The Appeal

CAPTURE OF NEW MEXICAN BANDITS EFFECTED BY A MISSIONARY WOUNDED BY ONE OF THEM HE AFTERWARD SAVED THEM FROM BEING LYNCHED BY ANGRY COWBOYS ILLSBORO, N. M. May. 1—Red Holmes, a famous rustler, and three of his gang are in the annexed steel cells of the Sierra county jail at this camp. It is remarkable that these outlaws should have been captured as easily as they were, and it is still more remarkable that they were not at once lynched. Both of these remarkable facts may be held to the door of the new dobe, where lives the little home missionary who recently came to the village of Les Polomas to labor among the Mexicans who make up the whole population of that place. The setting of a red sun and the rising breces of evening were walking Las Palomitas from its sista one day last week when the Home Missionary, sitting in the kitchen of the house, over the country with moody eyes. From the threshing floor across the plaza he heard the cooling of wild dogs. From under a grape arbor near by came the scarecrow, the blacksmith, was practicing the dances he was to play at the balle that night. From further up the plaza came the scarecrow, shirt, but not particularly dressed, from the pretty young wife of old Seno Cres, as her husband beat her properly. A cloud of dust arose on the alki plain beyond the village, and the cowboys of the J. X. outfit burst into the plaza, their broncs stretched their necks far out into the village, and swept through with derivive yells at the greachers. None of the cowboys glanced toward the Home Missionary, who sat brooding in his doorway, for he was only a contemptible little tenderfoot parson, who could neither ride nor shoot. He took a look forth to see a long, low 'dobe building. Its benches might have held a hundred men, but they seldom held a dozen. He seemed to hear again the halting Spanish, which had supplanted his elquent Engender. The polite indifference of the Mexican nature nurtured contempt of the cowboys, whose rugged friendship he longed to win. In the midst of his bitter reflections he remembered that two children on a hackenda about ten miles up the river had been killed by one now 'no one' to go to them since Red Holmes and his gang of ronks had he saddled his gentle pony and rode up the river. In the hope of killing an antebellum slave, he hands a repeating rifle, a gift of a parishioner back in his Eastern church. About three miles from the village he came over a ridge and saw four men grouped about a steer they had just killed. Thinking the men were cowboys, he took a sword and swore a string of oaths and motioned him back. Four ponies were tied to mesquite bushes a short distance away. Then the missionary saw that he was riding a horse and was bitten by reputation. In his surprise he healted to turn, and two revolver bullets sang by him. He wheeled and rode in silence back over the ridge. Without any clear plan, he dismounted when he heard a shout. He saw some minutes, all unobserved, he sighed FAMOUS NOBEL PRIZES. Interest in Scientific and Literary Circles Over Their Award—Aggregate $402,000. HEN the will of the late Dr. Nobel was opened it was found that he had set aside a large sum of money, which time to time as prizes among those who distinguish themselves in the domain of science and literature, as well as among those who do good work as humanitarians and philanthropists. The formal rules relating to the prizes have been established, and the first award will be made on Dec. 10, 1901, and that at that time five prizes will be given—one to the person who has made the most important discovery or invention in the department of physics, science, another to the person who has made the most important discovery and the greatest improvement in chemistry, a third to the author of the most important discovery in the department of physiology or medicine, a fourth to the person who has produced the most imaginative or ideal kind and a fifth to the person who, with the object of establishing the brotherhood of nations, has done the best work toward the suppression or reduction of standing armies, as well as toward the formal and propagated of peace conferences. The Swedish Academy of Sciences at Stockholm will award the prizes for physical science and chemistry; the Carolin institute of the same city will award the prizes for mathematics; the Academy of Stockholm will decide as to the merits of the literary works offered in competition, and a committee of five members, elected by the Norwegian storting, will select the prize to be rewarded for his endeavors to put an end to war among civilized nations. Dr. Nobel's will expressly stipulates that the competition shall be open to foreign world, and that each prize must be awarded in the course of every five years. The will also provides that prizes must only be awarded for works executed during the previous year, and this is interpreted as the most recent inventions or improvements in table works in the various departments will be considered and that no attention will be paid to older works unless their importance has been fully demonstrated in recent times. Furthermore, every written work must have been published by means of works offered in competition possesses the necessary high standard the sum his rife at the group. But his nature revolted against killing men who were so in need of time to repent their sins. So he changed his aim to the ponies. The men ran toward the missionary, firing as they came. But the little parson only shrank more behind the shelter of the ridge and blazed away at the two horses and ran back. In those two horses and got to his own horse before the rustlers got over the ridge. He tried to shoot very straight, but his glance would wonder to the men who were charging him and his band. So it took four more hurried shots before he bowled over the last pop. As the rustlers came panting up the bill the parson fled down the other side to his own horse. Once in the saddle he was a fair mark. His horse was hardly moving, but he felt a bullet, burn through his arm. He dropped his rifle, but made no sound, and his pony soon carried him out of range. He drove toward the Hiren Grande and so up the bank tilt he found the J. X. outfitted in a grove of cottonweeds. Nervous excitement and the pain of his wound had made him very white and faint. "I met Red Holmes and three of his gang just across the divide," he cried as it took camp. "They were killing a steer." The cowboys swore in an angry chorus, led by the foreman, a stalwart, hand-some young man named Jim Bronson, came up to the missionary's bridge. "Wal, parson," he said, with contempt. "You're scared. You're scared no more. Red Holmes is miles from here by now, so it's safe for you to light and have some grub." "No, he's not miles from here," insisted the cowboy, who hides in horses and they are out on the desert afoot. "What!" yelled Bronson, and he sweep incredulously. "By Gawd, boys, I believe he's giving it to us straight. Damned if they can't bust his arm a lot." Damned if he behind him gently from his saddle and provided around to listen. (total of the prizes will be reserved for the following year.) Persons who intend to compete must be proposed in writing by qualified persons, and no attention will be paid to requests addressed by intending competitors themselves. According to a 1991 report, the proposal must be written in English, German, French, Latin or in one of the Scandinavian languages, and it must be accompanied by documents showing that the person referred to in it is entitled to compete. That which will be distributed in 1991 will amount to $402,000, or $80,400 for each division. The various academies will make known their decisions publicly on the occasion of the solemn reunion, which will take place on Dec. 10, 1991, this being the anniversary of the reunion. Their other decisions there will be no appeal. At the same time they will present to each successful competitor a check for the value of the prize, a diploma or a certificate of achievement to the donor, with an appropriate legend. Each prize winner is obliged, unless prevented by unforeseen circumstances, to give during the next six months a lecture on the subject of the prize won. This lecture will be given in Christianity by the winner of the peace prize, and the other lectures will be given in Stockholm. The competition for the peace prize is limited to a maximum of public interest. Certain friends of Tolstoi recently claimed that he more than any other man living is entitled to receive this prize, for the reason that he has spent more than a million dollars in a general disarmament and a universal peace. The earc of Russia has also been put forward as the only logical claim, on the ground that the recent conference, the Hague was called on him, that he should further the cause of peace than anything else in modern times. At least one painter of battle scenes has also come forward as a claimant, his argument that the war of war has really done yeoman's work as a champion of peace. ENGLISH FOR THE JAPANESE. In English to supersee Japanese as the national language of Japan? There are some specially progressive Japanese who think making an effort to bring Japanese into suit with hopes of ultimate success. The first step in this direction is the substitution of the Roman characters in Japanese with the Chinese characters and Chinese ideographs in THE APPEAL. to the tale the missionary told them so weary. "Hey you, parson!" a cowboy shouted, and a scramble for a ladder gan. The cook bound up the missionary's wound and rode back with him to Las Palomas, while the rest spread out on the divide. They knew that without these Red Holmes was at their mercy at last. A couple of hours later the missionary, sitting once more in the doorway of his room, heard a clatter of hoops as the outfit set off. The men, the officers. He wondered if they would take the outaws to Hillsboro that night, but he saw them stop in the plaza. Lights came out of the houses in answer to their calls. "Where are you going, amigo?" he called to the runner. "I go to see them shoot los ladrones!" cried the man, and sped on. The missionary arose weakly and followed the runner across the plaza. When he reached the thong he saw that the cowboy stood on the wall, while the cowboys stood with their revolvers in their hands. He pushed among them unnoticed in the excitement of the moment. "Mr. Bronson, what are you going to do?" he asked bravely. "Hulu, parson," called the cowboy general. "Get up, darl, to see us see shoot the skunks so full of blood." printed Japanese. A Japanese society, the Romani Kiwal, organized to further this reform has long been in existence. The proposed change is not quite as simple as the Roman or Goble characters in printed German, but it is entirely practicable. Actual experiment has already proven that Japanese can easily be printed in Roman letters with a great gain in simplicity and more and more at least one native newspaper in Japan was printed in Romani. New York's new Japanese newspaper will be printed in Romani as soon as its success seems fairly certain. Nearly all the books available on Romani can easily read Romani-Japanese, and there are at least 100,000 persons in Japan who understand it perfectly besides a million who understand it in part. Of course the complete accomplishment of this reform is a short step toward the substitution of English for Japanese. The hope that this may be finally brought about rests on the preference the Japanese give to English, the Chinese, and the French, fact that a host of English words are already so incorporated in the Japanese language that they have driven their Japanese equivalents out of use. Attempts to orthographically indicate the Japanese pronunciation of these words produce combinations of letters that certainly look very un-English. Thus the Japanese say "refer" for "railroad," "tunnel" for "train," "tunnel" for "tunnel," "tunnel" for "table," "nunner" for "liege," "furuner" for "fannel," "dory" for "dollar" and so on. The Japanese are equally destitute of the letter "T" and the sound it represents, their rules of pronunciation are more like the rules of English, so they have a special fondness for tacking a final "u" for the sake of euphony to as many words as possible. Due allowance being made for these peculiarities, it will seem that the queer-looking words printed there are generally good examples, pronounced as nearly correctly as is possible to untraug Japanese vocal organs. Of course this borrowing of English words by the Japanese isn't really of much significance. Every nation is grateful for the Japanese language, which it comes in contact. Our own language is a mosaic of borrowings. Even the Aztecs have left their mark on our common speech. There are 3 000 words used alike in French and English, and their number is constantly increasing, but French remains vronen and English remains English. We find it difficult to understand why, any Japanese, should desire that his own native tongue should be extinguished by any other language, and we think it will Defective Page ain't going to be fit to skin. Trees are mighty scarce hereabouts." "That will be murder!" replied the missionary, looking steadily at the big young man. "Shucks!" cried Bronson. "Are you all ready, boys?" "Thou shalt not kill!" broke in the missionary. "This is a matter for the law. For what these men have done they shall have stern justice at the hands of the authorities. You must give great judge. Take them to the jail at Hillaboro. It is of an uneased steel, and they cannot break out. If you will put them in my house for to-might. They will kill you, even though no murder, even though the provocation is great. Lawless acts breed lawlessness. Who are you that you should so carelessly stain your hands with any man's blood black the blood may be." "Parasites you put up well this evening, but you are spoiling it all now." Dark looks were directed toward the missionary, and threats were growled. The parson's heart grew heavy, for he was so careless that he had gained with these men. But to him the right was an inevitable choice when once he knew it, and he cried out still more earnestly: "You must not cut off these poor wretches in their sins! Would you kill both body and soul?" be a very long time before the attempt to bring about that result will accomplish much. The Roman characters for the native symbols in printed Japanese. But the fact that such an attempt is being made is interest-building—Booster, Democrat and Chronicle. Fewer Steel Pens Used "During the past year," said a Nassau street stationer, "we have sold only half the number of steel pens we sold in 1890. And I would not be surprised to see the sales of pens fall off till only a few stationers in town carried large stocks of steel pens. We had the advent of the typewriting machine. "In almost every business house in the city typewriters are in use and in some houses they have a system of keeping books with typewriting machines. In the past we were for years kept with pen and ink, but now the copyists employed there are compelled to work typewriting machines. Deeds are copied into the record books with the aid of the typewriter and the typewriter scence he had a few years ago when any school boy was competent to be a copyist in the register's office. Hundreds of boxes of steel pens were in use there in those days, but now they use only a percent of the quantity formerly required. "I would not be surprised if within the next few years several pen manufacturers what a heap of bother and expense it is to make a pen. For instance the steel is first rolled into big sheets and then rolled into thin sheets and wide. These sheets are annealed. In other words they are sortly heated to a red heat and permitted to cool very gradually, so that the steel is soft enough to be easily worked. Then the strips are again rolled to the required thickness, or rather thickness, for the purpose of average steel pen is not thicker than plaster. The blank pen is next cut out of the flat strip and the name of the maker stamped upon it. Then comes the mold, which gives it grace and strength. The rounding enables the pen to hold the requisite ink and to distribute the ink gradually. That little hole which is cut out allows the ink to make the ink run properly and regulates the elasticity of the pen. Up to this time the metal is soft and lead-like. To make it be heated to a cherry cook and then suddenly plunged into a cold water. But "I've stood enough of your cant!" cried Bronson, roughly. "Now you vamoose or take the consequences." "Then you must shoot these men through the missionary said. He stepped forward and stood before the outaws with outstretched arms. There was a momentary silence. The glare of torches held by the Mexicans flashed on scowling faces and gleaming hair. The outaws wore glinted hair. The lights shone from knives and canes. Then it bore fortte use, so the temper of the steel must be drawn. The elasticity varies with the color and each color is obtained by suddenly plunging a slitting screw into the paint. Then follow the slitting, polishing, painting, and all of which is done by expert workmen. "But the price of pence has fallen greatly at late, and, as I said before, with the advent of the new century there will be more typewriters put out by work." New York Sun. MINNESOTA'S FORESTRY. It Is Complimented by a Michigan Hostess The December number of Science contains an article on "Progress in Forestry Under State Control." by Dr. Voley M. Heyne and Dr. Robert B. Boltin, in the University of Michigan in which he says that by Minnesota's fiefarden system "a great step has been taken, and by so much Minnesota is well informed of Michigan and Wisconsin." He states: "Minnnesota has made very substantial progress in forestry legislation, especially in the direction of controlling fire fires. A most commendable feature of the law is the definite lapse of five years, is the definite lapse of liability by the appointment of a chief fire warden who has general charge of the fire warden force of the state, and who is authorized during the dangerous season to vent or suppress fire the sum of $5,000 available for this purpose. Supervisors of towns, mayors of cities and presidents of village councils are constituted fire wardens, with authority to arrest with woods or priories to the danger of property, the wardens themselves being liable to penalties for neglecting the duties of their office. Under the vigorous administration of the present chief fire warden, wards of a course done to promote the growth of a certain property, not a little has been accomplished in the actual prevention and suppression of fires. Warning notices in great number are posted and the intelligent cooperation of wardens has been secured. During the drought in the early summer of the present year, over 300 fire wardens were in correspondence with their chief, reporting precautions taken, and otherwise the system is doubtless capable of improvement, but in its inception and reasonably successful a great step has been taken, and by so much Minnesota is well in advance of Michigan and Wisconsin. The system has passed designating as forest reserve lands set apart by the lerentia for guns till it it lilt up the pale, calm face of the little monastery. A splash of blood across his forehead gleamed darkly red, and the white bandage around one of his arms stood sharply distinct. The four. The four. The four. The four. Brightly bound, looked on in sulter amazement. The missionary made the first move. He reeled and would have fallen had not Bronson jumped forward and caught him. "The parson is too strongly organized for me, boys," Bronson said hourly, forestry purposes, or granted to the state by the United States government, or by the state's forestry agencies, and creating a state forestry board to care and management of the forest reserves and to represent the state in all matters pertaining to forestry. The constitution of the board has evidenced its involvement with a view to making it non-political and possible. It consists of nine members, including the chief fire warden, ex officio, the 'professor of horticulture "in the State University," three persons recommended by the governor of qualifications that are specified, and four to be recommended by the following bodies, namely: the Minnesota State Forestry association, the Minnesota State agricultural society, the Minnesota Forestry Association, and the State Fish and Game commission. In creating such a board, authorized to accept lands for forestry purposes and to take care of the state, including the sale of forest products; Minnesota has fully recognized forestry—not only the protective, but also the view—as a proper function of the state. It is safe to say that this advanced position has the practically unanimous approval of the me in this country, few of whom are still in rank as forestry experts, and of other thoughtful students of the problems connected with this subject. $2.40 PER YEAR. VISIONARY RD SAVED COWBOYS "He's shore clean strain all through, and what he says goes. I reckon you'd best tote these hold-ups to Hillibor. I'm going to tell the parson home and look after him a lot." To-day is Sunday. A bunch of bronches are standing before the door of the 'dobc church, clanking their bits and kicking at each other. The boys are inside, hearing the little parson speak. A. J. M. H. high, dry tables of the continent in the interest of their failing health; they eat their food, and they least, and learn to call the place where they can live "home." Fitting hither and thither but adds to the discomforts of semi-invalidation of the consumptive, without in the least abating the cause that induces it. BAT CAYES OF TEXAS The New York man knocked the ashes from his cigar, rolled it in his fingers and examined the fire end with that "bored expression which means, 'When are you going to stay in Texas had the floor, "Out in my state," he said, "where limestone is the formation, or country rock as the miners say, there are hundreds of caves, little caves and big caves, house and others so big they have found the end of 'em. I know one cave so big that a gang of explorers spent three days in there and came out as wise as they went in, so far as its boundaries were any stalactites and that sort of thing in there?" asked the New Yorker. No. air; nothing but bats, guano and daddy long legs. Bats by the millions and tens of millions it looks like, all of 'em hanging to the roof and walls waiting to come so as they can fly out and get a squirrel. You can never see how they can tell you. Come out despite - for it's always pitch dark inside - unless, maybe it is a change in the air that notifies 'em. The savv' in the air that country in summer is that the air that country in the sun quits shinin'. Maybe the bats feel the change and know it is sundown. "Anyhow, long about sunday, if you happen to be in the neighborhood of one of these big caves, you'll see all these huge caves, you may be there, or maybe an hour or more they'll pour out a mouth of that cave in a solid black cloud. It gives you a queer sort of feel—to watch em suggest* internal refinement or sort of thing. You'd think that many of them are arsenal ranges, so to speak, but there seems to be plenty of insects for 'em, and I reckon the Lord proves for the same as he does for the sparrow. By the way, the food we had all the food and exercise they gave back they go into their cave and hang 'emselfles up on the wall again. It's a great sight to watch these flights." And the New York man, as quoted by the Sun, "isn't that good for something?" "The finest fertilizer in the land," replied the Texas man. "It runs well in ammonia, and, of course, that makes D Con"sued on 2nd Page I YOUR HEAD THE ADDRESS THE APPEAL, A NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS 49 E. 4th St., St. Paul, Minn. ISSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY in Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Washington, Louisville, St. Louis. ST. PAUL OFFICE, No. 110 Union Blk. 4th & Cedar, J. Q. ADAMS, Publisher. MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE, Guaranty Loan Bldg. Room 817 HENRY ROBERTS, Manager. CHICAGO OFFICE, 323-5 Decarbom St., Suite 310, C. F. ADAMS, Manager. WASHINGTON OFFICE, No.1919 Eleventh St., Northwest CHAS. E. HALL, Manager. LOUISVILLE OFFICE, No. 312 W. Jefferson St. Room 3 W. V. PENN, Manager. ST. LOUIS OFFICE, No. 1002 Franklin Avenue. J. H. HARRISON, Manager. TERMS. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE: Communications to receive attention must be written only upon one side of the paper; must reach us Tuesday if possible, anyway, written only on Wednesday, and the signature of the teacher, unless stamps are sent for postage. We do not host ourselves responsible for the mailing of your letters. Soliciting agents wanted everywhere. Write in every letter that you write in never fail to give your full name and address, plainly stating your name and address, unless letters of all kinds must be written on separate sheets from letters containing new information as second胶 matter at St. Paul, Minn. AGENTS WANTED. THE APPEAL wants good reliable agents to canvass for subscribers at points not already covered. Write for our extraordinary inducements. The wise, just and humane policy of our national administration towards our island possessions and dependencies should awaken the pride and gratification of every loyal American. President McKinley, who is now making a tour of the country, said in a speech at Memphis: "Our past has gone into history. No brighter one adorns the annals of mankind. Our task is for the future. We leave the old century behind us, holding on to its achievements and cherishing its memories, and turn with hope to the new and its opportunities and obligations. These we must meet, men of the south, men of the north, with hope and resolution." And almost at the same moment, in an address delivered in Boston, Vice President Roosevelt uttered these patriotic and inspiring words: "We must perform our future duties as during the last three years we have performed our duties to Porto Rico and Hawaii. It is almost comic to look back at the jeremiahs of those who prophesied untold woe to the nation from the admission of Hawaii. She came in and a ripple was caused by her HE KNEW. IN MEMORY OF SON OF OWNER FASTOR SCHMIDT SMITH AND OF YOUNG DESTINATION Parson Arthur Dox- I wonder why we received so many pennies in our Easter college. Dean Hickory Crick-Wall, I 'posse its' cause they don't make no smaller college. AT THE BOARDING-HOUSE. Starboard—What kind of cakes are those, Mrs. Sloggins? Mrs. Sloggins—Flannel cakes. Starboard—Well, that accounts for their awful shrinkage in size. entrance. In the case of Porto Rico, the problem was more difficult. We took the island of a million inhabitants who had never known what freedom was and have established a representative government there." As there is an almost certainty that Public Printer Palmer will be retired from his position at Washington shortly, on account of his age. THE APPEAL would most heartily indorse the appointment of Congressman Joel P. Heatwole, of Northfield, Minn. We have known him for the past fifteen years and know him to be just the sort of man for the place. Mr. Heatwole is a Republican in politics, was born in Indiana, Aug. 22, 1856, is a printer by trade, and is now serving his third term in Congress. He was a delegate at large to the Republican national convention at Chicago in 1888; secretary of the Minnesota state central committee from 1886 to 1890, and chairman of the same committee from 1890 to 1892; held the position of regent of the Minnesota State University for six years; was president of the Minnesota Editorial Association three terms and mayor of his home city, in 1894 and 1895. That staunch old Democratic paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, warns Bryan and his followers that expansion is now an established fact and any further opposition to it is only ridiculous. Editor Watterson then advises the Democratic party to reorganize, and adds: We are mighty tired of shooting blank cartridges out of flintlock muskets against an enemy armed with Mauser rifles and occupying all the strong positions upon the field of battle. McKinley has disappointed the antis again. Only a few months ago he was pictured as a military despot; now he has just issued orders which will reduce the standing army by twenty, thousand men. Bryan, Towne, Pettigrew and others prophesied such dire calamities arising from McKinley's re-election and foresaw the American people groaning beneath the oppression of a huge standing army—well, they aren't saying a word now. In a personal editorial in his paper, the Commoner, William Jennings Bryan says positively that he will not be a candidate for president again—and then immediately ties a string to his declaration by adding: "If I ever become a candidate again it will be because it seems necessary for the advancement of the principles to which I adhere." THE APPEAL: A NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER It doesn't require a very great strain of memory to recall how English, and other foreign capitalists were buying American bonds and securities a few years ago. But thanks to our limitless natural resources and to our sound financial policy given us by the Republica party, Uncle Sam is now the money lender of the world. The beauties of the jury system were again exemplified in the case of Callahan, the accused kidnapper in the Cudahy case in Omaha. Look out for more kidnapping now. A BLACK HERO. Bravely Meets Death in Order That a Married man May Escape Indianapolis, May 12.—William Phelps, of Richmond, Ky., and James Stansbury, Afro-Americans, of this city, were cleaning the inside of an eight-foot mills this afternoon when an employee turned on the steam, thinking the cock was tight. It leaked, and the scalding steam poured in on the manhole. Only in the top. Both jumped for the ladder. Phelps reached it first, took one step and stopped. He jumped aside and shouted: "You go first, Jim, you are married." Stansbury spring up the ladder and escaped with slight burns about the face and legs. Though Phelps followed at his heels, his act of heroism cost him his life. Both men were being cooked when Phelps jumped aside. By the time he was standing at Stansbury's house the flesh was dropping from his limbs. He was cooked alive, and with supreme effort dragged his scaled body from the manhole. He lived for two hours in terrible agony, but did not let a groan escape him. It was Jim's right to go first," said he. cutely. "He is married." Phelps was being board at Stansbury's house. Bat Caves of Texas. (Continued From First Page.) good plant food. In some of these caveats Texas has a thirty feet deep on the floor. Transportation trouble. Texas is the land of magnificent distances, and the railroads are mostly a long way from the caves. To get there, you must travel miles or so to the railroad makes provision a minus quantity. Some day the railroads it get down in that region and the next fellow'll make his pile out of that fellow's treasure "Oh, yes; they've been known for years. Look on a United States geological map of that region and the next marked all about on it. They're no need for thousands of years old. Judging by the deposits of guano, the bats must have chased mosquitoes there long before the rains of the floods flints for spikes to chase buffalo with. "Some of the caves are vacant now. Thoughtless cowpunches or like fired 'em to smoke the bats out, just for fun. 'em of fine gauge and swarms of bats have been destroyed that way. Smoked out once a cave stays vacant, as the bats seem to be like the risk of going back again." And the daddy long leg legal. You just ougather see 'em in those cave. They hang in bunches as big as your head, all tangleed up together till it looks like they'd never get unravelled. But just stick a light under a bunch of 'em. Holy smoke! the move they get on 'em!" It profits a man to possess the confidence of his neighbor. THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES. A Collection of a Few of the Events Occuring Among the Afro-Americans of the Capital of This Great and Glorious Nation for Our Many Readers. Mr. Louis Conte and Miss Mary Kinner were married Monday. Frederick Thompson, aged fifty-two, was accidentally thrown between two electric cars at Missouri avenue and Sixth street and injured about the head. The police of the Second precinct were notified Sunday night of the sudden death of Frances Detter, fifty-six years of age, who died at his home on 40 street northwest, from a hemorrhage without receiving medical attention. Frank Becket weet with his sister and relatives to make a call in Georgetown Tuesday night. As a part of the hospitalities Becket was presented with a quart bottle of whisky. He drank it a Wednesday the physicians at the Emergency hospital said he would recover. George W. Boyer, one of the jurors in the case of John Brown, the "emancipator", who was hanged at Harper's 1858 he was just died at Charleston, W. Va. We know that famous jury now survives—William A. Martin, who lives at Deleplan, Va. Officials of the Illinois Republican Association, to serve for the next year, were elected Saturday night follows: L. B. Stine, president; E. B. Payne, first vice president; N. N. McCullough, second vice president; R. Stone Jackson, secretary; Ellis Logan, assistant secretary; Lemuel Adams, assistant lawyer; J. B. Mattack, seargent-at-law. --- Judge Kimbala has requested Sanitary Officer Frank to have William Douglas examined to determine his sanity. Douglas was arrested on a charge of profanity and disorderly conduct, and he was sentenced to years in his eyes, he declared that he was not guilty, but that he was preaching and trying to turn sinners into the straight and narrow path. One incident of the Jacksonville fire is worth recording. "Tom Murray, a 'be-fo-de-wah' Afro-American, drives hack No. 88. While other carriage drivers were charging exorbitant prices for their goods, the driver worked valiantly all Friday, attended and night and all day Saturday, carrying needy people to various places, and would not accept a cent of pay. Dr. John W. Hoffman, professor of agriculture in the state industrial college of Florida, is the one noted ngrocient scientist of the world. He has been awarded many honors, including Horticultural society, the Boston Mycological society, the New York Zoological Society and the Royal Agricultural Society of England. He has been a member of the Geographical Society and of the Royal Microscopical Society of England. Fifteen hundred Afro-American Catholics, members of St. Augustine's church, church of St. Augustine's Sunday to the Church of St. Alosyus', near Gonzaga College. They marched all the way from St. Augustine' to St. Alosyus', and made a most impressively organized march reached the church and were received by the Jesuit Fathers. Then followed marching through the aisles of the church, the regular prayers said at the pilgrimages, and other devotions. The War Department has published the reorganization order prescribing the strength of the various branches of the military service upon the basis of the military service number 77,287 and a staff of 2,783 men, the collapsed being 74,504 men. by the Secretary's order each cavalry regiment will consist of twelve cavalry troops of 58 enlisted men each of the strength of the cavalry branch 15,840. The 30 infantry regiments will consist of 12 companies of 104 enlisted men each, making the infantry strength 38,520 enlisted men. The financial troubles which stirred up the Afro-American Masons of New England, especially those who took degrees in the Scottish Rites, through the actions of Robert B. Robinson, of Alexandria, Va., who had been deputized to establish consistorys in Boston, and the W. Culles, of Washington, it was claimed that Robinson did not account to the Supreme Council in Washington for the fees received for initiation, and he was expelled from the department of Free Masonry. Secretary L. W. Culles, of Washington, was charged with a government against Robinson on charges of embezzlement, larceny and forgery, and on April 25 the Wahington police arrested him. He was taken to Boston, and in the Superior Court pleaded guilty, offered to make restitution, and pay costs. Satisfactory ground for the plea was accepted, and the court accepted his plea and the case was placed on file. Government jobs, especially those under the civil service, do not seem to be as desirable as they once were. There are now a number of good vacant berths with nobody offering to fill them, and there is a lot of trouble in getting young men to join the clerical force of the government in that much heralded field, "the Philippines." The Civil Service Commission has made a single application has made his appearance for the post of steamboat boiler inspector at Manila. The salary is $2,250 and though the announcement of the examination to be held May 23rd has been made, the applications have been received. Closer at home there is trouble. The Commission announces that there are not enough qualified candidates for the position. The impression seems to be that the Department of Animal Industry in the Agricultural Department. These places pay $1,200 and $1,400 with a good opportunity for promotion. The impression seems to be that the Department for skilled work are much below those which the same could command in the open market, and this is understood to be the reason for the lack of applicants for the positions under the civil service. The Union League, a local organization of Afro-American interests in the city, is making an investigation into the status of the Afro-American popula- AN AWFUL THREAT. Tattered Tompkins-Lady, if you don't give me something to eat I'll recommend dis house to all my friends from here to New Orleans. The Mouse—Dear me, how fond of e exercise that woman must be. I never come into the room that she doesn't com mence climbing around on chairs and tables and things. tion in business and in maintaining organizations. The work has been conducted by Mr. A. F. Hilyer, with the help of Mr. L. G. Ricks, Clayton H. J. Davis, G. W. Ellis, Gray L. G. Fletcher, Jr. Dr. R. T. Hamilton, L. M. Hershaw, W. L. Houston, Dr. John C. Norwood, Robert Pelham, R. W. Ricks, Reward Turner and Dr. Frank A. League in a pamphlet of 174 pages. It is claimed by the compiler that this is the most comprehensive effort on the part of Afro-Americans to study their own condition yet made. The results reached is that "Afro-Americans are not disposed to patronize each other in those classes of business in which the whites seriously compete for their trade. It is not that Afro-Americans in those classes of business in which they must compete with white merchants that, as a rule, the people of their own race shun them, but that they are almost entirely from the white race." This, Mr. Hilly says, is due partly to a lack of confidence which the masses feel for the Afro-American business man, and partly to envy and jealousy, which has been a large measure, before the Afro-American can hope to take his proper place in the business world. Yet, with all these drawbacks, he says, a company has been made in business. The business has not yet gained much volume, but is widespread and popular, embracing all sections of the district, over eighty-three different classes of business and classes of the Afro-American population. The statistical analysis of the business movement was prepared by Mr. George W. Ellis, a graduate of the Gunton Institute of Economics, New York City. It shows that there are in the business the Aloe-Amoco can proprietors, of whom 1,600,000 furnished sufficient data about their business to enable him to include them in his tabular statements. Of these, seventy-two have been in business less than 249, from 258 to one to three years, 129 from two to three years, from five to ten years, 249 from ten to twenty years, and 125 more than twenty years, indicating considerable permanence in business. They give employment to 2,830 persons, have $654,761 incremental aggregate annual business of more than and three-quarter millions of dollars. Among the more common kinds of business may be mentioned the following: Barber shops, 142; blacksmiths booth and shoe repairers, 61; caterers, 15; places, 56; contractors, 17; dining rooms, 23; dressers, 81; dryers and clothes cleaners, 11; cook shops where meals are furnished, 95; expressmen, and oyster dealers, 75; grocers, 14; market traders, 6; keepers, 14; market stands, 4; pool rooms, 11; saloons, 9. There are fifty-three physicians, twelve trained nurses, twenty-three lawyers and ten dentists. ORGANIZATION. No less interest is paid to the report on the organizations maintained by the Afro-Americans. There are one bank, one building association and four life insurance companies on small weekly premiums. In addition to small secret and fifteen secret orders, whose chief object is to care for the sick and bury the dead. In the year 1900 these societies had a memorial at the Dialect alone above 22,000, with assistance to charity and cash of $235,000, and expended for benefits and charity over $0,000. The Afro-Americans own and maintain three cemeteries—one of them, "Harmony," organized in 1825. There are eight charity organizations, the report states, besides those connected with the churches; innumerable pleasure clubs, six literary societies, two of them, the Bethel Society, organized in 1886; the National Association organized in 1886, of national fame; a medical society, a dental society and a society of trained nurses; three musical organizations for the study of classical music, besides the bands, glee clubs and orchestras; they have attained high rank; five patriotic, five philanthropic and five trades union organizations. There are ninety-three colored churches, with a membership of 29,000, ninety-six Sunday schools, with an enrollment of nearly 10,000. They are the core of civilization. Just in proportion as a people show a capacity to combine their resources in organizations and church choirs, many of which give evidence of a higher civilization. The organization and character of a class of people than the number and nature of the organizations which they sustain. According to this test, the report argues, the Afro-Americans of the Disc have made commendable progress. "Next to their improvement in morals and education, the Afro-Americans of the district have made the most progress in the acquisition of homes for the elderly, the census of 1880, the latest available statistics, 25.5 per cent of all the families in Washington owned their homes, while 15 per cent of all the colored families owned theirs. Many of these homes are still in use and culture. No less than six of them are valued above $10,000 each, and at least two-thirds of them above $3,000 each. Besides the families who own, the majority of these homes, surrounded by many of the evidences of comfort and culture in modern home life, books, pictures, newspapers, magazines, pianos, etc. One of the decided evidences of progress of the city is the development of Washington is to be seen in the improvement of their home life." The Lady Lightning-Rod Streak Again In a thunderstorm at Sharon, Pa. recently, Mrs. Archibald Rankin received a violent shock from lightning, and, when restored to consciousness, she was subjected to an intolerable sensation of prickly heat, resembling being punctured by the points of a thousand needles. Some years ago Mrs. Rankin was severely shocked by lightning, since which time she has endured, suddenly sensitive and susceptible to the influences. Even the ordinary currents of magnetism which pervade the earth cause, for great distress, She has been styled the "human magnet," on account of her "susceptibility to all electrical disturbances. For years she has been compelled to sleep in a bed on the legs of which are glass insulators. She also sits in an insulated chair—Philadelphia Times. Peculiar Origin of This Name The name of the postoffice Halt Rock, in Missouri, is not to be accounted for by any peculiarity of the physical features of the place, as might be supposed. It seems that one of the first buildings erected there was a general store, the proprietor of which sold such bad sugar that his customers declared it to be "half rock." The term was in course of time applied to the store itself, and subsequently to the postoffice established at the place. —Kansas City Journal. The Salvation Army, in England, reports that it has a life assurance premium income of nearly £70,000 a year and £250,000 policies THE HALL AIMS AND METHODS The aim of this school is to do practical work in order to succeed in the ministry. Its content is broad and practical; its ideas are high; its work is thorough; its methods are fresh, systematic, clear and simple. COURSE OF STUDY Occurs on three years, and covers the lines of work three years, and covers the lines of work instruction usually pursued in theological theology in the country. EXPENSES AND AELEMES AND AID Tuition for students is pimply for the apartments for students are pimply for even dollars per month. Building fees are steam. from loans without interest, and gifts of friends, are granted to deserving students who do their utmost in the line of self-help. Grace, gifts, and energy need be deprived of the advantages for open-air painting that the address REV WILBUR H. THIRKLAND, D. D., President Atlanta, Ga. EGKSTEIN NORTON UNIVERSITY CANE SPRING, BUILTIN COUNTY, NY. "Individual training will set you to票 thousand REV. WM. M. COOPER, A.D. H. COOPER, and C. CAMPER. THE LOCATION. The Egkstein Norton University is situated at Cane Spring, a quiet neighborhood of the most healthy and quiet settlements in the county for many years. The building and grounds are surrounded by mountain streams, dealing minute cascades, high mountains, peopled with timber of many varied life, free from the unhealthy sediments and lilac-covered hills. The campus is developed and secured, and the pavement is well maintained and prepared for life, and is aptly suited to air conditioning. DEPARTMENTS Literary Photography Photography College Making Plant Sewing Tailoring Tailoring Cooking Business College Barber Shop Barber Shop Carpenter Carpenter Medical and Media Shorthand and Typing Writers Shorthand and Typing Writers Musical Conservatory. The school departments are under competent one- and two-story buildings. Each instructor teaches her/has team from college, state, or district institutions. The schools are located in Rhode Island, and other of 222 college institutions. Institutions and students are as studied that students may study health or finances, and return to college to recruit their health or finances. The course in music is the least possible, consistent with through TERMS Room, room, fuel, tuition and waiving, $1.00 or more. Student, student, fee and the year. HELP FOR STUDENTS. Deserving students may have the privilege of a room. We do not have a room for every student. Do we ask住宿 not only on account of our level of need, but also on the basis of our accommodations are first-class and we do not have a room at Gau Spring, NY, via Louisville, KY, or at Gau Spring, NY, via Louisville, KY. Persons en route to Gans Spring, KY, via Louisville, will be accommodated at No. 257 Louisville street, Louisville, KY. For catalogues and all business address the President, REV. C. H. PARRISH, A. M., CANE SPRING. "GOD HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOS ALL NATIONS OF MEN." BereaCollege SHAW UNIVERSITY RALEIGH, S. C. For both sexes, Departments of Law, Medicine, Nursing, Training, College College Preparatory, College Preparatory, College Preparatory, for catalogues, archives and collections. For catalogues, archives and collections. PRES. CHAS. S.MESERVE Raleigh N. C. Fourteen teachers. Elegant and commendable colleagues. Climate unimproved. College building. W. J. W. L. Shortshand. Typewriting and Instruct. L.T. Training. FIFTY DOLLARS IN ADVANCES Will pay for board, room, light, chair, tuition and incidences for the entire year. Board $200 per month for board, room, light, chair, tuition and incidences per department. Seal for circular, to the president. REV. JUDSON S. NILL D. D. Morrislain, Tenn. CENTRAL TENNESS COLLEGE Departments. English. Norfolk. Preparatory. College. Theological Medical. Princeton. School. Law. Medical. African American. school. dental. Over forty instructors. Attendance last one. No Kapers from 8:30 a.m. to get school month. For further information and catalog, address the President. J. Braden, Nashville. Tennessee. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY? Admits Men and Women at all Races WELL EQUIPPED, THOROUGH INSTRUCTION. Address 5318 St. Charles. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA DOES THIS REMIND YOU A WEEKS RECORD IN MINNESOTA'TA CAPITAL The Sainty City and Salutty City Folks—Neway Items of Social, Religious and General Matters Among the People, Bolted Down. The letter carriers have determined that they will not be shirt-waist men. Goodall House, 376 Jackson street, furnished rooms, transients accommodated. For Rent—Two furnished rooms for gentlemen. Apply to Mrs. D. E. Talbert, 553 Sibley street. Rooms Wanted—A few gentlemen rooms may find nicely furnished rooms at 554 Broadway. One or two gentlemen rooms avenue, or at THE APPEAL office. Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Adams, with two of their children, John and Edytella, left last night for a short trip to Chicago. William Tate, an Afro-American prisoner at Fort Snelling, escaped Tuesday and no trace of him has been had since. Have you seen that elegant new moving van of the Elk Express Co? Well, it a corker. Don't forget them when you need any expression done. The Wm. E. Nagel Undertaking Co., founders directors and embalmers, 322 Wabasha street, between Third and Fourth streets. Telephone 508 04 day or night. Those of our patrons who desire to have matter published must get the same in this office not later than Thursday, otherwise it may be crowded out. There will be a party of about sixty over on a chartered car from Minneapolis May 27th, to attend the Old Malds' Convention at Pilgrim Baptist church. The Victoria Burlesques are coming to the Star Theatre next week. This is one of the finest aggregations on the road and crowded houses will be the rule. The May Party given by St. Philip's Aid Society, at Twin City hall Tuesday night, was a very swell affair. The hall was packed and everybody had a good time. Persons queuing to visit the Appeal office are hereby notified that it has been removed from the fifth to the tenth floor from 109 and 110, in the Union, Union 101. Is your hair straight? If not see 50 cents to Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. for a bottle of Ozonized Ox Marrow and you can easily straighten it. TRY THE MEALS AT JOHN GOD FREY'S. NO. 148 EAST NINTH STREET, BETWEEN ROBERT ANT and WILLIAM ANT. NOT WISH TO EAT ANY OTHERS. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Liggins have been appointed custodians of the Minnesota building at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. They will leave shortly to take charge of the building. Pilgrim Baptist church, Cedar and Summit. Services: 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Wm. R. W. David, pastor,aster. Into the Ark" evening. "Bought with a Price." Sunday School at 12:30 p.m. If you wish a good shave, hair or er shampoo call at Richard Cousby's meat shop. No 374% Minnesota street. First-class workmen only. Satisfac- tions offered. Occasionally furnished on short notice. Elk Express, G. D. Charleston, pro- packing and shipping; hauling of all kinds; coal and wood in large or small quantities. When you wish anything in his line give him a call. Telephone, Main 1920-J. 1 Office 63 Eat Sixth street. Mr. W. Vringle and Mr. J. C. McGinn who for many years were at the Plymouth Cloathouse, have again connected themselves with that old, reliable institution, ready to welcome their old friends and serve their greatest interests as in days past. DR. J. E. PORTER, physician and argon, Room 410 Washburn building, Fifth street, opposite Court. House. On 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. at m. Telephone, Main, 1738-J. 1 Residence, 453 Car- phone. Street, Telephone, Dale, 464-L3. Those who wish to reve. in ropatts evidencing the highest style of culinary art in their preparation; or, in other words, those who wish to eat it in a more traditional way, should try those furnished at John Godfrey's. No. 148 East Ninth street, near Jackson. John Godfrey, No. 148 East Ninth street, between Robert and Jackson, is prepared to take care of a few roomers at reasonable rates. Transients accommodated. Board furnishes when desired. Best home-cooked meals when you do. If you don't it try them once and you'll be convinced. Tickets out for the Old Malta Convention, assisted by the Philharmonics, in a grand concert, at Pilgrim Baptist church May 27th. Two prizes will be given to those selling highest number of tickets over one hundred—1st, a lady's gold watch; 2nd, a gold ring. On you enter the contest. See W. L. Witers, 1117 South Sixth street, Mimpaelope. . "The Royal," No. 374 Minnesota street, formerly by Thomas Jefferson & Son, has changed hands. the new proprietor is Mr. Scott R. W. Johnson, the former president of Jones, of Chicago. He has as fluid dispensers Harris Martin, better known as "Black Pearl," who recently returned from the West, where he has spent much of his time in the business, and the place will be conducted in a first-class manner. the patronage of the public is solicited. All of the gentlemen are ex-filed. Big new building rally at St. James A. M. E. church May 26th. Bishop晨 morning and evening services of the day; Bishop I. W. Joyce of the M. E. church will preach at 3 o'clock. The Senior choir under the direction of Prof. J. W. Luca and the Mrs. R. C. Minor will furnish the music. The many organizations and individuals will make their reports distributively throughout the day. On Monday, the 32nd Bishop Grant will lecture at St. James A. E. church. The house will be a CONFUSING. Conductor-Have I your faree Miss Elite-Presume so. I did ask hear you ring it up. ed to hear one of the ablest speakers in the country. On Friday evening the church will preach the Bishna a recitation. A program in keeping with St. Paul's high standard will be duly rendered. Pastor will preach morning and evening. The annual sermon to members of the G. U. O. O. F. and H. of R. was presented in the church. The church instch by Rev. J. C. Anderson. The church recently renovated, the superb music by the famous choir of the church, the bright uniforms of the order and the orderly, intelligent appearance of the church. The occasion memorable in the annals of St. Paul. The addresses were of a high order, setting forth the purposes of this organization, which is worldwide in its scope and thoroughly practical in its laborers. of the sheriff, be present. Rev. D. E. St. James A. M. Ave. S., will be Grant Wednesday no palms in the lightful compilat for 150. A which the choi During the past year Mars Lodge has made phenomenal growth and has a future full of promise. No organization is more forward elevating the race—teaching and putting into practice the advantages of unity of action and inter-dependence. This will help may its membership steadily increase is the hearty wish of the APEAL. THE BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB The May meeting of the Business Men's Club, which was held last Monday evening at Guaranty Loan Restaurant, Minneapolis, was one of the first meetings of the Dr. M. Shutter of Minneapolis was the speaker of the evening, and took for his subject: "The Afro-American, His Past and Present Troubles and His Future Possibilities." The adjective courageous and was altogether very pleasing and instructive. There were a number of invited guests present, as follows: Dr. and Mrs. M. Shutter, Dr. J. Anderson, Dr. J. Anderson, Measdames J. V. Kemp, J. H. Dillingham, L. A. Robinson; Miss Jennifer Watson, Mae Williams, M. Morgan; Rege. D. E. Butler, M. W. Morgan; S. Cuthbert, E. Hall, Howard, S. Cuthbert, E. Hall, D. McCracken, Geo. Wills, G. B. Lowe, J. W. Wright, C. Turner. The members present with their wives were: Z. A. Hope, J. A. Hope, H. Richardson, C. E. James, G. W. James, T. H. Lyles, F. L. McGhee, D. O. Howard, C. Richardson, W. T. Francis, J. Q. Adams; other members present were: Gibbs and C. Marshall, H. B. Burk, J. Roberts, E. J. Williams, J. H. Loomis. "THE KNORS O'TENNESSEE " The next attraction at the Grand, commencing Sunday night, May 19th, will be Hal Reid's famous success and companion play to "Human Heart's". The Knobs of Tennessee. This is a charming and soothing playful idylid is a pathetic and pleasing picture of life in the foothills of Tennessee. It will be magnificently staged and interpreted by a company whose ability has demanded most favorable recognition. The Reid has been trained the most prolific playwright, and what is better, a successful producer of wholesome dramas. His masterpiece, "The Knobs of Tennessee", tells a strong story of a young girl in a natural plot, well conceived situations and lively comedy scenes. The company is promised to be the best that has ever presented this popular play, and includes Alice Marble, the original "Oil" by the local color, Preston, and other noteworthy players. This is the fifth season of its remarkable success. An entirely new scenic investiture has been painted for the present occasion, which prepares the local color. The "Whirling Moon" in the Moonlight is pronounced one of the prettiest scenes ever presented on the stage. "The Knobs of Tennessee" has a charm of delightful Southern rooftop life, and its peculiar only to this play; to see it is to admire it and go a second time. If Mrs. Amanda Smith arrives in Minneapolis by Sunday, as is expected, she will in all probability preach at St. James Sunday night, May 19th. The public will be interested to know that St. James is entirely free from debt and unless new debts are made, Rev. Butter will go to conference with a clear sky. oer his head. Bethesda Baptist church on Eighth street between 11th and 12th, St. Prescott on Light Trounts on; "sermon 8 p. m., "Lost Power" Sunday school at 12:30 p. m. All are invited. The pastor and members are working hard in order to be successful in their grand rally effort on June 9th. On May 27th a party of members will be invited to the troubled car ride to St. Paul to attend the concert at Pilgrim Baptist church. Come and go with us. A "Mock Trial" will be held at Bethesda Baptist church Wednesday evening, May 22nd. Mrs. Carrie Nation will be brought from St. Paul and Bethesda Baptist Church to the trial is under the auspices of the "Pulpit Aid Society," Admission, 15 cts. Atty. F. L. McGhee for the defense, Atty. J. L. Curtis for the plaintiff, Atty. J. L. Curtis for the plaintiff. None of the parties in this case will be allowed to use hatches, by order THE APPEAL: A NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER LOGAN MONUMENT TO MAJ. GEN. JORN A. LOGAN. (FRANKLIN SIMMONS, SCULPTOR.) Which Was Unveiled in Washington Recently. of the sheriff, so don't be afraid to be present. Rev. D. E. Butler and members of St. James A. M. E. church, 405 Sixth Ave. S., will banquet Bishop Abraham Grant Wednesday night, May 22nd, at the church. Rev. Butler has spared no pains in making the affair a deserved accomplishment. Cover will be set for 150. A program music in which the choir of Bethesda, Baptist MONUMENT TO MAJ. GEN. and St. James will participate, after which the vacant "pulse cavities" will begin to fill up with good things. Bishop Isaac w. Joyce will be present. Among those who will respond to the invitation, T. W. Wm. R. Morris, Esq. Dr. C. B. Mitchell, Atty. F. M. Nye, Rev. W. S. Brooks and Mrs. Kemp. The affair promises to be one of very much tone and dignity. The proceeds from the concert will be applied on the mortgage debt of our church. The tickets have been given to the ladies and ladies are contesting for a prize. A lady's gold watch will be given to the one selling the highest number of tickets or a stipulated amount. A gold ring will be the second prize. Anyone can enter the contest. For more information, please contact Witers, 1117 South St. m. Minneapolis, or Mrs. W. D. Carter, St. Paul. We are indeed thankful to the members of Pilgrim church for opening their church and assisting us in our work. Any time they may call on us we will do as much for them by opening our church in the same way. Bethseda Baptist church was crowded to the doors last Friday night to witness the best musicale and concert that was ever given in Minneapolis. The concert was given under the auspices of the Pulpit Aid Society, the committee being Wesley Hare Richardson, Harvey Burke and Worthy Jones. The young men deserve all the praise for the manly way in which they conducted the affair. Every number on the program was good, but the Allen French choir was better. the committee being Wesley Hare Richardson, Harvey Burke and Worthy Jones. The welcome to our city at any time, as their presence will always be a treat to us. Miss Aileen Scott, a young lady of the Central High school, was awarded first prize, a gold watch; Miss Scotty Gold, 200 tickets, Mrs Sadie Brock received the second prize, a gold ring. In all the affair was a grand success. ONE OF THE LEADING MECHANIS CS OF THE NORTHWEST. Who now holds the Position of Inspector of Elevators and Bollers for Macdoncell, Hood & Feaney, General Western Agan' for the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Co. The subject of this sketch is a living example of the possibilities of an Afro-American who possesses talent, push and perseverance. Charles Thomas Pointer was born in Carvilleville, Ohio, in the year 1858. His Cather, James Pointer was an engineer in his brother's brewery at Kansville, so, it is reasonable to presume, that his mechanical talent was hereditary. M. B. N. JORN A. LOGAN. (FRANKL Was Unveiled in Washington Recently. His mother, Rebecca Pointer, was a school teacher. At the age of four years young Pointer's parents moved to St. Joe, Mich., where his father had secured an interest in a coal mine and bought the barber shop belonging to Billy the barber who afterwards went to Chicago and worked there. The Palmer House and placed several scores of silver dollars in the floor. He went to school in St. Joe, passing through the high school. When about seventeen years old he went to Chicago and found a place for himself in H. Stowell, where he served his apprentices and remained five years. He then went to Benton Harbor, where his father had bought an interest in a machine shop, and acted as foreman. The business was not, however, a success he returned to Chicago and worked there, and went to work for the Elthorpe Elevator Co. and for about a year and a half worked in the shop; then he took the position of superintendent of construction and travelled for the first eight years. While in the employ of the Chicago elevators at the New Orleans Exposition He also spent fourteen months in San Diego, Cal. He then made his first visit to the Northwest, stopping in Minneapolis, where he put the elevators in the Temple Court building. The Elliothore company finally went out of business and in 1893 he formed a partnership with W. A. Roberson, former chairman of the headquarters at Duluth. This lasted for about two years, when the firm mutually dissolved. Mr. Pointer then went on the road for the Eaton & Prince Elevator Co. of Chicago, and stayed with them for a couple of weeks. Mr. Baldwin took business for himself in Duluth St. Paul and Minneapolis, erecting and repairing elevators, and so continued until 1898, when he accepted a position with the famous Corolliss engines, manufacturers of the famous Corolliss engine. VERY TOUCHING. Parks—Lend me a quarter; I want to get to that poor blind man. Marks—Your generosity will get you into trouble some day. After several months with them he began to work as a solicitor for the Ocean Accident, Limited, of London, Engl. and worked there for more than a year. On the first day of the present month he made a contract at a handsome salary with Macdonell, Hood & Penney, the agents of the company, who worked on elevators and boilers insured by with offices in the Phoenix building, Minneapolis. He is now the regular elevator and boiler inspector of the company, his business being to inspect boilers on elevators and boilers insured by if anyone is injured by elevator or boiler insured by the company, it pays the damages from whatever they may be up to $20,000. His being selected documentary to the ability of Mr. Pointer, who color cuts no figure with his employers. There was only one other man in competition for the place and he is of the best in Chicago, but Mr. Pointer took to himself a helpmeet in Chicago in 1884, and they lived happily together ever since. They took up their residence in Minneapolis in 1883 and have been quite an acquisition to the progressive eleventh that progressive city ever since. A Card of Thanks.—Mr. H. Richardson, president Y. M. C., wishes to thank the Allen French choir and others who furnished the very pleasing program last Friday evening at the musicale. Also the contestant who sold so many tickets. The committee, Mr. H. Burk and W. T. Jones, is the ladies of the Pulp Aid Society, are very grateful over the results. LIN SIMMONS, SCULPTOR.) THE COLORED AMERICAN MAGAZINE Mr. J. H. Jackson, 554 Broadway, St. Paul, is the general agent for the "Colored American Magazine" in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Miss Bessie Mills, 547 Martin street, St. Paul, local agent and canvasser. Send in your copies 15 cents each; on sale at People's barber shop. 366 Minnesota street, St. Paul; Hotel de Tempel, St. Paul; Hotel de Tempel, obtained from Mr. Henry Roney, at West Hotel drug store, Minneapolis. VERY TO DOINGS IN AND ABOUT THE GREAT "FLOUR CITY." Matters Social, Religious and General Which Have happened and are to Happen Among the People of the City on the Falls. Mrs. C. T. Pointer left Thursday for a visit to Chicago. Mrs. Amanda Smith is expected to be in the city May 19th. Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Reid have removed to No. 1117 Sixth St. S. Wives, why have your husbands bald headed when Madame Pierre can make the hair come in? The tickets for the mock trial against Carrie Nation are out; price 18 cents, instead of 10 cents. Mrs. Lena Reagan expects to attend the District Conference at Cedar Rapids, Ia., the 28th of this month. Pride of Minnesota, K. of P. No. 5, meets first and third Thursday at Alexander hall, 27 and 29 South 6th st. Miss Maggie Robertson has returned to the city to spend the summer with her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chestney. Mr. Fred Parkerson has returned from his trip to St. Louis. He was the inspiration of Miss Mae Shepard, formerly of this city. Mrs. Lewis of Indianapolis is expected in the city to visit her daughters, Mrs. Cage and Mrs. Moss. She intends to stay a year. Dr. R. S. Brown has grown his office into the century Building. No. 67 Fourth street south, rooms 405 and 406. Office 'phone. N. W. 3271-J-I Maln. The Mistfit clothing Parlers is the place to get the best clothes at the lowest prices. They will make them fit you, too. No. 241 Nicollet Society. The cantata, "Under the Palms," will be rendered June 3rd under the management of Mrs. Frances De Leo. Under the auspices of the Dorcas Society. Mrs. Charles Roberts left the city Tuesday evening to trip to Missouri for her health. She has been ill and her friends hope the trip will do her good. There will be a concert, May 21st, at Bethesda Baptist church given by Prof. Howard's band under the auspices of A. J. Jackson for the church debt. The Appeal is matted to most of the homes of the people of the Twin Cities if you wish matters to reach these homes you must publish them in the Appeal. Mrs. Sallie Williams and daughter, Miss Mae, entertained Monday evening at supper Mrs. Henry Roberts, Mrs. Burke, Master LeRoy and Ralph Roberts and Bennie Pierre. The drama, "Aunt Peabody's Visit to City Relatives," will be repeated at St. Peter's church, Ninth ave. S. and 22d st., Friday, May 24. Admission 15 cts., children 10 cts. Bishop Grant will be in the city May 19, 20, 21, and will also visit St. Paul. The church made many warm friends during last fall, and we will welcome him at any time. Can anyone answer this question? What is that people want the good things about this church printed in THE APPAL and ask by request to please keep and so out? All unsolicited corrections sent to THE APPEAL should be accompanied with the expense of the printing, as our last writer well knows. We can handle suicide by taking poison at room 29 Washington Ave. Owens and his wife had some trouble and he decided that life had no further charms for him. Dr. J. A. McLaughlin was called and Owens is still alive. Mrs. B. F. Pierre has moved to 1127 Third avenue south. All persons desiring pomade, hair tonic or shampooing I would be pleased to have them made, 25 cents; shampooing 25 and 50 cents; hair tonic, 25 cents. All calls promptly attended in the Twin Cities. The oratorical contest to be given at Bethesda Baptist church Tuesday, June 4th, will be composed of a contest representing each of the four Sunday schools. The winner will receive a ten dollar gold piece. The judges will be from the different schools. Also a ten-dollar gold piece will be awarded the one selling the highest number of tickets. Admission 15 cts. Gentry Bros.' famous shows, the world's best trained animal exhibition, twice larger than before, will exhibit here during next week, beginning with a live show two performances daily afternoon and evening. The all-new superb street parade will be given every morning, including the largest and prettiest collection of handsome animals, perfect for children to see. All free to everyone, and the little folks should be on hand to see the parade. PETER H. BURGESS Has succeeded to the presidency of the St. Paul College of Osteopathy. He is one of the most successful practitioners in the city and will continue his practice, making a speciality of female pelvic doubles, spines and nervous diseases. Suzuki 3046 Globe Building, corner Fourth and Cedar. Great Bargains in PIANOS We offer the following exceptional bargains this week in used upright pianos: One Bent & Co. only . . . $95 One Grabber, only . . . $100 One Emerson, only . . . $100 One Fischer, only . . . $115 One Ludwig & Co. only . . . $125 One Chickering, only . . . $145 One Bush & Gerts . . . $155 One Steinway, only . . . $165 One Briggs, only . . . $175 One Vose & Sons, only . . . $225 One Shaw . . . $250 These are the greatest bargains ever offered in St. Paul. Elerear stock of new Weber, Vose & Sons, Kurtzmann, Wesley and others. Terminal Cash 100 per month. Call or write at once to RAUDENBUSH ST. PAUL, MINN. Largest Exclusive Piano House. Hamm's Beer- Scores High! Supplied by agents everywhere or Theo.Hamm Brewing Co. Saint Paul. Low Rates for the Pan-American Exposition MONTHLY RATE BULLETIN On May 6, 19, 20 and 27, The NORTH- WESTERN LINE will sell tickets at rate of $10 per person. For Round Trip between Minneapolis, St. Paul or Duluth and Buffalo, good returning five days from date of sale. Also on any date from April 30 to May 30, the NORTH-WESTERN LINE cursions tickets will be sold at rate of Fare and Gue-Third ($31.35) for Round Tripo, good returning sixteen days from May 30. The NORTH-WESTERN LINE operates TEN fine, fast trains daily between Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth and Chicago, and by this line you have choice of Six Routes from Chicago to Via THE NORTH-WESTERN LINE you can leave Minneapolis or St. Paul in the morning, and enjoy a day ride on the train to the Picturesque Wisconsin; you can leave early in the evening on either the FAST MAIL or the famous NORTH-WESTERN LIMITED, the finest train in the world, and, if your train from the North is delayed, you can take the Twin Cities, you can take the ATLANTIC EXPRESS, the late night train to Chicago, via THE NORTH-WESTERN LINE, and迎 Buffalo early second train. Ask your home agent for tickets via this first-class line, and for Pan-American illustrated booklets and folders enclose tickets in postage to THE DALMATIAN. General Passenger Agent, ST. PAUL, MINN. Dr. W. J. HURD, 01 E. 7th, St. Paul. Pat. system of an tracting teeth without pain. 25 years' successful use in thousands of Bristol Plates. Bridge Crown, Fili- lings. Popular entrance. WM. E. NAGEL F. C. LISTOR William Angell, Agent, Jamaica Co. Lady director, and embalmer. Lady attendent. If requested. No. 822 Wa- ter Street, Thirteenth Fourth Street. Telephone 68, day or night. THE "WORLD'S FAIRCITY" VIEWED BY THE APPEAL MAN. A compilation of a Number of Happenings, Social and Otherwise, Among the African Americans of the Second City of This Glorious Union. Mrs. P. W. Carmore, 5117 Dearborn street, has returned from an extended visit to the sunny South. The marriage of Mr. Milton Keene to Miss Elise Oliver is announced to take place early in June. Mr. and Mrs. Julius N. Avendoph ettered a number of their personal friends at dinner Sunday. Mrs. M. L. Henderson, of Kansas City, Mo. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ford. Fifty Fifth-sixth street. Miss T. Morton, lately of Nashville, Tennessee, but now residing at 223 Twenty-fifth street, will live permanently in Chicago. The APPEAL is without question the best advertising medium through which to reach the Afro-Americans of Chicago. The friends of Mrs. Garancy Thomas, 2836 Armour avenue, will be pleased to learn that she is recovering from her recent illness. The ARPEAL who wish to discontinue the paper must send written notice to the office, properly dated and signed. Mrs. Mattie Phillips Brooks, 4916 State street, who has been confined to her bed for the past ten days, is reported to be improving. The ever-genial and pleasant gentleman, Mr. Phill Miller, spent a few days in Chicago this week, to the delight of his numerous friends. Don't fail to attend the Fisk Club concert Monday, May 27, at Grace Presbyterian church for the benefit of Fisk University. Best local talent. James A. Scott, attorney-at-law, can be found at THE ARPEAL office during business hours. Prompt attention to all legal business entrusted to his care. Mr. Arthur Anderson, 3115 Dearborn street, had the misfortune to meet with a painful accident Monday evening by falling down the steps at his home. He is improving. Do you want to preach? Learn at home. Send two-cent stamp to Prof. R. B. Hewitt for catalogue of Correction School, New School 808 Magazine street, New York, La. Mr. J. E. Johnson, of St. Paul, Minn., was in the city a few hours Monday, on his way to his old home in Mobile, Ala., where he will spend a few weeks visiting his parents and friends. Mr. W. Forrest Cozart, the well-known author of the "Waters" Manual, and prince of head-walters, formerly of the Peale Land. O. was a pleasant visitor at the APEAL office last Tuesday. It is said that attorneys for the Federation of German Societies will at once file a petition in the superior county of Cook county praying for an end to the war. Education from spending $100,000 in free school-book distribution. The Monarch Insect and Contagious Disease Exterminator kills insects, bugs, roaches, moths, mosquitoes, and silver bugs instantly. By mail. 12 stamps. 10 stamps. 10 Elm Skin and 10 Geese. Go. Jan. 25th and Mgr. 13 Washington street, Chicago. Miss Nina Davis, Miss Victoria Smith, Miss Blanche Hagan, Miss Blanche Wright and a number of other society young ladies met Monday evening and organized a social club. The affair is being planned for the near future. Look to your lauriers, young men. Much rivalry is being shown in the race for the Colonelcy of the new Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard. Col. J. R. Marshall, Maj. F. A. Denison, Maj. R. R. Jackson, Maj. Ben Johnson and a hundred other Afro-Americans are aspirants for the position will be the successful man, however. The APPEAL office was honored Tuesday by a very pleasant visit from Rev. C. Williams, the noted Afro-American evangelist, who recently created such a stir by public proclaiming that God had given him notice of the fact that he was to be the new president of the commences his work here in Chicago. A splendid place, indeed, to begin. Ex-Commissioner Edward H. Wright can be found by his clients and friends at his new office, suite 421, 200 South Clark street, visit to the office of the firm, convince anyone that he is doing a splendid law business. Mr. B. F. Moseley has opened a branch office with Mr. Wright and can be found there between the hours of 12 m. and 2 p. m. After an exciting contest last Monday, the board of Cook county commissioners report the report of the special investigating committee of the county hospital affairs, to the public service committee. It is understood that Warden Graham has handed his resignation to President Hanberg, and will accept the same and name a new warden at next meeting of the board. The musical and literary concert for the benefit of Fisk University of Nashville, Tenn., at Grace Presbyterian Church, by the Fisk Club, on Monday night, with promises to be a most entertaining and a most fascinating Fisk University is a most deserving institution, and it is to be hoped that the concert will prove a financial success. Miss Sally Jones, Mrs. L. W. Cummings, Richard B. Harrison and others will participate in the concert. Early Sunday morning as Frank Wilson was passing Clark and Division 10, one Frank Hurley and several other students who attempted to give him a whipping for a fancied insult said to have been offered Hurley several days previous. Wilson shot Hurley in the fight and the latter died at the Alexian Brothers' hospital, where he said to be a quiet and inoffensive Afro-American, and immediately after the shooting he surrendered to the police. Alderman William Hale Thompson of the Second Ward proposes a city council committee on athletics to "foster legitimate sport." The Pick-Up League, a local sports league, permits for six-round bounce in other words to resurrect the fight game in Chicago—was referred Monday night at the campus of the University. In view of the fact that Gov. Yates recently said that during his term of office he would stop By Daylight Along the Mississippi The most beautiful river scenery in the world is between St. Paul and Chicago. Our "Scenic Express" leaves Minneapolis at 7:30, St. Paul 8:05 a. m., and reaches Winona 10:30, La Crosse 12:14 p. m., Dubuque 3:44 and Chicago at 9:35 p. m. An interesting and comfortable trip. Ask Your Home Agent to Ticket You by the Burlington. "You too?" Everyone smokes the strictly High Grade DUKE OF PARMA CIGARS HART & MURPHY, MNFRS. ST. PAUL, MINN. HAVE SEEN YOU THE GordonHat Bowlby & Co., Headqu Our New THE F Lowest SHIRTS, 10 State Phone, Main 1609 A G "Con is about all the the clothing convince an in- or $20.00 suit That isn't our do make, the can possibly be A glimpse fact. Orders next Friday. clothes made in Headquarters for the Gordon. THE LAMINATING MACHINE Our New American Mammoth THE BEST AND LARGEST MANGLE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE. Lowest Prices on Flat Work SHIRTS, 10o. COLLARS and OUFFS, 1o. State Steam Laundry, Phone, Main 1609 222 West Seventh Street A Good "Con" Talk is about all there is to some advertisements, especially, in the clothing business. It is absolutely necessary to convince an intelligent buyer that he is buying a $15.00 or $20.00 suit for $5.00. That isn't our way of doing business. We claim to, and do make, the best Suits and Overcoats to order, that can possibly be produced for the money—$20.00 to $45.00. A glimpse at our windows will convince you of the fact. Orders placed this week will be ready for delivery next Friday. Keep your money at home by having your clothes made in St. Paul. Niell the Sailor Apples mailed free. Seventh and Robert, St. Paul. LOUIS NASH, Manager. all fighting exhibitions throughout Illinois, what benefit will the Fick order be to fight fans? The Governor is determined to enforce the state law against such shows. Will he do it? The Color Line Drawn. Mrs. Alice Denison, who has heretofore filled a position as clerk in the circulating department of the public library, was discharged from her position last week because of her absence on account of sickness. Mrs. Denison is the wife of Maj. F. A. Denison, a prominent Afro-American member of the Chicago bar and a Spanish-American war veteran. They met in the office of the board placed on the probation list and went to work last December. When the library board held its annual meeting, April 9, the committee on administration, of which C. L. Hutchinson is chairman, recommended among other officers that Mrs. Denison be expelled. It was explained that she had been absent, on account of illness, from one to three or more days in each month of December, January, February and March. The report was adopted. The case came up yesterday Mrs. Denison was accompanied by Dr. Daniel H. Williams. 3034 Michigan Avenue. Her defense was that her illness was not unusual, and that she had contracted diphtheria while handling a book in the library during April. This part of the charges and agreed to decide the charges upon the merits of her service in the previous months. Under the technical phrase of "disqualified," which in her case amounted to absence from the probation discharge by the board was sustained. The truth of the whole matter appears to be that the library authorities have only recently discovered that Mrs. Denison was an Afro-American and hence she suffers by the loss of her position. A COMMEDABLE MOVE Dr. Frances Dickinson's proposition before the Social Club Club Tuesday that the club apply for membership in the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs has daunted a sensation in society and club circles throughout the country. Some have scouted at the proposition, while others have heartily indorsed it as the best means of getting a correct understanding of every phase of social economies. In explanation of her seemingly remarkable suggestion, Dr. Dickinson yesterday said: "I had no opportunity to teach my lesson to explain my idea, and I wanted to help bers mjusstood me. Our club stands for progress, and if the end is to be accomplished and we are to study social economics, we must look at not only from our own point of view, but also from the view of we if mix with the colored women and exchange ideas, they can tell us many things that will prove very helpful to us." "In fact, they have much more to give us than we have to give them for they know more about us that about them. They can be of immense benefit to us in our investigations, especially along the line of child labor. If we are to make our investigation more effective, the colored children as well as the white children want to know why they are employed, and why they are not sent to school, and above all things we should seek to information from them" on the woman information from them "and fix the responsibility for the ill-treatment of colored women in that section." Sunday was a day for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, marked a new epoch in the history of the order in Chicago. The occasion was the laying of the corner stone of the new Odd Fellows Hall now in the old building, which houses lodges, six households, one P. G. M. Man, and one Patricia, with two Afro-American brass bands, made a most creditable showing. The line of march was tinged with crowds of people, the crowd made by the Maj. Jno. C. Buckner, District Grand Chairman of the building committee, was master of ceremonies at the corner-stone laying, which were opened by prayer by the Grand Chapelman, followed by the exposition of the great principles of the Grand Master W. Rollins and Mrs. The oration was delivered by Grand Master Edward H. Morris, who, in an able and eloquent manner, gave a clear exposition of the great principles of the Grand Master then proceeded to lay the corner stone with appropriate ceremonies. More than ten thousand people were present. All honor and praise were given to the in attendance in taking this step in advance of all its work. The erection of its own hall, The Masonic fraternity and the Pythons should wake up and follow the migratory example set by the Odd Fellows. The new hall and ground will have cost in the neighborhood of $2,500. Mince's Trocadero. A rattling good all-round entertainment, of gayest burlesque and the cleverest specialties, will be staged at Macro's Trocadero during the week, with the best of the best sun surfing, bright costumes and scores of pert and pretty women will be in evidence, while the vaudeville numbers will be of the A 1 kind. Two burlesktas will be in the studio, "Are You a Buffalo" both intensely funny and brimful of wit and original dialogue. The specialty bill will include Marie Rogers, sobrette; McCormick, singer; the sketcher of the Chies, Belle Harvey, singer, and the Dance of the Firefly, with many other first-class numbers. Between the burlesques and the burlesque pictures, posed by a number of professional models, and staged under the direction of Prof. Wyngarden, late of London. From start to finish the show, this is the one of the best yet seen of the lively cards which will be seen at this house throughout the summer season. Commercial enterprises are being launched by Afro-Americans all over the country—both North and South, Chicago, however, seems to be an exception to the rule. A banking institution properly managed would be a payment institution, and a bank would flourish under the very liberal banking laws of this state. Why cannot such men as Dr. Dan Williams, W. F. Taylor, E. H. Morris, L. J. Wheeler, Dr. G. C. Hall, E. H. Wright, Dr. G. C. Harnett, E. H. Garrett and others get together and organize even a penny savings bank? The people certainly need an institu- EVERY Mother With a family to buy Shoes for should trade here. Every advantage is offered as regards style and low price. EVERY CHILD NEEDS SHOES. Misses' Tan Shoes, in all the new spring styles, for $1.25, $1.35 and $1.75. Children's Tan Shoes, new leathers and pretty shapes, for 49c, 85c, 90c, $1.25 and $1.50. TREADWELL SHOE CO. 129-13 E. SE. ENT H ST. JACKSON & ROBT BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. OZONIZED XO MARROW Straightens kinky hair quickly and easily so you can look like a model with kinky or only your hair. It also ensures that your hair is not damaged by heat. It falls out, puffs the scalp and makes the fouryears. Seal of imitation. Get the perfect hair for you. As it never falls to make the hair straight, it will be so smooth and shiny we will ship you express pay. One bottle of and address mainly to OZONIZED MARROW, 768 Abate Ave., Chicago, IL Lindeke's Apple Blossom Flour STANDS ALONE. GOOD Men's Shoes $3.50 That's the whole name of the shoe. And there's no limit, either in style, size or every worthy sort. finds representation here. Come and buy, money or worth. W. R. MORRIS Attorney at Law ```markdown ``` Do Wonderful Wish Please send them greetings hand them greetings by twins, sisters, nieces and nephews. TELL YOUR PORTURE The Wee Witch - A girl and a woman who is carrying a wizard and a woman who has a monkey and a man's head and wits in torturing and tyranny, and themen they will call you for help, assistance or patience or chastity or pride or jealousy or pastime, love, affection, thank you. Good to city, in silver wishing you a wonderful witch (for age 1) and a doll, in silver and a doll. Randolph Novetty Adv. Company Union City, Indiana, U. S. A. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Mather tion of the kind. How does this suggestion strike you, gentlemen? A NEW ENERGY PRIZE After many years of discussion the hope and appreciation of theatre geeks are about to be realized, in the opening of a theatre in this city, in which the best talent of the race will appear before the footlights for the editions of the season. Havin's theatre, later the Adelphi, will in all probability be the place. Negotiations for lease were begun Monday by the promoters of the scheme, and it will, doubtless, be secured. The theatre building is owned by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and has been vacant two years, little less than a year. A lease under favorable conditions. Dr. George C. Hall, who has an office on State street, near Harmon court, is the principal backer of the plan. He has been a supporter of making it a success. Back of Dr. Hall stands H. Carris, a white loan broker of No. 492 State street. It was Mr. Carris who began the negotiations for the loan. He was yesterday. He said that the term had ended, but that he expected to get a lease on the building in a few days. Dr. Hall admitted that he was planning to secure Havlin's theatre. "The colored people want a theatre of their own," he said. "and several who have talked the matter over think it will be a success for people in Chicago will pay. Our plan is to secure Havlin's and organize a colored stock company to play there. Chicago can furnish plenty of good clothing and equipment for the theatre. We plan to get together a stock company which would make a circuit of cities when not in Chicago, and so be a paying company. But the stock company is not playing the theatre valient in the city to keep the theatre going. Nothing definite has been accomplished yet, but I regard it as extremely probable that our plans will be successful. There are several of us who stand ready with the necessary backing to make it a go." SUCH IS LIFE. The average Afro-American inventor has an extremely hard time in demonstrating the general utility and usefulness of his inventions. It is generally a sarcastic text to be possible for the sarcastic financial backing to enter into the manufacture of the article invented, Dr. E. R. Robinson, an inventor of car wheels and cable wheels, was before Kohlschis, of the U. S. District Court, against the Chicago City Railway Company and the Wells & French Company restraining them from making, using or selling said wheels beware of his patent rights. The judge would issue an injunction and the doctor was forced to appeal to a higher court. Recently a St. Louis girl who had just acquired her first beard heard some one say that all the world loves a lover—and she has been jealous of the whole world ever since. When you hear a man say that life is but a dream tread on his corns and you will wake him up to the fact that it is real.-Chicago News. BARRACKS FOR SERVANTS. London Hears of an Alleged American Idea. How to obtain domestic servants—that is a problem which the Women's Industrial Council is just now taking a very active part in endeavoring to solve, says the London Telegraph. With this object a sub-committee of ladies met at the council's office in Baskingham street, Strand, in order to sub-views of Mr. P. V. Mighels on the details of their doing its best to get light thrown matter from every available source, and gave close attention to Mr. Mighels' suggestion for the formation of a domestic servants' brigade, with military organization, training and rigid condition of service, so far as hours, wages, food and sleeping accommodations are concerned. A similar scheme, it may be mentioned, has already been applied to char-women, very far amount of success. Mr. Mighels suggests that a company might be found for the purpose of erecting barracks where girls could be gathered from various sources, and thoroughly trained in all branches of domestic work. Before such girls went out into service, he would stipulate with their respective employers that the hours of work should not exceed twelve during the day, and that the conditions required of their employment should exactly match the conditions which girls work in factories. Such conditions, he feels sure, could be secured, as it is well known that the supply of servants is only equal to about one-tenth of the demand. It has been proved, he points out, that the Metropolitan Association for Befrideling Young Servants has only been able to provide about one employer out of twenty who applied with what they assumed that the institution which serves them into being, Mr. Mighels considers that it would be advisable for girls to register themselves for two years, during which time they should subscribe, say 24 per week to the funds; and, in the event of their being out of employment at any time, they should be allowed to return to the barracks and act in the capacity of instructors to the women. Whether this scheme will continue to work remains to be seen. It will be considered by the committee before whom it was laid. The so-called "good mother" is too frequently really a bad one. She makes of her children masters of selfishness, and never ends up宫廷性 slavery to them. So far as she is concerned, as a mother finds her chief joy in a constant slave to her boys and girls, no one need complain; but such a course ruins the children. They grow up into selfish, ill-bred, dictatorial men and women, without self-control or discipline of mind or body, and utterly ignorant of that flower of courtesy which each human being should wear fresh and fadeless, making the weariest of human life endurable by its charm. This is best beautiful girl in the world, if she thinks of herself alone, and shows it by bad manners, merits only contempt. Our U.S. Girls' Footwear: Over 1,000,000 pawns tickets to the under 20 shillings issued weekly in London shops. ```markdown ``` MARS LODGE, No. 2202, meets second business and the third Wednesday for instruction at, OLD Foldows Hall, 223 E. Hickman Street, New York, N.Y. B. RICKMAN, P., 422 St. Anthony Ave. HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, No. 533, G. U. On each month first and third Monday in the month for instruction, at Old Foldows Hall, 223 E. St. Marsh, Mrs. M. Johnson, W. R. 217 Carroll St. ST. JAMES' A. M. E. CHURCH, Corp. and day streets. Sunday services; meeting, 5:00 p.m. in Taster vests. Monday and Tuesday; at home Wednesday and Saturday. Weddings, funerals and hick sack classes. Rev. J. C. Anderson, Pastor, 380 Louis St. POLLGHAM BAPTIST CHURCH, Corp. and day streets. Sunday services at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in Sunday meeting at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. in Sunday meeting. Friday evening study school lesson. Funerals and weddings prompt attended. Rev. W. ST. PHILIPS EPCAPSOL MISSION, Sunday services: Early celebration of Holy Eucharist, 7:30 a.m. m. High celebration of Sunday services, 11:00 a.m. m. Matins, second and fourth 11:00 a.m. m. Matins, second and fourth 11:00 a.m. m. Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 12:30 p. m. Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 12:30 p. m. Espers, 7:30 p. m. Week services: Fridays, evening prayer, 8:00 p. m. 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