. Bell, Olive, 1091 WM. LEE, Proprietor and Manager. Turner Coffee and Tea Co. Dealer in high grade Coffees, Teas, Baking Powder and Pure Spices. Buy your Coffees and Teas of the Turner Tea Co. We are equal to any in the city in price and quality. Our Goods are pure. R. A. TURNER, Propietor. 2230 MARKET STREET Randall & Wells We have just received our new Fall and Winter Stock of Gents' Underwear, Top Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Ties, Etc. We are prepared to handle the Colored trade of the city! Call and see our goods. Randall & Wells. 2230 Market St., St. Louis. THE TELEPHONE LITTLE RUTH THOMPSON OF 2608 PINE STREET. "Hello, Hello! Maxwell's Studio?" "Yes. The holiday rates have begun, for 60 days only, beginning Nov. 1st, ending Jan. 1st. All Portraits at greatly reduced prices." The Season's Greetings, a very unique design, with or without calendar. $4 doz The holiday trade is always a rush, and to avoid being disappointed, place your orders early. Call and inspect before going elsewhere. Remember the place, MAX WELL { Successor to SEXTON & MAXWELL } 1407 Market St. Kinloch 'Phone, Central, 2883. WITH NERVES UNSTRUNG AND HEADS THAT ACHE WISE WOMEN BROMO-SELTZER TAKE TRIAL BOTTLE 10 CENTS. Geo. Isabell. Fine Imported Night—ANDREW M. 1315 Clark Avenue. WM. 409-B 410-C 411-C 412-B O1 Kinloch, Centr Turner Dealer in high Spices. Buy your equal to any in th R. A 2230 Rand We have just re Top Shirts, Collars, C of the city: Call and Rand. --- A. E. B. St. Louis, Mo. U. B. F. & S. M. T. St. Louis Royal House Meets the first Friday night in each month at the U. B. F. Hall. MRS. A. D. HVATT, M. E. J. MRS. J. M. MILLER, M. E. L. ELIZABETH TEMPLE NO. 12 OF THE G. M. T. Meets the Second Monday in the afternoon at 2:30 p. m., and the Fourth Friday night at 8:00 p. m., in each month, U. B. P. Hall, Lucas and Jefferson avenues. MRS. HATTIE WILLIAMS, W. P. 3813 West Bell Boulevard. MRS. LULA BRUNER, Secretary. 2356 Easton Avenue Queen Esther Temple Queen Esther Temple OF THE S. M. T. Meets the first and third Wednesday in each month at 4 p.m. at U. B. F. Hall. MRS. CARRIE STEVENSON, W. P. MRS. MAHALIA MACKLIN, Secretary. St. Louis Temple No. 184 OF THE S. M. T.'S Meets the 9th Wednesday in each month at 4 p. m. at U. B. F. Hall. All visiting sisters and brothers are welcome. MRS. CARRIE KAPPS, W. P. MRS. EMMA ELKINS, W. P. Wheeler Grene. CELIA BROWN, Sec., 2225 Walnut St. ST. ARENA TEMPLE NO. 48, S. M. T. Meet the Second Monday night in each month at Pythian Hall, Lucas and Jefferson Ave. MARY E. WILSON, W. P. 1431 MORGAN ST. JULIA TYLER Secretary, 1004 Morgan Street. Ruth Temple, No. 163 OF THE S. M. T. Meets the Fourth Friday in each month at U. B. F. Hall, Jefferson and Lucas Ave. MISS JESSIE MILLER, N. P., 4350 Cottage Ave. IDA DORREN, Secretary, 2943 Atlanta Street. S. M. T. Adah Temple No. 32, Meets Second Friday in each month at PYTHIAN HALL, LUCAS and JEFFERSON AVE., at 2 p. m. All sisters and brothers are invited. MRS. ANNIE E. HALLAM, W. P 1715 Gratiot St. NETTIE WHITE, Secretary, 8955 Fairfax Ave. Sina Temple 124 meets the 2d Tuesday at K. of P. Hall. MRS. KATIE BOSWELL, W. P. 4222 Maffitt Avenue. MRS. ALLICE BELLINGER, Sec'y. 1521 Clarke Ave. Rising Sun Council of East St. Louis. Ill., meets the second Wednesday in each month. MRS. JOSEPHINE JONES, M. E. LILLIE MASSEY, M. W. R. All are invited. OF THE S. M. T. Meets for drill every Thursday in each week o every month at 2727 FRANKLIN AVENUE, Odd Fellows Hall. CAPT.—MRS. MARY E. MONROE. 2045 LaSalle Street. MRS. L. A. BRUNNER, Recorder. Meets first Friday in each month in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. MRS. M. J. MITCHELL, W. P., 8321 Finney Avenue. MRS. JENNIE JONES, Secretary, 700 North Jefferson Avenue. A. U. K. & D. of A. meets at Geary's Hall, 126 North Main street, East St. Louis, Ill. every 2d Wednesday and 4th Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. Visiting Knights and Daughters welcomed. A. U. K. and D. of A. St. Joseph Council meets the third Wednesday at 8 p. m. at 2720 MORGAN ST. ..... Visiting Knights and Daughters are Welcome. MARY BUCKNER, E. L. ADA HARRIS, Recorder. A. K. & D. of A. Good Samaritan Council No. 400 meets first Wednesday night in each month at 4 o'clock at 2720 MORGAN ST. .. S. A. COLLINS, M. E. Q., 3230 Hickory Street. M. L. BOYD, W. R., 1706 Newstead Avenue. A. K. & D. of A. The D. L. Martin Juvenile No. 1 meets the third Saturday in each month at 8 p. m. at S. A. COLLINS, M. Q. 3220 Hickory Street BAINE PITTS, P. P. 3223 Rutger Street MAMIE WILSON, W. R. Grand Royal House Officers. A. D. Hyatt, M. E. G. Q., St. Louis. E. D. Hudson, M. N. G. K., Kansas City. H. H. Thompson, G. N. F. H., St. Louis. A. Williams, F. M. of H. L. Cliff, S. M. of H, Kansas City. M. Harris, M. E. G. S., Hannibal. C. Stevison, E. A. G. S., St. Louis. J. Coleman, S. K. of F., Columbia. N. Smith, E. H. of P. R. A. Morton, G. H., Kansas City. M. Douglas, F. K. G., Fulton. M. Canterbury, S. K. G., Kansas City. M. Bartholonew, F. C., St. Louis. M. Monroe, S. C., St. Louis. F. Clay, F. A. L. True, S. A., St. Louis. Grand Trustee Board. Jessie Miller, St. Louis. M. E. Bolden, Moberly. S. More, Kansas City. THE CLUB 1929½ MARKET STREET is an up-to-date club. Billiard Tables and other conveniences for the amusement of the gentlemen that attend. MR. CHAS. NARCIS, Manager. Douglas Skating Rink OPEN FOR THE SEASON. It is the only first-class colored risk in the city. It has a lovely balcony for those who wish to sit and look on, and do not care to kite. Best of order kept. Instructors on Hand. Matinee Every Saturday Afternoon. Skates 25c. Wraps Checked Free. Good Music by Prof. Lankford's Band. W. M. BELL, Manager. CORNELIUS A. BROWN ICE CREAM PARLOR. Privileges Bought to Serve Hot Sandwiches at Balls, Parties, Picnics, Etc. Residence and Stand: 1144 S. Compton Av. Bell Phone, Grand 1797. Everything Strictly First-Class. Missouri Bell Temple NO. 208 OF THE S. M. T. Meets the 2d. Friday in each month at Hall, Jefferson and Lucas Av. at 8 p.m. U. B. F. HALL. Alice Connon, W. P. 4355 Maffit Avenue Carrie Rowen, W. R. MAURER MEAT and PROVISION CO. CASH MARKETS. 8 and 10 South Jefferson Avenue. Bomont 260M. Kin. D-725 No. 5 South Fourteenth Street. Main 203A. Kin. D-25. 1402 Market St. 2606 Franklin Ave. 2830 Easton Ave. Kin. C-720. Pork House, 3858 Garfield Avenue. R. R. HATCHER Union Credit Company 410 Colonial Security Bldg FORMERLY HOLLAND BUILDING 211 N. Seventh St MONEY FURNISHED To Salaried People Without Security. All Transactions Confidential Phone: Olive 891 MAJOR BROWN TEACHER MANDOLIN AND GUITAR 2616 Leffingwell Ave. International Drum and Bugle Corps Are open for all Engagements and Campaigning at 105 N. 15TH STREET. E. KING, - Manager DOUGLAS HOTEL CAFE Makes a Specialty of Sunday Dinner. Fruits Seaved in Season. All Kinds of Sandwiches Served. FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION Beaumont and Lawton Ave. MRS. CHAS. BRYANT, Prop. ST LOUIS, Mo. --- High Ideals of Honor. MARGARET SANGSTER'S GOOD ADVICE TO BOYS. The Tell-Tale Is Rightly Unpopular— Proper Life Is One in Which There Is Never Anything to Conceal. BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER. When a fellow is too cowardly to bear the blame if he happens to do something wrong, when he lets others suffer for what he has done or said, when he is a hypocrite, there is no attitude possible to him except that of abhorrence. Nobody can respect a coward, and the sneak in the schoolboy world is always cowardly. In one of Dickens' novels, one that every boy should read, there is a cringing creature called Uriah Heep. Nothing is too petty or shameful for this person who rings false like counterfeit coin from beginning to end. Perhaps you are so busy in reading the books that are published to-day that you have not found time to read the books that stand in stately rows on the library shelves, full of quaint illustrations and belonging in the ranks of standard literature. Among these books are several by Charles Dickens that you ought to read. A boy who can resist the charm of David Copperfield or who would not be interested in Nicholas Nickleby, is not a boy after my heart. Although Dickens portrays more than one lad of the variety known as sneak, he describes manly fellows, too, with whom anyone would like to be intimate at school. Cowardice is of several kinds. There are boys who have an abundance of physical courage, who would dash forward and seize the bridle of a runaway horse, or interfere in a fight between savage dogs, or rescue a child from sudden peril, if they could. Very seldom do we find a fellow who has this sort of headlong valor who is at the same time a sneak. It would almost seem as if the brave impulse, the real manliness told also on the spiritual life for good. Yet there are boys, and for that matter, men, who have shown courage enough to lead a forlorn hope physically, but who are moral cowards. One needs to cultivate beyond everything else a stern determination to see the truth to tell it. Whatever else we do, we never save ourselves at the expense of truth. In school life there are often temptations to break rules. A boy cannot understand why teachers make peremptory regulations, for example, about smoking, trespassing beyond boundaries and doing other things that if generally done would completely frustrate the well-being of an institution. A thoroughly manly boy makes up his mind that so far as he is personally concerned he will obey rules whether he likes them or not. A boy who is unmanly pretends to observe the same rules, and sometimes gets credit for doing so, when at the same time he stoops to deception and in numberless little ways, by artifices and evasions, gets what he thinks to be the better of his teachers. He is not getting the better of his teachers. He is not getting the better of them, but he is decidedly getting the worse for himself. He is lowering his moral tone, and becoming more or less a sneak. Another form of sneaking always unpopular, and for the best of reasons, is indulged in by any boy who spies upon others or deigns to be a tell-tale. Whoever may insist to the contrary, the instinctive feeling of every school boy is right. It is not honorable to be a spy and to curry favor with one's superior by relating the misdeeds of other boys. Schools in which this system is in vogue are sending out unworthy graduates who will not comprehend the true meaning of honor and sincerity in later life. Boys should not permit themselves to tell tales of others. One is never compelled to throw blame on a classmate. The other side of the shield, however, makes it obligatory on the classmate to step forward and assume the responsibility for his own acts. The schoolroom is a miniature world. As we bear ourselves here, so shall we appear in days to come when we are out in the wider school of business or professional life. What you are to-day you will be ten years hence, 20 years hence. A boy who begins life by doing mean, low and cowardly things, will later on become a mean, low and cowardly man. * * * * * * There is a great lead that each fellow can do in bolstering up a strong, straightforward rectitude in those about him. This may be done in the simplest way by example. What you are, always makes an impression on the community, a much deeper and more forcible impression than what you say. For you the community is the school. It is your place for power and manly influence. You will find quite enough to do if you try to live fearlessly and purely, if you put down in yourself anything that is base and ignoble, and if day by day you live a life in which there is nothing to conceal. Never do or say a single thing of which you would be ashamed should your mother or your sister or your dearest friend find it out. As the sneak is an object of universal contempt, so the lad who is universally admired and loved is the strong, fearless fellow, who is a good comrade, who is the champion of the weak, who never fights anybody under his size, and who never has made acquaintance in his life with the word shame. Cultivate in yourselves a high ideal of honor. Look at the men in history who have been honorable and true, and who have worn the white flower of a blameless life through all their career. One of these days you will be citizens of this great republic. You will have to vote, perhaps to bear office, and at all events you will have plenty to do for your country. To do her work well you will be obliged to scorn all that is base, and live splendidly for all that is fine and noble. (Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.) IDEAS FOR THE HOSTESS. "Box Party" Is Something New—Progressive Peanut Game. "Please come to my 'box' party next Tuesday afternoon at two. Bring a pair of scissors and an apron to protect your gown." Well, of all the invitations that from time to time have reached my desk, this one was certainly a new one. I responded with keen interest to find as usual that the "clever woman" was nothing if not original. The room was literally full to overflowing with boxes of all sizes and descriptions. There were a number of sewing tables, tubes of library paste and numerous rolls of crepe tissue paper of holly and poinsetts design. Then there was plain red crepe paper and white, scarlet ribbon and all sorts of Christmas "stickers" or seals. This was the idea as outlined by the hostess: "Last year," she said, "I received a number of dainty Christmas gifts, a plate, homemade candy, handkerchiefs, etc., and they were done up in the most attractive boxes. On pricing them, I found the cost almost doubled the original sum expended on the gifts, so I hit upon the scheme of making them. As I hate to do anything alone, I asked you all to help me and to each make one or two boxes for your own use." "And that accounts why the 'clever woman' has fairly haunted the dry goods stores for empty boxes, why the man of the house has appeared with his arms laden with bumptious packages, and why there has been a corner in the market on Christmas papers," said the little neighbor from over the way. At half after four, I wish you could have seen the array of really beautiful boxes; some were covered with plain red paper, the little seals being used for a border or in a decorative conventional design. One lady said she hadn't had so much fun since she went to kindergarten. There seems to be a fascination about cutting and pasting paper that charms not only children, but grown-ups as well. For refreshments we had delicious tea made in the drawing room, served with a spoonful of brandied cherries in each cup and the most delectable muffins with cranberries in them. I should think a "box" table at a church bazaar would be a profitable undertaking. A. Progressive Peanut Party. This is played exactly as all other progressive games, viz.: partners are chosen, tables found and score cards provided. In the center of each table there is a bowl containing 100 peanuts (in the shells) and a long, new hat pin for each player. Before being seated each guest has the right hand securely tied down to the side by a ribbon or fancy cord. There is a bell at the head table. When the hundred nuts have been speared from the bowl the bell is rung, cards are punched according to the score and the game proceeds. To choose partners have cards for the men bearing this jingle: "From sticking your neighbor refrain, Take care, kind sir, take care; In counting your loss or your gain, Play fair, kind sir, play fair." Write the same for the ladies only instead of "kind sir" put "pretty maid." If inexpensive prizes are desired have a box of salted "jumbo" peanuts and a box of peanut candy. Peanut soup, peanut butter sandwiches and cake decorated with peanuts may figure in the refreshments. Those who have attended these parties say they are funny beyond words. MADAME MERRI. Cross-Stitch: Initial Letters. These letters continue a very useful alphabet for marking house and table linen. Being so distinct they are specially suited for marking blankets, for which purpose washing silk, mercerized cotton or wool should be used. The season's umbrellas bear witness to the extravagance of the age in their richly wrought handles. The latest examples are of clear, transparent crystal inset with precious stones. Some of the handles open and disclose miniature spools of cotton, needles, thimble, scissors, glove buttons and hooks and eyes. The powder puff and handkerchief hidden in the handle are an old story. The silk is of some dark, unabtrusive color, for any pronounced tone is in doubtful taste. SWARMS OF MIKADO'S MEN TWO REGIMENTS OF JAPANESE REPORTED IN HONOLULU. Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon Deny Government Has Been Informed. Honolulu—It is stated here, and has been reported to the United States government at Washington, that two regiments of Japanese, completely officered, are in Honolulu, disguised as laborers. Whether they are armed is not known. Denied at Washington. Washington—The Honolulu report that it was stated there that Japanese troops, fully officered, were in that city disguised as laborers, and that the fact had been reported to this government, met with an emphatic denial here. Acting Secretary of State Bacon said he had heard nothing of such a report. Secretary Taft stated that no such report had ever been made to this government. The Japanese legation promptly denied the story. Jans Pouring in Via Mexico. El Paso, Tex.—The number of Japanese applying for admission to the United States through this port has noticeably increased within the last ten days. They are, according to the immigration officers, pouring into the United States from Mexico through the ports of Eagle Pass and Laredo, claiming to have come to Mexico as laborers, but become dissatisfied with the conditions and their treatment there. CABINET MEMBERS CONFIRMED. Moody, Bonaparte, Metcalf and Strauss Go Through by Senate. Washington—The senate has confirmed the nominations of William H. Moody, of Massachusetts, to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States; Charles J. Bonaparte, of Maryland, to be attorney general; Victor H. Metcalf, of California, to be secretary of the navy, and Oscar S. Strauss, of New York, to be secretary of commerce. The opposition to Messrs. Moody and Bonaparte, which had been raised in the senate by a number of democratic senators, was not strongly pressed, and no roll call was asked for. On the viva voce vote for Mr. Bonaparte, however, there were a number of negative votes on the minority side, estimated at about 15. Senators Culberson and Carmack led the discussion against both Mr. Moody and Mr. Bonaparte. There was no opposition to either Mr. Metcalf or Mr. Strauss. THE ALGECIRAS CONFERENCE. It Is Ratified by the Senate, with a Rider Attached. Washington—The senate in executive session, ratified the general act by the delegates of the powers represented at the conference, which met at Algeciras, Spain, in April last, to draft a treaty concerning Moroccan affairs. Opposition by the democrats compelled the adoption of a resolution disclaiming responsibility for the participation of the United States in the programme arranged by the conference as to the future of Morocco. Over this resolution there was an extended argument, which was started by a suggestion from Chairman Cullom of the foreign relations committee that the disclaimer be divorced from the resolution of ratification. Democratic senators declared this would weaken its effect, and in a measure defeat the purpose of the resolution, but ultimately this action was taken. DOUBLE STANDARD SPELLING. Costs Money for President and Congress to Spell Differently. Washington—The great confusion resulting from the government's double standard of spelling has made it necessary for the joint committee on printing to take immediate action, and Senator Platt and Representative Landis of the committee are at work on a resolution designed to straighten the tangle at once. Reports from the executive departments are printed now in reformed spelling. When congress desires to include portions of them in its proceedings it is necessary to make new plates, and much additional expense is entailed. Claims a Slice of Chicago. Chicago—In the federal circuit court Sidney Smith, of Cambridge, Mass., has filed 14 suits for writs of ejectment on land here worth millions. The city of Chicago and 4,000 others are named in the suits. The land is almost the entire territory south of Thirty-fifth street to Thirty-ninth street, between Grand boulevard and Lake Michigan. According to Smith, the original grant of the land never appeared on record, the men obtaining the grant having died before the instrument was registered. Country Banks Have the Money. Country Banks Have the Money. New York—There are reports that interior banks are inclined to refuse the proffered aid of the treasury. This is taken to indicate that the stringency is practically confined to New York. There seems to be plenty of currency in the country banks. One peculiar feature is attracting attention. The country banks that have accounts in New York banks are placing heavy loans here. These loans involve a displacement of loans of New York banks, as the outside bank draws on its deposits here. May Throw Light on History. While excitement regarding the Hohenlohe memoirs is still rife in Europe, there is subdued talk in British military circles regarding the forthcoming appearance of a book which will contain some of the late duke of Cambridge's voluminous correspondence. A diary kept by Emperor Frederick of Germany is in safekeeping in England and the day may not be far distant when it also will be published. Correct answers to numerous historical enigmas may be expected from such a publication. Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery-Defiance Starch—all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. Young Man Extensive Traveler. Lord Ronaldshay, though only thirty years of age, probably has done more traveling for his age than any man living. Few people know more than he about the Himalayas and Persia. He has also found time to explore Kashmir, Baluchistan, Ladak, Thibet and the Persian gulf, to say nothing of Ceylon. Seeks Practical Knowledge. The Montenegrin minister of agriculture is a practical man. Poultry breeding is at present engaging his attention, and in his office he has had a hen sitting to hatch a special brood of chickens. There are now nine chickens chirping round his chair. If a man has a marble quarry he asks: What can I do with marble? He builds, he seeks other builders. 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Write for "The Story of a Book"."Dep. C. G. & C. MERRIAM CO., Springfield, Mass. Edison With an Edison Phonograph you can hear all the new popular songs of the season while they 'new the best hit, the best band music, the newest disco song, the finest songs just as they are sung. The Edison Phonograph renders perfectly music and talking. It is the liveliest and the most instructory entertainer you can get. You will never get the money spent for an Edison Phonograph. It will entertain your family, and it will add to the delight of your friends. Is there Anybody Selling Edison Phonographs in this Town? If not, we would like to hear from some live dealer who has a store and an established trade in other lines, who wishes to add the Edison Phonograph as a side line. We promise you that we are close to be a side line and become a big part of the business properly. There is money to be made out of selling the Edison Phonograph because it is so popular with everyone who hears it. NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO. 83 Lakeside Avenue, Orange, N. J. READERS of this paper desiring to buy any thing advertised in its columns should insist upon having what they ask for, refusing all substitutes or imitations. FILLING UP THE CANADIAN WEST. The American Settler Is Welcomed to Canada. A number of the leading newspapers on this side of the line have been noticing the growth of the Canadian West in recent years, and draw attention to the fact that there seems to be no abatement of the influx of settlers to that great grain-growing country. The Buffalo Express thus refers to the subject: "Canada West continues to grow. There were 4,174 homesteads entries there in July of this year, as against 3,571 in July, 1905. Canada plumes herself over this fact, with becoming pride. But what appears to make our neighbors happiest is the statement that of these 4,174 homesteaders, 1,212 were from this side of the line. Little is said about the 97 Canadians who recrossed the border to take up nomes in Canada West, or of the 808 from Great Britain, or of the 1,236 from non-British countries. It appears that the item in this July report that makes Canada rejoice most is this of the 1,212 American farmers who decided to try their fortunes in Canada West. "The compliment is deserved. The 1,212 were mostly from Dakota and other farming states, and go into Canada fitted better than any other class of immigrants for developing the new country. They take capital with them, too, say Canadian papers proudly. In every way, they are welcome over there." As the Express well says, the American is welcomed to Canada, and the reasons given are sufficient to invite the welcome. The American farmer knows thoroughly the farming conditions that prevail in the Canadian prairie provinces, and is aware of every phase of agricultural development in recent years. In practical knowledge of what is wanted to get the largest return for labor and investment he is by long odds superior to any European settler. He knows what is required to bring success, and he is able and willing to do it, and his future causes no apprehension to the successful Canadian farmer. The agent of the Canadian Government, whose address appears elsewhere, says that the difference between the manners and customs of the farmer from Dakota, Oregon or Minnesota and the farmer from Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta is not nearly so marked as that between the farmer of the Maritime provinces and the Ontario tiller of the soil. Hence the welcome to the free homesteads of the Canadian West, and there are hundreds of thousands of them left, that is extended to the settler from the Western States. India's Railroad Industry. One of the main schemes of the railway board is to have rolling stocks built up partly in India, which will give manufacturing firms in this country an opportunity for tenders for the construction of wagon frames and bodies. The experiment will also be extended to state fines, tenders being received up to 25 per cent. part in India, which will give the total number of wagons sanctioned for construction yearly, while axles, wheels, etc., will be obtained by each railway administration on indent from home and be supplied to contracting firms. Indian World. FRANK J. CHENRY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENRY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforeseen, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every CATARRAT that cannot be cured by the use of HALUS CATARRAT CURE. FRANKE J. CHER Swaro to before me and CHEE this 6th day of December, A. D., 1858 GLEASON, A. D. Museum Gets Fine Pulpit. King Friedrich August of Saxony has given to the Germanic museum at Harvard a full-size reproduction of the sandstone pulpit of the Church of Wechselburg, near Leipsic. This gift is regarded as the most important made to the museum since the fine collection of casts was sent by the German emperor. The pulpit belongs to the beginning of the thirteenth century, and is a massive structure, 15 feet high, resting on Romanesque columns. Unknown Qualities of Radium- Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, the distinguished London scientist, has joined Lord Kelvin in a protest against the proposition submitted to the British association that the production of helium from radium has established the fact of the evolution of one element into others. Professor Armstrong says that no one has yet handled radium in sufficient quantities to be able to say precisely what it is. Australia's Chief Engineer. T. Roberts, chief mechanical engineer of the South Australian government, has been appointed, subject to the ratification of the various Australian governments, consulting mining engineer for the whole of Australia, with an office in London. The nomination comes from the Australian commissioner of railways. Held to Life to the Last. An old woman, who has just died at Wisbech, Germany, at the age of 84, wrote her own obituary notice on the day before her death and also made a list of all the friends to whom she wished memorial cards to be sent. Japan Building Battleships. Japan is building in her own shipyards 40 vessels, including two battleships DOES YOUR BACK ACHE? Profit by the Experience of One Who Has Found Relief. James R. Keeler, retired farmer, of Fenner street, Cazenovia, N. Y., says: "About fifteen years ago I suffered with my back and kidneys. I doctored and used many remedies without getting relief. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, I found relief from the first box, and two boxes restored About fifteen years ago I suffered with my back and kidneys. I doctored and used many remedies without getting relief. Beginning with Doan's Kidney Pills, I found relief from the first box, and two boxes restored me to good, sound condition. My wife and many of my friends have used Doan's Kidney Pills with good results and I can earnestly recommend them." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Euffalo, N. Y. Wood at Eight Dollars a Pound. "French walnut is the finest wood we have," said the cabinet-maker. "It comes from Persia, but it is prepared in France. I have seen French walnut worth $8 a pound, and it is a common thing to pay $2 a pound for it. Of course it is used principally for veneering. Only millionaires could have chairs and tables of solid French walnut. "Mahogany, wonderful as it is, rarely fetches such high prices. From $2 to $3 is a very good price per pound for this wood. "Ebony, if it is in a particularly large piece, so that it will cut well, will often bring $5 a pound in the wood market." Laundry work at, home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. A Misunderstanding. Apropos of a misunderstanding on the canteen question, Gen. Frederick D. Grant said at a dinner in Washington: "It is like the case of my friend Maj. Green. Maj. Green said to his servant one morning: "James, I have left my mess boots out, I want them soled." "Yes sir, the servant answered. "The major, dressing for dinner that night, said again: "I suppose, James, that you did as I told you about those boots? "James laid 35 cents on the bureau. "Yes, sir," said he, 'and this is all I could get for them; though the corporal who bought 'em said he'd have given half a dollar if pay day hadn't been so far off.'" Tea on the Down Grade. Tea drinkers are finding scant encouragement in a report recently made by a large tea exporting house in Yokohama to its American customers. Incidentally it indicates that the United States is not alone in facing increased cost of living. The report says: "Owing to the rapidly increasing cost of living in Japan labor costs more, and in consequence cultivation of the tea gardens is less generous and extensive than formerly, and less care and skill are expended in plicking and curing the leaf. Hence the average quality of the teas now offered for sale is below that of seasons prior to the war, and for the same reasons we are not likely in the future to see any reversion to the excellence of former years."—New York Sun. NO MEDICINE. But Change of Food Gave Final Relief. Most diseases start in the alimentary canal—stomach and bowels. A great deal of our stomach and bowel troubles come from eating too much starchy and greasy food. The stomach does not digest any of the starchy food we eat—white bread, pastry, potatoes, oats, etc—these things are digested in the small intestines, and if we eat too much, as most of us do, the organs that should digest this kind of food are overcome by excess of work, so that fermentation, indigestion, and a long train of ails result. Too much fat also is hard to digest, and this is changed into acids, sour stomach, belching gas, and a bloaty, heavy feeling. In these conditions a change from indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts will work wonders in not only relieving the distress but in building up a strong digestion, clear brain and steady nerves. A Wash. woman writes: "About five years ago I suffered with bad stomach—dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation—caused, I know now, from eating starchy and greasy food. "I doctored for two years without any benefit. The doctor told me there was no cure for me. I could not eat anything without suffering severe pain in my back and sides, and I became discouraged. "A friend recommended Grape-Nuts and I began to use it. In less than two weeks I began to feel better, and inside of two months I was a well woman and have been ever since." "I can eat anything I wish with pleasure. We eat Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast, and are very fond of it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville." in nkga. "There's a reason." GALL-STONE CURE. "Craemer's Calculus Cure" is a Certain Remedy FOR GALL STONES, Stones in the Kidneys, Stones in the Urinary Bladder or Grave, Billiousness, Sallow Complexion, Jaundice and all Stones that cause it. CRAEMER, 4,500 North Grand Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. Price, $1.00, retail. FITTS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by Dr. Kline's clinic. Dr. Kline's 4000-trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. Kline, tdl, 831 Arch St. , Philadelphia, Pa. Lives by Raising Queen Bees. Miss Flora McIntyre, sophomore in Berkeley University, California, pays her board and tuition fees by the sale of queen bees she raises. Rifle Shooting in Schools. Rifle shooting will hereafter be included in the curriculum of the elementary schools of Great Britain. Mr. Birrell, the president of the board of education, who made the announcement in the House of Commons, said that the educational authorities had been given permission under certain restrictions, to allow children of certain ages to be taught to shoot at miniature ranges, the instruction to be paid out of the public funds. LIMB RAW AS PIECE OF BEEF. Suffered for Three Years with Itching Humor—Cruiser Newark U. S. N. Man Cured by Cuticura. "I suffered with humor for about three years off and on. I finally saw a doctor and he gave me remedies that did me no good, so I tried Cuticura when my limb below the knee to the ankle was as raw as a piece of beef. All I used was the Cuticura Soap and the Ointment. I bathed with Cuticura Soap every day, and used about six or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment. I was thoroughly cured of the humor in three weeks, and haven't been affected with it since. I use no other Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers, U. S. N., U. S. Newark, New York, July 8, 1905." Sympathy Not Needed. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, Norway's famous arctic explorer, now minister to Gerat Britain, makes light of the sympathy expressed by many persons anent the "hardships" of travelers. He says: "There never was such misplaced sympathy as commiserating a man who has lived in the wilds. Most men who travel in out-of-the-way parts of the world do so because they like it. People who live in the center of what is called civilization do not understand, cannot realize, the spell that getting close to nature, battling with nature, has on the heart." He does not believe in the use of alcoholic beverages, holding that while liquor will raise the temperature for a few minutes, after that it falls lower than before. CASTO For Infants and Ch Bears The Signature Of Char. H. F. The K THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY B GALL-STONE CURE. "Gra- Stones in the Kidneys, Stones in the Urinary Bladder, Jaundice and all Stomach Troubles resulting from WM, CRAEMER, 4200 Nom Suffer in Silence To Utilize Power of Tides. A group of several engineers and capitalists, headed by William O. Weber, of Boston, believe they have revolutionized the industrial system by a new device utilizing the power of the tides so as to manufacture compressed air. A plant is about to be erected at South Thomaston, Me., to demonstrate the value of this invention. Worth Knowing. That Allcock's Plasters are the highest result of medical science and skill, and in ingredients and method have never been equaled. That they are the original and genuine porous plasters upon whose reputation imitators trade. That Allcock's Plasters never fail to perform their remedial work quickly and effectually. That for Weak Back, Rheumatism, Colds, Lung Trouble, Strains and all Local Pains they are invaluable. That when you buy Allcock's Plasters you obtain the best plasters made. A near-sighted man has a good excuse for not recognizing his creditors when he happens to meet them. You Lo Because of those u IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT ALWAYS KEEP A BOTTLE OF ST. JACOBS OIL IN THE HOUSE AND YOU WILL HAVE A QUICK, SAFE AND SURE REMEDY FOR PAIN WHERE YOU CAN GET AT IT WHEN NEEDED. PRICE 25c AND 50c Thousands of Women suffer every month in silence, tortures that would drive a man to the edge of despair. The ailments peculiar to women are not only painful but dangerous and should receive prompt treatment before they grow worse. If you suffer from pain, irregular functions, falling feelings, headache, side ache, dizziness, tired feeling, etc., All Cloth Hats, Children's Dresses, etc., made to look like new with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. God has many names, though he is only one being—Aristotle. Lewis' Single Binder straight 50 cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. At the time of his marriage a man thinks he is getting a better half, but later on he may discover that he has a counterfeit on his hands. National Pure Food and Drugs Act. The Garfield Tea Company's preparations comply in every respect with the requirements of The National Pure Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906. Serial No. 384, assigned by the Government, will appear on every package of their goods. New Market for Herrings. A new market for Yarmouth herrings has been opened in the Caucasus, some Scotch merchants having sent an experimental shipment there. The fish are being handled by Prince Louis Napoleon Murat. IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT YOU WANT IT ALWAYS KEEP A BOX ST. JACOB IN THE HOUSE AND YOU WILL QUICK, SAFE AND SURE REMEDY WHERE YOU CAN GET AT IT WILL PRICE 25c AND 50c SICK HEADACHE CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Positively cured by these Little Pills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A perfect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. ORIA and Children In Use For Over Thirty Years The Kind You Have Always Bought BURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. "Graemer's Calculus Cure" Is a Certain Remedy FOR GALL STONES, Bladder on Gravel, Billiousness, Sallow Complexion, from Billionsness. Write for elecclair. 600 North Grand Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. Thouss suffer every month In silence pair. The ailments peculiar should receive prompt treatm irregular functions, falling feel follow the example of thous- ands of women who have been relieved or cured, and take Wine of Cardul. Sold by all Druggists Thinks Clergy Are Losing Ground. Mr. Charles Booth, the great social scientist, in his volume on "Religion in London" is convinced that the clergy are losing ground by becoming servers of tables and organizers of charity instead of spiritual guides to their flocks. To Clean Oil Paintings. Many are not aware that oil paintings may be successfully cleaned by an amateur. Dip a cloth in tepid Ivory Soap and wring almost dry. Go over the picture very carefully until dirt and fly specks are removed; then apply boiled linseed oil with a fannel cloth. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Much of the spring poetry written is not necessarily for publication, but as a guaranty of good faith. You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Woman is the sweetest present which God has given to man. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Habit is stronger than nature.—Quintus Curtius Rufus. Look Premose ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CRE Let Me Send You a Package of Defiance Starch with your next order of groceries and I will guarantee that you will be better satisfied with it than with any starch you have ever used. I claim that it has no superior for hot or cold starching, and It Will Not Stick to the Iron No cheap premiums are given with DEFIANCE STARCH, but YOU GET ONE-THIRD MORE FOR YOUR MONEY than of any other brand. DEFIANCE STARCH costs 10c for a 16-oz. package, and I will refund your money if it sticks to the iron. Truly yours, Honest John, The Groceryman DEFIANCE 16 OZ FOR 10 C ALL OTHER BRANDS CONTAIN ONLY 12 OZ Defiance STARCH WILL NOT STICK TO THE IRON For Emergencies at Home For the Stock on the Farm Sloan's Liniment Is a whole medicine chest Price 25c 50c & $1.00 Sand For Free Booklet on Horses, Cattle, Hogs & Poultry. Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. ELY'S CREAM BALM CREAM COLD CARTRIDGE CREAM READ HAY FEVER DENVER BEAUTIFUL ELY BROS. METROPOLIS HAY FEVER It cleanses, soothes heals and protects the diseased membrane. It cures Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size 50 cts., at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. HICKS' CAPU DINE CURES ALL ACHES And Nervousness Trial bottle 10c Atdrug stores THE CANADIAN WEST IS THE BEST WEST FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE The testimony of thousands during the past year is that the Canadian West is the best West. Year by year the agricultura returns have increased in volume and value, and still the Canada-Free Government offers 160 Government Fees every bona fide settler. Some of the Advantages The phenomenal increase in railway mileage—main lines and branches—has put almost every province on the country with railroad schools, markets, cheap fuel and every modern convenience. The MINERY MILLION BUSHEL WHEAT CROP of this year means $80,000,000 to the farmers of Western Canada, apart from the results of other advice and information address the SUPER-REGIONAL cities of Vancouver, Canada, or any authorized Government Agent. J. S. CRAWFORD, No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri, or C. J. BROUGHTON, Room 430, Quincy Building, Chicago, Illinois. TARTARLTHNE is especially beneficial in old, chronic cases of Rheumatism where the joints are swollen and stiff, and where there are chalky deposits. GRAND LODGE United Brothers of Friendship AND Sisters of the Mysterious Ten OF MISSOURI AND ITS JURISDICTION FIRST QUARTER Office of the Grand Secretary of the Burial and Endowment Department of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. of Missouri, 323 West Johnson street, Postoffice box 42. Sedalia, Mo., Dec. 1, 1906. To the Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge and Grand Temple, Local Lodges and Temples and Juveniles. Greeting: In accordance with Article 5, Section 1, of the Constitution of the Order, I hereby submit the following report for the first quarter: [Name] S. T. PETTIGREW. G. M. Riley Vivian—W. P. Brooks Lodge, 96. Fayette. Anderson Moore—Exodus Lodge, 64, Wellsville. Wm. Smith Mackay—Silver Moon Lodge, 160, Keytesville. John Groomer—Sedalia Lodge, 148, Sedalia. Lewis Robard—St. John Lodge, 7, Rocheport. Lee Davis—Golden Eagle Lodge, 125, Osage City. Annie Lewis—Bright Light Temple, 109, Fayette. Rhoda Schrader—Cleopatra Temple, 119, Liberty. Bettie White—Gilbert Temple, 60, Kansas City. Sallie Plater—St. Elizabeth Temple, 3, Hannibal. Sallie Simms—Eureka Temple, 137, St. Louis. Ethel Scott—Olive Branch Juvenile, 76, St. Louis. Mamie Edwards—Queen Sheba Juvenile, 76, St. Louis. Venore Watson—Barak Juvenile, 53, St. Louis. Ernest Bibb—Noble Workers' Juvenile, 89, St. Louis. Warren Taylor—Malta Bend Juvenile, 93, Malta Bend. Lee Davis—Eagle Lodge, 125, Osage City. Sleep on, United Brothers of Friendship, Sisters of the Mysterious Ten. Never in the history of the Grand Lodge has there been a more successful quarter. The lodge paid in during the first quarter $2,045.25. Eighteen deaths were reported from all quarters of the order. The six lodges paying the highest amount for the first quarter were: 1. St. Paul Lodge, No. 3, Hannibal, Mo., $55.20. 2. C. H. Williams Lodge, No. 105, Lexington, Mo., $55.25. 3. A. B. Moore Lodge, No. 122, Jefferson City, Mo., $52.70. 4. Crespus Attucks Lodge, No. 62, Columbus, Mo., $49.30. 5. Ellijah Lodge, St. Louis, Mo., $42.50. 6. Peaceful Path Lodge, Kansas City, $42.50. These are the banner lodges and the masters and officers and members work together for the good of each other, and the Grand Lodge in general. The Temples paid in the Grand Rebecca Temple, No. 2, St. Louis, Mo., $61.20. Thus we can see where the brain and sinew of the order is. It is an undeniable fact that there is no order in America doing the amount of good that is being done by the order of U. B. F. and S. M. T. Juvenile lodges paid in this quarter $391.40. The leading Juveniles are: Perfect, Hillsdale, Mo., $10.62. White Rose, New Madrid, Mo., $9.60. Aron Green, Bunceton, Mo., $9.00. Busy Bee, Kansas City, Mo., $8.70. Hugh, Boonville, Mo., $8.10. RECEIPTS. Money received from lodges. $2,045.25 Money received from Templs. 3,262.96 DEATH ROLL. Lodge for the first quarter, $3,262.95. Thus the sisters of the S. M. T. are yet leading and they pleasure in holding up the arms of the Grand Master and the Grand Princess. The six Temples paying in the highest amount are: Elizabeth Temple, No. 12, St. Louis, Mo., $104.55. Bright Light Temple, No. 109, Fayette, Mo., $94.70. Mary Magdalene Temple, No. 10, Boonville, Mo., $68.00. Elizabeth Temple, No. 3, Hannibal, Mo., $73.00. Money received from Juven- lles ..... 291.40 Total received from all sources ..... $5,599.61 Paid for board secretary end- owment ..... 25.00 Paid for 1,000 2-cent stamped envelopes ..... 21.40 Other expenses ..... 11.36 Total ..... $ 57.76 Paid to O. C. Queen, Grand Treasurer ..... $ 5,541.85 Amount brought forward from last year ..... 11,359.68 Amount paid treasurer this quarter ..... 5,541.85 Grand total in treasury...$16,901.53 Disbursements. Money paid for burial ..... 775.00 Money paid for endowment ..... 1,554.50 Total endowment and burial ..... $2,—329.50 Disbursements Per General Expense. To Dr. O. T. Fields ..... $35.00 To J. E. McQuity, supplies. ..... 67.50 To board of management meeting ..... 142.26 To W. H. Harrison, salary and board ..... 20.00 To S. T. Pettigrew, official trip, railroad expense ..... 18.00 To J. E. McQuity, supplies for grand lodge officers. ..... 60.25 For fitting up Orphans' home ..... 347.50 Total expenses ..... $3,020.01 Cash balance in treasury.$13,881.52 Notice. The assessment of 85 cents on each lodge and temple member and 15 cents on each Juvenile is due and pay- able to this office Dec. 1—not later than 15th—Part III., Art. 2, Sec. 2; also part IV., Art. 5, Sec. 1 of constit- tion. Industrial and Orphans' Home at Hannibal. The Industrial and Orphans' Home of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. of Missouri is now furnished and equipped and ready for those who must depend upon living there. The home is ready to receive donations from Lodges, Temples, Juveniles, Royal Houses and Camps. If any of the above named care to send donations, feel free to do so, anything will be accepted—cabbage, meat, flour, meal, potatoes, apples, bed clothing, dishes, etc. Be sure to pay the freight or express. Mount Leonard 180, Mount Leonard, Mo.; Capitolean 181, Jefferson City, Mo. TEMPLES. Waverly 213, Waverly, Mo.; Eunice 214, Mount Leonard, Mo. JUVENILES. Waverly 97, Waverly, Mo.; Shephards' Delight 98, Mount Leonard; True Blues 99, Blackburn; Merry Workers 100, Pennysville. Yours in L. M. and T., S. T. PETTIGREW, G. M., Huntsville, Mo. C. C. HUBBARD, Secretary Fund Dept., Sedalia, Mo. MEXICAN Mustang Liniment is a positive cure for Piles. DEAD BEATS Recently a new organization was established by the elite of our city, known as The Palladium Dead-Beats. President—Richard Williams. Vice-President—H. Steele. Assistant Secretary—R. Reese, of Chicago. Treasurer—Howse, of Belleville. Seargeant-at-Arms—S. W. Walton, 4280 North Market. Chaplain—S. W. Williams, 913 Biddle. Secretary—Miss Brown, 1421 Montrose. J. H. Mayze, 1309 Merch street, 80c. Miss Hattle Chuffle, 1212 Spring avenue, $1.40. W. T. Vernon, registrar U. S. treasury at Washington, 60c. Aug. Morris, 172 Marion street, $1. Mrs. John Johns, 172 South Twelfth street, $1. Moved from there and left no address. Miss Hopkins, 1163 Walton avenue, moved and left no address, $1.40. George Black, 6118 South Vermont avenue, refused outright, after many promises to pay, 80c. Next week we will give a number of dead-beats that live in Webster Grove and Kirkwood. We intend telling and let people see who these dead- beats are. The many friends of Mr. Mosby will be pleased to know that this beautiful drug store is now controlled by a company of three, like the Palladium. Mrs William is president; Mr. Houston is secretary; Mr. Mosby is treasurer. They will start out as having the finest and best equipped drug store. Their goods are first-class and fresh, being the best that can be secured, and we take this pleasant opportunity to ask, for him, your patronage. Remember, as you make your rounds each day, don't forget to pass into his place of business and remind him that you saw these several notices in the Palladium. If you should read this in your neighbor's paper go to his place and he will show you his splendid assortment of goods at 809 N. Jefferson avenue. Good Work of Mr Maurace Barnes Mr. Maurice Barnes, of 2739 Wash street, is agent for the St. Louis Palladium. Some years ago we gave him three papers to sell—at that time a paper called the American Eagle, was in her glory. Mr. Barnes sold the Eagle, the Advance and the Palladium, but in due time the Palladium got the lead, and today he sells 60 to 70 papers every week. Thus it shows what close attention to business will do. The Palladium stands ahead of any Negro paper in the West. In St. Louis the Palladium is read by over five thousand people. In St. Louis many persons will not eat their breakfast until the mall man brings the Palladium to them on Saturday morning. If you don't believe it, ask the letter carriers how eager the people are to get the Palladium. Ask any of our agents. So you see if people want the citizens to know that they are in business, advertise in the Palladium. ROOMS FOR RENT Nicely furnished room for rent at 2736 Lawton avenue. Two gentlemen, Call. Nicely furnished front room for rent with bath at 3230 Lawton avenue. If you have counts as to business or love affairs, consult the World's Greatest Clairvoyant, Leon Devoux. LEE'S LAXATIVE COLD CURE For Coughs and Colds. 25c. S. L. PICKETT. Art. 2601 Lawton ave. Western lines, in view of increased cost of operation, including wages, decide upon policy of rigid economy in the coming year. SAM, THE TAILCR. Has begun the making of spring and summer suits. You have your choice in 460 different colors. Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. Evening service at 8 p. m. The Helping Hand Siclety. Meets the first Tuesday in each month. Admission fee, $1. Mrs. Ethel buckle, 2623 Papin street, secretary. Kimble, 2739 Laclede, president; Chas. H. Athle, 3527 Scott, avenue, treasurer; Mrs. Katie Johnson, 4262 Sacramento avenue, vice-president; Mr. F. Ar- PICKETT'S NUMBER NINE (NO. 9) For the Bowels and Liver. Safe and speedy purgative. Gives quick relief; does not gripe. Relieves billiousness and headache, caused from overeating or drinking. Removes uric acid and rheumatism from the systemm. Aids digestion. Price 10c. M. B. Mr. J. H. Kent, the barber, has moved his barber shop from 11 North 14th street, to 1417 Market. A splendid location for a first-class barber shop. Mr. Kent is always doing something to improve the business of the Negro of St Louis, and that is the way to do it, by establishing new business enterprises among our people. [Name] President Myers appeals to the Colored actors of N. Louis to be clean, moral and intelligent in their line of work, and stop being street comedians. He tells them if their work can not bring them more than 50 cents or $1 a day, get something else to do. Don't pened on any one thing As some of you have families to care for, you can not properly provide on such earnings. Electa Temple No. 31 of S. M. T. meets the second Thursday evening of each month at 3 p. m. at U. B. f. Hall. Grace E. Mulligan, W. P., 1417 Pine street; Lula Lee Chatman, U. P., 1524 Pine street; Evelyn Horten, secretary. A. B. Young Men's Social, Musical and Literary Club, 2018 Chestnut Street EMANUEL BROWN, President. Geo. Vashon, Vice-Pres Wm. H. Fields, Sec'y Ed. Carlton, Asst't Sec'y. ```markdown ``` KEEP THE FLAG FLYING A. B. THELINDEN For Newly Furnished Rooms with all Coveniences. 705, 707, 709 North 14th Street. Branches: 1428½ Linden Street and 1710 Lucas ave. Residence: 2116 Chestnut Street. H. C. CURTIS, Proprietor. MONROE MOTLEY, Manager. ALPHONSE GARDNER, Clerk. WILLIE KING, Night Clerk. Phone: Bell Olive 1294. Suits Made to Order. CLEANING, Dyeing, Pressing and Repairing FOR LADIES AND GENTS. If you want to buy a Fullman Suit, Call on me! If you want to sell a Fullman Suit, Call on me! RIVERS, the Tailor 1917 Market Street, St. Louis, Mo. CATERER. A. HOOE, FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT MEALS AT ALL HOURS. 3946 FAIRFAX AVE. ST. LOUIS, MO W. L. PICKINS. JOB BRICK LAYING, Plastering and Vault Cleaning. ALL JOBS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Call or Write. 2613 N. LEFFINGWELL AVE. J. Merriwether The Main BARBER SHOP 105 N. 15th St. For General Satisfaction. Shaving, 10c. Mustache Dyed, 25c. Hair Cut, 25c. Children's Hair Cutting, 15c All Shines, 5c. MRS. J. W. WOOD of 4003 Fairfax Ave. Hair Dressing Business PURE HAIR BRAIDS MADE TO ORDER. FOR SALE—3014 Lulu Avenue, near Greer Avenue. Patronize The Merchants That Advertise In This Paper. Bishop Seymour Very Low. Springfield, Ill., Nov. 28.—The condition of Bishop Seymour is very critical. We will endeavor to keep the best of order ATE LESSONS TO NIGHT. When personal arriving or leaving, please do not be bystanders as I against the city rules. CHAS. H. WINSTON. PROPRIETOR Barber Shop. CROW, General Manager. MADAME IRVING MILLINERY Manicuring, Hair Dressing, Scalp Massage. Guarantee to Grow Hair on Thin or Bald Spots. BRAIDS, WIGS AND POMPADOURS MADE OF COMBINGS OR CUT HAIR. GOOD PRICE PAID FOR COMBINGS. TRUE REFORMERS BUILDING, 2600 Pine Street, St. Louis Mo. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" SO The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Post 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Agents wanted everywhere. J. E. H. HENRY BROWN, Neatly Furnished Rooms 703 and 711 NORTH 14th. Street. Branches 1433 and 1519 Lucas Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO. KENRY BROWN. Manchester. DELIA BROWN. Propertyrs NOTICE. NOTICE. Any article sent to this office for publication must be accompanied by the money—5 cents per line—otherwise it will be thrown away. Hainesworth Sisters HAIR GROWERS. Special Attention Given to Cleaning the Scalp and Shampooing the Hair. 2131 MARKET ST. (Up Stairs) Does you hair split and break off? Nelson's Hair Dressing is the best remedy.