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THE APPEAL KEEPS IN FRONT BECAUSE: 1-It aims to publish all the news possible. 2-It does so impartially, wasting no words. 3- Its correspondents are able and energetic. IN ST. PETERSBURG PRISON "WISHING TREE" WELL NAMED USERS OF THE TELEPHONE GROWTH IN BANKING POWER MERELY MATTER OF DISTANCE THE PATHOS OF CONTENT Some of her recent experiences in a St. Petersburg prison are described by an educated Russian woman socialist as follows: "We had no papers, but, although we were in prison cells away from the world, we knew almost all about the political events of the day; our relatives who came to see us managed to tell us news through the double iron frame, not understanding the eager eye of the inspector. Electricity went out and told us about the general strike; we lacked milk and meat. One night we heard distinctly the cheers and the songs of the procession passing before the prison. But the most horrible sign that told us the plain truth were the soldiers stationed in the prison yard adjacent to the one which we used for our walks. Every evening while the cries of our comrades that came nearer and nearer toward the building of the prison, we saw the soldiers ourselves before the street gate, and we heard the officer giving the order "To arms!" and we thought of the innocent blood that might be shed in the "The wishing tree" in front of the white house at Washington afforded me more fun than any other one thing there," said a globe trotter, "though the city is packed full of interesting things. I had read of the 'wishing tree' some years ago, and it was one of the first things that I asked for on my arrival there. The tree itself is a dwarf chestnut and is located in Lafayette square, immediately to the west of Clark Mills' equestrian statue of Washington. "This wishing tree" has even more stories told about it than the one in Hyde Park in London. The habities of the square, as Lafayette park is called there, thoroughly believe in it. The negroes that I spoke to about it, nurse girls and others, all agreed that anyone could get anything they would want. The wishers that I observed about the tree generally stood under it and placed both hands about a lower limb, which is within convenient reach. "Strangely enough, while I was there I saw an illustration of its power. I noticed a black woman go under Abundance of amusing as well as statistical proof of the approach of such an era of universal telephony as is implied in 20 per cent development is not hard to find, says F. W. Coburn in the Atlantic. Newspapers give publicity to all sorts of ingenious schemes for utilizing Mr. Bell's invention in heretofore unheard-of-ways. The instrument has come to be of assistance in about all the vocations and avocations of the everyday world. Not only has it annihilated time and space on the superficial earth, but the Norwegian fishermen drop into the ocean depths a line with telephonic attachment by which the swish of the approaching herring, codfish or mackerel is communicated to the anxious listener above. In some of the most delicate operations of hospital surgery the tele- With only a twentieth of the world's inhabitants, the United States has two-thirds ($1,400,000,000) of the world's banking power (capital, surplus, deposits, and circulation). Our ascendance here has been obtained in the past two decades. Since 1890 the world's banking strength has grown 105 per cent, while that of the United States has expanded 170 per cent, and that of New York city 200 per cent. Of the $2,500,000,000 of the weekly average of the bank clearings of the ninety-three cities which make reports, New York contributes two-thirds. New York city's bank clearings average 25 per cent in excess of London's. And the greater part of this sturdy banking growth in New York The maternal grandparents of the late Armour brothers, the famous porkockers of Chicago, were born in Eastford, Conn. Some years ago A. W. Armour of Kansas City made a special trip to Eastford to look up the history and graves of his ancestors. in the neighboring village of Westford he found an aged man who had personally known his grandparents, and could give him much information of value. The aged informant was indeed an exemplar of "the simple life," as in his seventy years of life up to that time his only journeys beyond the confines of his native village had been one trip on foot to Chaplin, six miles distant, and one memorable "ride on the cars" from West Willington to To eastward of his little world, Melting afar against the blue, Palm fronds were curled, the dreamy Catsalis rose to view. A lifetime had they lured in vain His steps to climb their broad ascent; His eyes were on his waving grin; His hands were on his knees. A pair of poor Van Winkle's sleep. He never knew Van Winkle's pride. To venture up the rugged steep hill, he had to climb beyond that lofty barricade. The queenly Hudson flowed space, Y to gaze upon her lovely face. desperate effort to force the prison. "We could see the soldiers' faces distinctly from behind our barred windows, and one day we could stand it no more; we opened the windows and spoke to them. Leaning on the cold iron frames young girls harangued the soldiers, imploring them not to fire on the people, to join to freedom. Things that could be hardy outside a prison were heard here, and the prison authorities did not dare to repress us. The next day we recommenced our propaganda and kept it up every day. "Early one morning we were told by the ward mistress to prepare our luggage, for we were to go out of prison. In the office, while getting back our books and our money, we were told that an anisty was ordered by his majesty. Then they released us. A red banner was waved by one of the girls the very moment she crossed the prison threshold, a banner that she and concealed in secret cloak while crossing the yard. The new life began with the waving of that sacred symbol." the tree and the park watchman told me she was a regular "winker". As she was leaving the tree I asked her what she had wished for and she told me that she could not tell what it was for until a certain time had elapsed. Going out to the street, she picked up a fine lamp, which had evidently fallen from an automobile, and then, in reply to my question, she said: "I did not have an automobile, but I reckon I didn't wish hard enough, for I only got a lamp." "I spent an hour about the tree with my friend Hall Caine, who tells me that he intends to introduce it in his next book, for which he is now making the studies. An equally amusing thing happened a few moments after. In going through the park Caine had forgotten to pick up his umbrella from one of the seats and he had given it up as lost. I thought that was a splendid opportunity to try the merit of the tree and suggered that he go under the tree and wish for it in the umbrella. He had not got hilt his wish, him a gentleman passed up and handed him the missing umbrella." phone proves* helpful, and in ordinary medical practice the country mother raises the baby to the transmitter in order that the physician in the village may determine whether or not the cough is croup. The baby must be transmitted more or less successfully over the wires, and Sunday morning preaching effectively conveyed. After a recent revival, in which scores of eager "seekers" had put in their requests for prayers, the evangelist handed his secretary a list of names with their telephone numbers and with the instruction: "Just call up each one of these sisters and brothers to-morrow morning, and ask 'them how it goes on with their prayers and inform them that I am praying for them right along." city and the United States in general has taken place within the easy recollection of thousands of persons who, in their various employments, are still actively at work. Contemplating the vast expansion which has given the United States a long lead over all other countries in manufactures and mining; which has placed American products in every market on the globe; which has built up in this country a railway system which comprises two-fifths of that of the entire earth; which has increased the country's wealth from $50,000,000 in Washington's days to $110,000,000 in Roosevelt's, the American banker, using the words of Eneas, can say: "All of the I saw, and part of this I was."—Dr. C. M. Harvey in Leslie's weekly. Stafford Springs, another six mile trip, but nine miles away from Westford! "Fatful Old Bill" was the title he had earned at home, by his absolute loyalty in "doing chores" around the neighborhood, and in all his seventy years he had aspired to no other life. After questioning "Old Bill" for a long time, Mr. Armour suddenly said to him: "Well, you've always lived around here, haven't you?" "Oh, no," was the prompt response, with an emphasis that showed a survey of distances much more real than any casual thought Mr. Armour himself might have entertained at the moment as to his own distance from Kansas City; "Oh, no; I was born an raised over two miles from here!" In vain for him the mountain's call now; his bursting wrath was all he knew or ever cared to know Nobody knew him, no one No ties with worlds to his allied; no THE APPEAL. Rejoice! It is New Year's Day! WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY GEORGE SEYMOUR Blowing of horns on occasions of joy and festivity has grown to be an established institution in the United States. Whether the custom as practiced is strictly in musical accord with the harmonious feelings of a people who in one voice indulge a celebration which affects all alike is another matter. While the custom of horn blowing is growing few of the old heads stop to think of its origin, and the youthful celebrant dime dreams that it is all tradition; that he sounds sounds which escape neither nook nor corner, loft nor cellar, are the echoes re-echoed from thousands of centuries ago—that momentous period in the world's spiritual and material history when the blasts from the ram's horn (shophar) proclaimed from Mount Sinai the giving of the Ten Commandments to the end of time. The first mention of it is in the Old Testament at the giving of the law: And all the people saw the thunderings, the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet—that the sound of the horn signaled the giving of the law which was to lead mankind and stand for life's moral and spiritual obligations along the ages, the multitude bowed with feelings of awe and humility. The sounds were new to the ears of the people who listened to their echoes along the mountain, wondering at the distant tone repetitions. And when the people saw it, they removed, and stood at far off. And they said unto Moses, "Speak thou with us, and we shall not let God speak with us, we lest we die." The fear then in the hearts of the multitude was significant. They realized the import of the occasion, which had been signaled by the blasts of the horn. So, from the very first introduction of the instrument its have generally had a significant meaning and purpose. How well one can picture the scene at Mount Sinai when the people trembled and stood off when Moses bade them to fear not that God had come to prove them and that his fear might be before their faces that they sin not. The sounding of the horn on an occasion so profile with divinely natural incidents naturally brought the instrument into use and prominence during special spiritual exercises and celebrations, but later its brazen notes were heard in time of war. They were also heard in times of jubilant jubilation and in the temples of the Jews on their days of rejoicing and the day of atonement. In Leviticus, xxv: 9, is found the following: Then shall thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the Jewish holiday, the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And even in this age of "advanced thought," the Jew, following commandment and the voice of tradition in his temple to hear the sound from the shiva. What effect must such tones issuing from a holy place have upon the hearer? They are not music; sounds, for their loud, piercing notes, with no range or compass, have never been found adaptable to concerted music. Defective Page But is this description not exactly and strangely in accord with the tones from the modern horn, the horn with which the jubilant man and youth, woman and girl, of this period give vent to their joy at the birth of the Christian new year? Try as you will, you will get not getting but a piercing, shrill or inharmonious tone from the tin instrument and like the ancient shapar, its tones are unmusical, having neither range or compass, if needed for such a purpose, however, its blasts from the summit of Twin Peaks would summon a multitude that would comport itself according to the import of the occasion. In Numbers, chapter xxxix: 1, we find an injunction as to the use of the trumpet. When the people are commanded on the first day of the seventh month to hold "an holy convoction," to do no servile work, it being "a day of blowing of trumpets to you—'a feast of the trumpets. Here is demonstrated the giving up of all labor and indulging the tones of the shapar as heard in the synagogues to this day on a like festival. The sleptic may say that to-day's outpourings of joy lack thought, are indulged without the slightest religious sentiment, have no relationship with the very same movements and same trumpetts that characterized the day when the law was given from Mount Sinai, those periods when joy and victory and holy festival influenced the early peoples of the earth. Who will say that there is no feeling of thankfulness in the hearts of the nation when, with horn a bloody and flags waving, it gives vent to its joy over victory or any great national event? The ancient New Year's service, observed in the synagogues even at this god, is considered one of the most important events in the Jewish history. It is composed of three parts, which refer, respectively, to the sovereignty, justice and mercy of God, and as each part is concluded the shoarph is sounded from the pulpit. The first part, "Malchioth," proclaims God the universal king. The second part, "Zichronoth," emphasizes that God remembers the work of the world and visits all creatures and that "nothing remains concealed from his eyes." The last part, "Shopheroth," speaks of the scriptural shoarph, and especially as it is connected with the giving of the law on Mount Sinai, when its tones were first heard, and also with reference to time when the "shoarph" be sounded to "declare the universal trump of liberty and religion." In a poem sermon founded on passages from the Talmud, by the Rev. Isidore Myers, B. A., in Montreal in 1897 (5657 Jewish year), the following occurs: The first, which "Malcolm" is named, is a first-person first-personal comprehension of a first-person comprehension. When God, creating out of nought, in existence brought— this universes in existence hand— And framed by His Almighty hand— We everywhere can plainly see; We everywhere can plainly see; Whose every part, below, above, Whose every years of gracious love, The shipman the most recent record The coronation of the Lord. Thus, from its first mention up to the present period, has the shipman be given the most profound and grave regeneration. Besides the raising of the horn in the hour of religious and joyous festival it was brought into use in time of war to summon and assemble the arm, and in this respect it is first mentioned in Judges, lii:27: And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of him, and the children of Israel went down, with him from the mount, and he before them. Subsequent verses relate the defeat of the 40,000 lusty men and the downfall of the Mormon much resembling the bloody conflicts with the Indians, sans machinery of modern warfare. And here we find the hen brought into military use, which is a long step from its initial requirements, when served to bring the people to hear the law read amid the thundering and lightning and darkness which after prevailed and filled the assembled multitude with awe and fear. After all, in comparing the past with the present there seems but the difference in the manufacture, design and manipulation of material and the advantages in these times of having more powerful and more scientific implements with which to annihilate a fire. Indeed, it is doubtful whether anything could be more effective on a more powerful fire than the slaying of 10,000 valiant men, as was done by the Israelites who answered the shopper's call to arms. The shopper has been utilized in other than times of law-giving and war; for it is told in Isaiah xxvii:13. And it shall come to pass in that day that the great trumpet shall be blown at the entrance of the land of Assyria, and to perish in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem. The prophet foretold that the shopper should announce the recall of the people seen how stride by stride the shopper, the horn or trumpet grew in use and favor and need in the world's earliest period. Its sounds were welcomed by those to whom the law was handed down, its notes were and are maintained by one denomination to voice the anniversary of God's coronation. By that same people its sound is resorted to as an alarm or warning of the approach of the day of atonement and that they should review the account of the day of atonement become reconciled to God by means of confession to him of their sins and promise of amendment. One other reason for the blowing of the shoaphar, even at this period, is to emphasize to the Jewish community the conviction that the time will come when the shoaphar will announce, according to the word of the prophet, a universal freedom when all oppression and tyranny shall vanish and the reign of absolute liberty will be manifested throughout the world. WASHINGTON A Collection of Events Occurring Among the People of The Capital of This Great and Glorious Nation and Condensed for the Hasty Perusal of our Many Readesr. Special Correspondence THE APPEAL. Washington, Dec. 27 — The reorganization of the school system of the district is provided for in a bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Cullom. The bill provides for a larger board of education and a scale of salaries for teachers. Nine members of the board, three of justice against the white man, and as whom shall be women, and three Afro-Americans are provided for in the bill. Three members shall be elected for one year, three for two years, and three for three years. The secretary shall be a bookkeeper. The executive shall be in the hands of three expert agents, who will serve for six years, a superintendent of schools, a superintendent of buildings and supplies, and a supervisor of lectures. There shall be two assistant superintendents, one Afro-American. A group of South American students attending Lincoln University called at Howard University to make a tour of inspection. After being introduced to President Gordon and the student body, they gave a little entertainment, consisting of songs in the Kafic language, and short addresses on conditions in Cape Colony. In the Spanish-American war, the following Afro-American army appointments were made through the influence of Senator Cullom: Leon W. Denison, Chicago, Captain, 48th Infantry; Lord E. Campbell, Chicago, Second Lieutenant; Robert Blackman, Springfield, First Lieutenant, 49th Infantry. Senator Cullom has always looked out for the interests of his Afro-American constituents. Hon. Judson W. Lyons, Register of the U. S. Treasury is visiting at his home in Augusta, Georgia. He will deliver the principal address at an amusement celebration at Athens, Ga. January 1st. Nathan H. Alexander has been reappointed Receiver of Public Money at Montgomery, Ala. Arrangements have been completed for a meeting St. Valentine's day February 14, at the First Congregational Church in the interest of the Manasseh as industrial School for Afro-American youth. Justice D. J. Brewer, Dr. Hale and Dr. Washington will deliver addresses. It is said that Secretary Shaw is to remain at the head of the treasury department as long as he desires to stay and it is possible that he may remain to the end of President Roosevelt's. The stories that the President is dismayed with the secret of the treasury are absolutely false. He has urged Secretary Shaw to stay indefinitely. A member of Congress from a Waco State has recommended an Indian John Wash-Ke-Wash, for appointment as postmaster in a small town bordering one of the tall reservations. He concluded his letter to the Postmaster General as follows: "Mr. Wash-Ke-Wash is a good Indian and he ought to give a clean administration." President Roosevelt has wished the civil service regulations to enable the appointment to a Federal clerkship of S. H. Alexander, a laborer in the postoffice in Emma, N. C., who resisted successfully the efforts of four burglaries that postoffice on February 6, 1901. The stock visited the home of the Secretary to the President and Mrs Loch and left a son at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It is their first child. Senator Hopkins of Illinois recently introduced his bill for the establishment of a fish culture station at the head waters of Lake Michigan. The Senator proposes to make an unusual effort to secure the passage of the bill at this session of congress. Investigate the necessity for such a station. The upper end of Lake Michigan has for years been gradually denuded of fish until at the present time they are so scarce that there is danger of their complete disappearance. Senator Hopkins believes the establishment of the fish culture station would tend to correct this alarming condition and in time restore to the waters of Lake Michigan an abundant supply of fish. Representative James R. Mann of Chicago, left Monday to attend the interment of the late Alfred M. McNell at Gliman, Ill. Mr. Mann was one of the pioneers. He was born eighty years ago in Kentucky. When the civil war came, he was ready to give his life for the flag. He was appointed captain of the Ninety-fourth Infantry, and McNell who was his close friend. After the war Capt. Mann returned to Gliman of which he was one of the founders. The exhibition of the pupils in the碹垦 celebration of the public school system of the District of Columbia at the Armstrong Manual Training and the high schools last week was highly appreciated by all who saw it. At the Manual Training school, under the direction of Dr. W. Bruce Evans, every phase of the work of the pupils in the division of mathematics the work exhibited in plain and solid geometry, in subjects drawn on plain surface and $2.40 PER YEAR. MAGNIFICENT DISCUSSES Hits Occurring Among Capital of This Great City and Condensed for of our Many Readers. cut into figures, the work of surveying and drawings made from the field and the papers of the pupils showed a high degree of excellence; the work in German, under Miss Otelia Cromwell, and the English, under Miss Grinkke, and in chemistry, under Mr. Morton, gave the visitors evidence of the real thought underlying the work; manual training for the youth. This exhibit of carpentry, under Mr. James Hill and Mr. Clarence Maddela, presented articles made by both girls and boys, exquisite in finish and workmanship. The millinery department shows the most creative of the work. Have done credit to a department, store. At the M Street High School the principal, Mrs. A. J. Cooper, gave her personal attention to the direction of the visitors. The assembly hall on the first floor had been arranged to show the students how to by Prof. T. A. Hunster, each period from the beginning to the present was to be seen, and the grouping of figures was an artistic creation, historic and comprehensive. Near the entrance a booth, where two young students in Japanese costumes, presided over the ceramic, Japanese pottery, glazing and inlain work of Mosaic and other patterns, also the work of Prof. T. A. Hunster. Prof. Hunster is the assistant head of the schools it was present and explained to a number the work on exhibition. The work work was in keeping with the other departments, furniture highly polished, finished and upholstered, created wonder and surprise. During the year 1905, the Library of Congress was visited by 223, 115 persons. Changes have been filed in the Postmaster General's office by the Assistant Blackburn of Kentucky, alleging that mall sent by him and bearing on the Senatorial race had been diverted and found its way into the hands of his political opponents. Several expert inspectors have been put on the case. President and Mrs Roosevelt, accompanied by several of their younger children, left Washington Wednesday morning for a visit of several days to their country home, "Plain Dealing," the principal of the Imperial Coat of the schipperie. President will return Sunday night. A statement by the commissioner of education, discussing matters pertaining to his office for the fiscal year 1995, shows that the number of pupils enrolled in the common schools during that year is 6,250,008 or 30 percent of the entire population, as estimated by the Census Bureau. The actual average number of days attended by each pupil enrolled reached 182 days. Proof. Rosec C. Bruce of Tuskegee is in the city. Dr. Booker T. Washington, the famous educator, passed through the city Saturday. He spent some time at the White House. Secretary Taft has given his greatest approval of the project for the construction of the memorial bridge across the Potomac from the old naval observatory grounds, near the foot of New York avenue, to the government reservation containing the national archives of Antigua, Montana. Representative Rixey of Virginia has introduced a bill at this session of Congress appropriating $5,000,000 for the construction of the bridge, and a similar bill has been introduced in the Senate. Bourke Cockran, of New York, has introduced a constitutional amendment making the term of office of a member of the House four years, instead of two years, as at present. The Afro-American Academy is in session at Lincoln Memorial Temple. Among the speakers are: W. E. B. D. Bois, J. W. Cromwell, A. H. Grimke, A. U. Craig and Henry M. Joseph. Miss Shadd, daughter of Dr. F. J. Shadd, gave a collation at the Conservatory of Music, Ninth and Tenth St. Tuesday evening which was attended by the elite. Consideration is being given to a plan by which cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point may be given practical instructions in cooking and baking. It is deemed of value to the army that procured a military knowledge by the officers of the army that instructions may be given to the enlisted force in the matter of preparing food for the army. The trustees of Howard University have accepted the resignation of President John Gordon to take effect new June and granted him a leave of absence from January first to expiration of school term. Dean Fraderick D. Fattierk was designated as acting president. Thomas Findlay a postoffice clerk at Montgomery Ala., refused to work with Afro-American mailing clerk has had his salary reduced $100. He was awarded for death by master Buckley of Montgomery, and his pay was cut that much. Mr. J. McHenry Jones of Charleson, W. Va., National Grand Master of the W. U. O. F., was in the city last week, the guest of Mr. W. H. Poston. --- HAVE YOU READ THE APPEAL? THE APPEAL. A NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS 49 E. 4th St., St. Paul, Minn. ST. 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Sample copy free. incovery letter that you write us never fail to give your full name and address, pliably written, post office county and state. Desk letters of all kinds must be written on separate sheets from letters containing news or matter for publication. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Treat each man according to his worth as a man. Distrust all who would have any one class placed before any other. Other republics have fallen because the unscrupulous have substituted loyalty to class for loyalty to the people as a whole. —President Roosevelt's speech at Little Rock, Ark. ```markdown ``` SATURDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1905. "THE COLORED TROOPS FOUGHT NOBLY." Mr. Charles F. Root thinking it about time to distinguish himself by casting a slur upon the Afro-American as a soldier, recently contributed a communication to the New York Sun, in which he intimated that the regiments organized by Gen. Lorenzos Thomas "did not fight in the civil war." And very promptly Mr. Root was punished by such rebelders as the following: "To the Editor of the Sun—Sir! If your correspondent Charles F. Root, whose communication appears in the Sun, will obtain a copy of the Union League's history of the regiments furnished to the Union army by it he will learn something as to the service rendered the Government by the Afro-American troops that went to the front from this city. Also let him learn in the city of Boston something as to the valorous achievements of Col. Shaw's regiment at the siege of Charleston, S.C. At the surrender of Lee the entire Second Division of the Twenty-fifth Army Corps (Aro-American) was directly behind Sheridan in the pursuit of the Confederates from Richmond and comprised a portion of the column of infantry that cut off Lee's approach to Lynchburg and forced the surrender at Appomattox. At Fort Pillow in Tennessee the garrison was composed entirely of Aro-American soldiers, and every F. W. H. Who has been the Sincere Friend of the Afro-American People Since the Dark Days Before the War. HON. JOSEPH C. CAMERON HON. JOSEPH G. CANNON. Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives is an Optimist. man of them lost his life in defending the fort against Forrest. At the battle of Nashville, Gen. George H. Thomas commanding, I saw a whole brigade of Afro-American troops charge Overton Hill, defended by a full division of Confederates. My recollection is that Gen. Veach commanded the charge. I can compare it for gallantry and hand to hand fighting only to the magnificent charge of the Confederates at Corinth, Miss., under Col. Rogers of Texas on October 4, 1862. On the occasion of the charge at Nashville the Afro-Americans fought like savages, and if this statement comes to the attention of any survivor who defended Overton Hill I venture to say that he will concur in what I have related." To these facts we may add the following: that an Afro-American regiment was the first to enter Richmond after Jeff lit out. INDIANA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. The Charleston News and Courrier learns that the race question is becoming very acute in Indianapolis. We are told by the News that there has been an extraordinary inflow of Southern Negroes into that city during the last few months, and among them many of the lowest type. "This has usually been accounted for by the fact that Indianapolis has acquired the reputation in the South of being a 'nigger heaven.'" It remarks further: The News is of the opinion that the settlement of so many Negroes in its town is especially hard on the reputable class of Negroes living there, and that "the inevitable effect of such importations for political and other purposes is to create race prejudice against the Negro, especially among those whites who do not reflect that a distinction should be drawn between the respectable, law-abiding Negro" and the disreputable members of his race." The real lesson that Indianapolis should learn from the circumstance noted is the calamitous effect of the South Carolina plan of condemning one class of its population to shameful ignorance and that Indianapolis may be compelled to suffer the penalty of South Carolina Bourbonism. Therefore Indianapolis has undoubted right to interfere in any lawful way with the 'benighted population of South Carolina and to demand, that South Carolina and admonished oppose a class of natives especially indigenous to mar the peace and injure the prosperity of other states. South Carolina has no more right to cultivate ignorance than to cultivate yellow fever it is unfair to the other states, and South Carolina should repent in sackcloth and ashes. SILLY FEARS The following facts and figures will, we presume be very consolatory to those philosophers, who are arpailed by the imminent danger of the Afro-Ameans of the South being overloaded with the need for furnished; to us, by the, Principal of HON. JOSEP Speaker of the U. S. House of Having missed the President when he called at the White House, merely as he said, to "pay his respects." Speaker Cannon made one of his characteristic utterances in the shape of a comparison between the people of today and those of a generation ago. "The House is just as representative a body now as it was when this country had only ten millions of people. If you listen to all that is said, you might believe the country is fast going to the devil; is fast becoming a monarchy, and will soon cease to be a republic. Why, I heard that same kind of talk when I was a boy, when we used to gather at camp in the 'good old one of the best public schools in one of the best towns in the South, and are as follows: Grade 1. boys 93 girls 95. Grade 2. boys 41, girls 52. Grade 3. boys 23, girls 46. Grade 4. boys 18, girls 44. Grade 5. boys 10, girls 37. Grade 6. boys 4, girls 8. 93 boys dwindled down to 4—95 girls to eight. And such is the case in every Afro-American public school in the South. The acquirements of the grades may be smmled up as follows: 1st grade First Reader; 2nd grade, Second Reader; Third Grade, Third Reader; Fourth Grade, Fourth Reader; Fifth and Sixth Grades, Arithmetic, Grammar etc. The above clearly shows how silly are the fears of those who are kicking against higher education. --- A Columbus, Georgia, Special says: That a gang of young white boys who have been stealing bicycles by the dozo in Columbus have had a regular work shop out in the woods, where they repaired wheels, repainted them and so altered their appearance that they could not be recognized by their owners, was discovered by the police at Columbus, Ga. These boys have adopted the principles and practices of the Clansmen at an early age, one of them being only ten. The tendency of such literary slush as Tommy Dixon gets up is entirely in that direction. The Boston Transcript remarks: "It is a little painful to observe, on the eve of the centenary of the Garrison, that what appears to be the best advertising in the local magazine of the Afro-Americans, is of various devices for enabling Afro-Americans to get the kink out of their hair." We wonder if causes the Transcript any pain to observe the devices which female Americans, not Afros, resort to for whitewashing and coloring their faces padding their hips, and, and, well etc.? Senator Sheiby M. Cullom of Illinois is one of the great statesmen of the country. He is one of the group of elder statesmen who are most influential in shaping the legislation of the country. It takes many years for a senator to acquire influence in the upper house of Congress. No new man could possibly exercise the power that Senator Cullom now possesses. To his credit it must be said that Senator Cullom has exerted his influence to the benefit of all the people of Illinois. --- Brother Dixon ought to be a little more careful in his attempts to state historical facts. His statement that "the Negro has held the continent of Africa since the dawn of history" is a stupendous blunder, unworthy of a school boy. The Negro never has held the continent of Africa for one moment unless all our historians, those of the Bible, included are wrong. H G. CANNON. Representatives is an Optimist. days.' You hear the same things now, that the country is retrograding; that everybody is corrupt and dishonest, and that there is wholesale immorality. I do not hesitate to assert that this country is better to-day than it ever was in its history; that the people are better—more honest, more moral, and less disposed to yield to temptations that are put in front of honest men at every turn. "Undoubtedly, we are better off than were our forefathers. The millennium isn't here, it is true, and things will not be a bit interesting when everything becomes perfect. We are doing better, though." The SEASON'S GREETING RESOLUTIONS for the New Year and sentiments for the holiday season, arranged in acrostic form by F. G. Moorhead from the works of Robert Louis Stevenson: A aim in life is the only fortune worth the having; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself. MONEY, being a means of happiness, should make both parties happy when it changes hands. Rightly disposed, it should be twice blessed in its employment. EVERY piece of work which is not so good as you can make it should rise up against you in the court of your own heart, and condemn you for a thief. RIGHT is that for which a man's central self is ever ready to sacrifice immediate or distant interests. RIGHT is intimately dictated to each man by himself, but can never be rigorously set forth in language, and above all never imposed up- YOU cannot run away from a weakness; you must fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand? CULTURE is not measured by the greatness of the field which is covered by our knowledge, but by the nicety with which we can perceive relations in that field, whether great or small. HE who can sit squarest on a three-legged stool, he it is who has the wealth and glory. RIGHTEOUSNESS is to fuse together our divisive impulses and march with one mind through life. IF you wish the pick of men and women, take a good bachelor and a good wife. SOCIETY was scarce put together and defended with so much eloquence and blood for the convenience of two or three millionaires and a few hundred other persons of wealth and position. T O be a gentleman is to be one all the world over, and in every relation and grade of society. It is a high calling, to which a man must first be born and then devote himself for life. MANNERS, like art, should be human and central. A S the sun returns in the east, so let our patience be renewed with dawn. S O long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others I would almost say that we are indispensable. A FTER all, there is no house like God's out-of-doors. N O man is useless while he has a friend. DO what we will, there is always something only our fingers. A man cannot go very far astray who neid kills, nor commits adultery, nor st for these things, rightly thought out will, there is always something made to our fingers. we go very far astray who neither dishonors or commits adultery, nor steals, nor beats the things, rightly thought out, cover a vass D O what we will, there is always something made to our hand, if it were only our fingers. A man cannot go very far astray who neither dishonors his parents, nor kills, nor commits adultery, nor steals, nor bears false witness; for these things, rightly thought out, cover a vast field of duty. HOME is the woman's kingdom. AFTER a good woman and a good book are agreeable on earth as a river. PENURY is the worst slavery, and will practice is a more intricate and desperate theorizing; life is an affair of cavalry prompt action are alone possible and yet the dearest and readiest, if not the services is the wage that mankind earns. NATURE is a good guide through life, and next, if not superior, to virtue. E TRE et pas avoir—to be, not to possess—WE must all set our pocket watches by YET, when all has been said, the man who riage is in the same case with him. EVERY man is his own doctor of divinity. A BRAVE woman far more readily accepts than the bravest man. RIGHT or wrong, this have I done, in order to myself and God. and woman and a good book and tobacco, the be on earth as a river. The worst slavery, and will soon lead to o a more intricate and desperate business ing; life is an affair of cavalry, where rap action are alone possible and right. Rest and readiest, if not the most just, criti is the wage that mankind pays him, or a good guide through life, and the love of not superior, to virtue. Avoir—to be, not to possess—that is the p set our pocket watches by the clock of fa I has been said, the man who would hold in the same case with him who runs awa is his own doctor of divinity in the last woman far more readily accepts a change a bravest man. Long, this have I done, in unfeigned honor self and God. AFTER a good woman and a good book and tobacco, there is nothing so agreeable on earth as a river. PENURY is the worst slavery, and will soon lead to death. PRACTICE is a more intricate and desperate business than the toughest theorizing; life is an affair of cavalry, where rapid judgment and prompt action are alone possible and right. YET the dearest and readiest, if not the most just, criterion of a man's services is the wage that mankind pays him, or briefly, what he earns. NATURE is a good guide through life, and the love of simple pleasures next, if not superior, to virtue. E TRE et pas avoir—to be, not to possess—that is the problem of life. W E must all set our pocket watches by the clock of fate. YET, when all has been said, the man who would hold back from mar- A BRAVE woman far more readily accepts a change of circumstances than the bravest man. R IGHT or wrong. this have I done, in unfeigned honor of intention, as --- New Year Resolutions Every first of January that we are mile-stone in the turnpike track of resting place for thought and meditation for fresh exertion in the performance The man who does not at least be better this year than he was last good or very bad indeed. And only every first of January that we arrive at is an im- pine in the turnip track of human life, at place for thought and meditation and a starti n exertion in the performance of our journey. he man who does not at least propose to hie ter this year than he was last must be eith er a bad indeed. And only to propose to be nervous, he must be knowledgee Every first of January that we arrive at is an imaginary mile-stone in the turnip track of human life, at once a resting place for thought and meditation and a starting point for fresh exertion in the performance of our journey. The man who does not at least propose to himself to be better this year than he was last must be either very good or very bad indeed. And only to propose to be better is something. If nothing else it is an acknowledgement of our need to be so which is the first step toward amendment. But, in fact, to propose to oneself to do well is in some sort to do well positively, for there is no such thing as a stationary point in human endeavors. He who is not worse to-day than he was yesterday is better, and he who is not better is worse.—CHARLES LAMB. From The Sunday Magazine. Knowles Building. Boys' Hall. Stone Hall. Girls' Hall. Model Home. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, Ga. An unsectarian Christian Institution, devoted especially to advanced education. College, New ional, College Preparatory and English High School courses, with Inductive Training, Super- advantages in Music and Printing Athletic for boys Physical culture for girls Home and training. Aid given to needy and deserving students. Term begins the first Wednesday in October. For catalogue and information, address President HORACE BUMSTEAD, D. Knoxville College. Classical, Scientific, Agricultural, Mechanical, Normal and Common School. Together with Theologica, and Medical Schools. Fifty-five Dollars a Year will cover all expenses of board tuition, for light tuition, and matron for little girls and another for little boys from 6 to 19 years. Term begins last Monday in September. Send for catalogue to President of Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. BALTIMORE & OHIO R. R. ALL TRAINS VIA WASHINGTON TEN DAY STOPOVER ALLOWED AT WASHINGTON BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA DEPOSIT TICKETS IMMEDIATELY ON ARRIVAL AT EITHER CITY Knoxville College. Classical, Scientific, Agricultural, School Courses, together with Theologica, and Medical will cover all expenses of board, tuition, fuel, light and maternity for little girls and another for little boys f Monday in September. Gene for catalogue to President Tenn TUSKEGEE Normal and Industrial Institute (INCORPORATED) Organized July 4, 1881, by the State Legislature as The Tuskegee State Normal School. Exempt from taxation. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal. WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer. LOCATION ENROLMENT AND FACULTY Enrollment last year 1,253; mates. 88; Average attendance, 1,105; instructors, 88. COURSE OF STUDY English education combined with industrial training; 28 industries in constant operation. VALUE OF PROPERTY Property consisting of 2,267 acres of land. 50 buildings almost wholly built with student law, is valued at $350,000, and no mortgage. NEEDS $80 annually for the education of each student; $90 enables one to finish the course; $1,000 awards; $1,200 pay their own board in cash and labor); any amount for current expenses and building. Besides the work done by graduates as a class reached through the Tuskegee Negro Conference. A碧溪 is 40 miles cast of Montgomery and 130 miles west of Atlanta on the Western Railroad. Alabama is beautiful, beautiful Old Southern town, and is an ideal place for study. The climate is at all times mild and uniform, thus making the place an excellent winter resort. SCOTIA SEMINARY CONCORD, N. C. This well known school, established for the higher education of girls will open in the summer quarter. Every effort will be made to provide for health and thorough instruction of students. Expense for board, light fuel, washing, $15, for term of eight months. Address Rev. D. J. Batterfield, D. D., Concord, N. C. ALEGEMENT, P. A. A Practical, Literary and Industrial Trade School for Boys and Girls. Unusual advantages for Girls and a separate building. Address. Morristown Normal College FOUNDED IN 1881. Fourteen teachers. Elegant and communicable buildings. Climate unsurpassed. Departments: College Preparatory Normal, English, Math, Stockhand, Typewriting and industrial Training. FIFTY DOLLARS IN ADVANCE Will pay for board, room, light, fuel, tuition and incidentals for the entire year. Board room. Board room. Thorough work done in each department. Seed for circulation to the president. REV. JUDSON S. HILL, D. D., New England CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC All the advantages of the finest and most completely equipped Conservatory building in the world, the atmosphere of a recognized writer of art and music and association with the masters in the profession are offered student in the New England Conservatory of Music. Through work in an departments of music, courses can be arranged in Excitation and Oratory. GEORGE W. CHADWICK, Musical Director. All particulars and your book will be sent on application. BALTIMORE & O CHICAGO CLEVELAND ST. LOUIS LOUISVILLE ALL TRAINS VIA Virginia Normal Collegiate Institute. PETERSBURG, VA. *departments: Normal and Cote* glasse; Special attention to Vocal art education; Special attention to Agricultural culture, Sewing andooking. Healthy Location; heated by steam, lit by electricity; room, floor, turbidity, and heat. For Catalog information. For Catalog and Participation write to J. H. JOHNSON, President Agricultural, Mechanical, Normal and Common Medical Schools. Fifty-two Dollars a Year, light and furnished room. Separate home dies from 6 to 15 years. Term b begins last President of Knoxville College, a boxville GAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ATLANTA, GEORGIA AIMS AND METHODS The aim of this school is to do practical work in helping men towards suc- cess in the ministry. Its course of study is broad and practical; its ideas are high; its work is thorough; its methods are desh, systematic, clear and simple. CCURSE OF STUDY The regular course of study occupies three years, and covers the lines of work in the several departments of theological and leading theological seminaries of the country. EXPENSES AND AID Tuition and room rent are free. The apartments for students are plainly furnished. Wood board can be had for seven dollars per month. Buildings heated by steam. Aid from loans without interest, and gift items. Students who do their utmost in the line of self-help. No young man with the advantages now needed in this Seminary. For further particular address L. G. ADKINSON, D. D. Pres. Gammon Theological Seminary, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. BRAINERD INSTITUTE CHESTER, S. C A normal and industrial school with a English education, and lay a solid foundation in the study of life. Board and boarding hall is designed to provide a thorough symmetrical and complete HOWARD UNIVERSITY (Including Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges) INCORPORATED 1867 Thirty-eighth session will begin October 2, 1905, and continue eight months of students matriculate for Day Instruction. 4-Years' Graded Course in Medicine. 3-Years' Graded Course in Dental Surgery. 3-Years' Graded Course in Pharmacy. Instruction is given by didactic lecturers. Graded courses in oral oratory demonstrations. Well-equipped laboratories in all departments. Graded courses in students must register before October 14, 1905. For further information or catalogue, apply F. J. SHADD. A. M. HARRIS. R. R. Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. TILLOTSON COLLEGE AUSTIN, TEXAS, The Oldest and Best School. Texas for Colored Students. Faculty r r y y gradates at well known colleges it. a north. Reputation unsurpassed. Manual training a part of the regular course. Music a special feature of the school. Special advantages for earnest students seeking to help themselves. Send for catalogue and circular to REV. MARSHALL R. GAINES, A. M. PRESIDENT, Austin. Texas Progressive in all departments, best Methods of Instruction, Health of Students carefully looked after. Students taught to do manual labor as well as things. For catalogue and other information, write to the president. R. S. LOVINGGOOD, AUSTIN, TEXAS OHIO R. R. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE WASHINGTON TLA WASHINGTON A WEEK'S RECORD IN MINNESOTA'S CAPITAL. The "Saintly City" and Saintly City Folks—Newry Items of Social, Religious and General Matters Among the People. ALL APPEAL PATRONS If it's Hamm's, it's all right. Mrs G. S. Foster left Tuesday evening for a trip to Chicago. Mrs J. H. Charleston was in the city this week visiting his family. On tomorrow evening Mr. W. A. Robinson will render a violin solo, "Romance" by Centola. The ladies of the Eastern Star had a very swell and well attended entertainment at Wagner Hall. Mr. William Armstrong who was being allied for some time, was on last Tuesday taken to the city hospital. Judge Johnson wishes to announce that after his New Year soiree on next Friday evening he will close his dancing school. Wait for Judge Johnson's grand New Years soiree Friday evening January 5, 1906 the first of the season Wait for it. The Monday Art Club will receive New Years Day from 4 to 8 P. M. at the residence of Mrs Edward Green, 419 Sherburn street. Madam Hart is now prepared to show her holiday hats in chenille and velvet trimmed in ostrich glumes. Call and inspect them 266 Rice St. The Appeal has purchased the press and outfit of the Richardson Printing Company and added the same to the plant. Bring in your job printing. Best work at lowest prices. Mrs. Elia Smith has handsonally refitted, newly papered and painted her dining room and is furnishing most excellent meals. Call to see her when hungry. No. 352 Cedar street. Shoes resolved in 15 minutes at S. T. Sorensen's, 153 East Seventh street. Sewed shoes 75 cts, nailed soles 50ets. New shoes, latest styles. $2.50. S. T. Sorensen, 153 East Seventh. William A. Robison concert violinist and teacher. Studio 322 Bradley building, Boston oppose court House, BostonWest for concertes, musicales and receptions. Universal Spiritual Mission will hold regular meetings every Sunday at 7:30 p. m. at G. A. R. hall, now known as Central Annex 116. W. Sixth Street. Everybody cordially Invited. BOARDING HOUSE. Mrs. Ella Smith, prop. 352 Cedar street. Breakfast, 6:30 to 9:00 a.m. M. Regular dinner, 12:00 m. to 2:30 p.m. Meals at other hours to order. Regular dinner 25 cents. Two of the New Years early music offerings will be a concert by the Choreographer of Mrs. R. C. Minor, and a violin recital by our own brilliant violinist Mr. Wm. A. Robison. Shoes mended while you walt, at Jarvis, 83 East Fourth street. Half soles, 50 and 75 cents. Prices reasonable for all kinds of repairing. He can do it on short notice. Jarvis, 83 E. 4th street. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dillingham gave their usual Christmas dinner in old Kentucky style Monday. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Francis, Dr. and Mrs. Valdo Turner, Mr. and Mrs. R. Chapman. THE PEOPLES SHINING PARLORALTER Power Prope No. 83 E. and 127 E. 5th streets. When you wish a good shine give him a call. Shines 5 cents. First class work. Special chairs for ladies. Robert Porter rented a room on Third street, he got behind in his rent and his landlord locked him out. Porter shot at his cruel landlord but missed him and got arrested. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The State Savings Bank, corner Fourth and Minnesota streets, is open Monday evenings from 6 to 8. Accounts can be started with $1. A little amount saved every week may some day stand between you and want. Ladies you should not fall to visit Madam Hart's Millinery Parlor No. 266 Rice street where you will find up-to-date fall and winter hats at reasonable prices. Childrens school hats from 75 cents up, neatly trimmed. ELK EXPRESS CO. G, J. Charleston, manager, corner St. Peter and No. 266 Packet Store, storing of furniture and school goods. Piano moving a specialty. House renting, real estate handled. Madam Hart's $6.00 and $7.00 hats are now going for $3.00 and $4.00. These include the very best makes and material. Misses and children's hats will sell at prices ranging from 75 cents up. Call and inspect the bargains. On Thursday night the sunday school of St. Phillips church had its Christmas tree. There was a large crowd present including of course the children who were made very happy by numerous gifts. The whole affair was very pleasant. STATE SAVINGS BANK FOURTH AND MINNESOTA STREETS ST. PAUL MINN. THE ONLY BANK IN ST PAUL EXCLUSIVELY FOR SAVINGS. Deposits received in sums of $1. and upwards. DEPOSITS OVER $2,375,000.00 SURPLUS FUND 50,000.00 TRUSTEES: Charles P. Noyes, Wm. B. Dean, John D. Ludden, Ferdinand Willus, Kenneth Clark, Gustav Willus, John D. O'Brien, Thomas Fitzpatrick, William Constans, Harris Richardson, Bule M. Hannaad, Chas. G. Lawrence. Linens, Undermuslins Sfarts Tuesday January 2,1906 See Daily Papers for Full Particulars. The Knights of Pythias gave a grand call at Central annex hall which attracted a large crowd and every body had a good time until early morn. The weather was delightfully pleasant and there was little trick advantage of it to have a good time. Those of our patrons who desire to have matter published must get the same in this office not later than Thursday afternoon, otherwise it may be crowded out. No notice will be taken of any communication that is not signed by the author. Persons desiring to rent Wagner hall, corner Charles and Western avenues for lodge meetings, parties, or other events may obtain the same at reasonable rates upon application to J. H. Charleston. 682 University avenue. James Disham had some trouble with a man at Ninth and Wabasha Sunday morning, he drew a revolver but the other fellow drew his trust blade and carved him and escaped. He was arrested for carrying concealed weapons and held to the grand jury. Jarvis, the teeter and saver of sorels at 83 E. Fourth street, says, in one of his street car signs: "I can mend shoes better than I can write," and, if the sign is a fair specimen of his work as a writer, he's right, as he can mend shoes all right if he cannot write all right. If you wish a good shave, hair cut, shampoo, or anything in the temporary line, at Richard Couch's neat barber shop, No. 274% Minnesota Street. First class workmen only. Satisfaction guaranteed. Music for dances and all occasions furnished on short notice. Mr. Charles A. Miller is now prepared to do expert work in the repairing of watches, clocks, jewelry etc. Send a postal card to him at 903 Globe Street and work and deliver the same when completed. If you have any such work to give him an order. ```markdown ``` * Preferred by many to hard * coal for furnaces, ranges * stoves; lasts nearly as long. * Costs only half Holmes & Hollowell Co. Seven Corners. ```markdown ``` SAFE DEPOSIT AND STORAGE VAULTS.—We invite your inspection. It costs little to place your papers, cash securities and valuables in absolute safety. Boxes in our vaults can be had for $4 per year. Store your items in our secure units, with us. Northwestern Trust Co., 133 Endicott Arcade. The reason why you should buy your Coal, Wood, Flour, Feed, Hay, etc., from C. W. STAHEL, Rice and Carrol streets, is because you can get prompt delivery, best goods, full measure. Fuel of all kinds, and saved and used fuel, are the small quantities. Everything at the right prices. Both telephone 1446. What is nicer than a pretty picture for a gift to a friend? You can get all sorts of pictures and frames at the Lowe Frame Frame Co. 475 Wabasha street. Full line of framed and unframed pictures; special prices-for the older pictures; a speciality of oil portraits at moderate prices. Pictures framed to order. The Colonade Dancing School had its usual good crowd present last Wednesday evening. The usual good time may be counted on for next Wednesday evening. Arthur Winstein, principal, Colonade Hall, N. W. corner University and Farrington Aves. Entrance on Farrington. Lessons 25 cents. Anything the matter with your stove, range or furnace? If there is, just call at the St. Paul Stove Repair Works, near West. Seventh street, between Fifth and Sixth Aves. You can make the repairs on short notice. Any part of any make of stove or range supplied. Telephone. N. W. nished. Tel. N. W. Main 2893-L. The Valet Tailoring Co. Owen Howell, manager, has taken the place of Howell & Davis, tailors, at 156 East Sixth Street. They have a new delivery wagon and have inaugurated a new stove. They agree to keep your clothes pressed and in good order for $1.00 per month. Go see them about it. The Williams Real Estate Co. is now doing what might be called a 'land office' business. They have 82 houses and lots on their list for sale, and 17 vacant lots in various parts of the city, which they will invest in. Real estate in any way will do well on a look and look over their list. A number of houses for rent. No. 475 Wabash Street. Ladies who wish a beautiful complex will use Mrs. Howard's Rxing delicacy for softening and healing roughness, pimples, tan and freckles; also a perfect vegetable tissue food for wrinkles and hollows in cheeks, throat and neck. Manufactured only by R. C. Howard, 683 W. Central avenue, R. C. Paul, Minn. Phone, Dale 918 J-2. Mr. J. H. Dillingham, proprietor of the People's and the Cosmopolitan barber shops, on Thursday evening gave a Christmas dinner to his employees. The evening was spent in speech making, music, singing and a general jolly time. Those present were overseeing W. Naldon, N. Brown, C. Charleton, E. Graham, O. Sanders and Joe Vass. Any Picture to be Framed? If you have and are waiting for a 'convenient time', let us use it. Its convenient for us at any time but a little more so now than usual. Besides the longer you wait the more chance there is for the picture to be damaged. We can give your works special attention now—Picture frames and holding frames. Love Picture Frame Co. 475, Wabasha St. Telephone No. W. Main 219 J.2 Beautiful hand made rugs may be made out of your old carpet, no matter how dirty or worn it may be. Rugs made any size desired and out of any sort of old carpet which will be cleaned and disinfected free of the Smother Rug Company, N. W. phone 1772 172 1, or T. C. phone 1802, and they will call for your old carpet. Rates reasonable. Office 90 West Seventh street where the beautiful rugs may be seen. The Colonade Dancing Academy seems to be pleasing the public interest. It is always on the constantly on the increase. The hall is a very nice one, has a fine floor and everything is as snug as can be. Despite all counter attractions every Wednesday night the usual large and nighly pleased crowd is present. Prints are available and the lookout to please his patrons and especial attention is paid to beginners. The Christmas festivities were quite general, everyone seemed bound to have a good time. Christmas night there were four events. There was a Christmas tree at Pilgrim Baptist School, so a little operetta entitled "Kris in the Rain" had produced of young folks took the parts and produced a most delightful entertainment for a large crowd. The children were very attractive Japanese costumes and sang and performed excellently. At St. James A. M. E. church, Christmas festivities were held. They had a very large and beautiful tree and a large number of children recited and sang and gave a very delightful entertainment. THE VIRGINIA RESTAURANT. And lunch room, No. 449 Jackson St, Tel. N. W. Main 3466 L, G. H. Evans, Prop. Regular meals 15 cents, served from 5:00 to 7:30 a.m.; 11:30 to 2:00 p.m. 5:00 to 7:30 a.m. Short orders serve up to 7:30 a.m. Long orders serve for all regular meals. All kinds of sand- wiches served at lunch counter. We bake our sandwich rolls every day. Oysters served in all styles. Stewed oysters put up in tin boxes to be taken out. Fried oysters put up in boxes to be served in tin boxes. Bread and meals served at lunch counter. If there is anything special wanted call us up by 'phone and if it is in the mark we will be pleased to fill your order if given us before six o'clock, at markets close at that hour. We make a specialty of cooking Sunday dinners and bread and rolls baked to order for pies. Crullers and coffee rolls taken every day. Tables reserved for ladies. Open from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Tickets good for 21 meals, worth $3.15 for $2.50. Call to use us. The superintendent of a factory want into the storehouse one day and saw the storehouse turgging at a big case of goods. His face was red and caused of his neck were bulging out. Hold on there, Jack, cried the superintendent, "allow me to dominate to you the power of brain over muscle." He grabbed a book that was on a shelf and stuck it in the case, gave a quick jerk and toppled over into a pile of rubbish. He got up looked at the storehouse, and said: "Dime it, the handle was Grand Union Meeting There will be a grand union meeting held in St. Phillips church (Basement) Wednesday evening Jan. 3, 1906. Public cordially invited. New Years greeting by the rector Rev. A. H. Leahtade. Light refreshments served after the meeting. WILLIAMS AN ARCHITECT. Governor's Messenger Designs Vault Fixtures for Governor's Vault. Gov. Johnson is proud of his messenger. "Billy" Williams. Just now he is pointing with pride to the fixtures in a large vault. Williams plans the fixtures and the applications and the contractor built them accordingly. The arrangement in the vault is new and original and is just what the governor wants. Defective Page Some months ago Gov. Johnson and Cleve Van Dyke, who was then executive clerk, found that the one vault was getting crowded and thought the other ought to be furnished with propelling apparatus. But they agreed that they had not seen anything in any of the files, and building that suited their needs and they were looking for some one who could suggest to them something better. The governor not particularly objected to the step ladder, which is commonly used to reach the files in the higher tiers. Then Williams had an idea. He sat down and in about six hours had read the files, and drawn for the fixtures for the vault. He blinded his knowledge of what was needed for filling the governor's records with what he had learned of drawing at the Mechanic arts high school, of which he is a graduate. The plan suited the governor and it was sent to the contractors. When they came to the building, specifications did not vary an eighth of an inch from the true dimensions of the vault. Just What Governor Wanted. The fixtures are doubled-decked. In the lower half are document files and letter files arranged on two sides of the vault. On the third side are four private cases, one each for the governor, private secretary, executive clerk and messenger. On the same side are twenty-four cases for filing letters and shelves for the governor. The upper half is divided into shelves for letter files, into which the letters are transferred a certain time after WILLIAM F. WILLIAMS. they have been received and here kept for future use. The shelves will have room for the correspondence for many years. The height of the vault is about fourteen feet and the upper half is reached by a small permanent iron stair at one side and a balcony or platform around the three sides of the vault. William F. Williams was three years a student at the mechanic arts high school and graduated with the class of 1897. He was private janitor and messenger to John Lind when he was governor and later was employed at the Y. M. C. A. He is very well known as a baseball player, having played with some of the fastest amateur teams of the Twin Cities and with the Chippewa. He would also team when that team was the best amateur team of the state. An Authority on Sports. he he was a leader of amateur sports and many of the state officials who are football enthusiasts go to him for counsel before the big games. Last fall he predicted that Wisconsin would beat Minnesota by a small score in the 1901, but in 1902, 1903 and 1904 predicted that Minnesota would win. The governor himself is a football and baseball enthusiast, and the two have many conferences over the 80s and 90s (masters or in the 90s conferences. REV. R. SEYMOUR Pastor of St. James A. M. E. Church Talks of the Church Troubles "Mr. Seymour, I hear you have a little trouble out at St. James Church." "Yes, a little, but that's nothing when you get used to it." "What is your trouble about, any way?" "Oh, about various things." "Do you think the men are dishonest?" "Well no. I do not doubt their veracity and honesty, as much as I do their ability?" "Their ability?" "Yes, their ability, and their ideas of the church, and their statements to the church, this I conider the chief cause of the trouble." "What reason have you for doubting their ability?" "They have stated things to the people, that have been the source of confusion. Now when the parsonage they stated in a booker given to the people, that the price of the building would be $2,435, of which they had on hand, $1,040. They stated also, in the same pamphlet that all the money that was owing on the parsonage was $1,500. This amount had been borrowed from the bank, and was to run 5 years, which of course, would have left the people comparatively speaking, in easy circumstances, for $1,500 payable in 5 years is not a burden to the church." "Who made this statement, and managed the building of the parsonage?" "They had a building committee of five, Mr. Dillingham being the general manager, and was the author of the statement." "Did this statement prove to be correct?" "By no means, for in less than 90 days after the publication of this statement, the builder put a mechanism lien on the building for an approximate sum of $670. Aside from the fact that a fellow citizen out of $500, of which the people as a whole, knew nothing. Instead $d the debt being only $1,500, as their pamphlet stated, the entire debt to is approximately $3,000. People who know this?" "No, and many do not know it to this day." "is Dillingham the cause of that?" "No, sir." "Who then, the trustees?" "No, as a board they were not." "Well then, who are to blainie?" "A part of the trustee board" "What member of the trustee board?" "Mr. Andrew Bell, who acted as chairman of the board, Mr. T. R. Morgan, the Secretary, and Mr. G. B. Lowe, the Treasurer. A trustee board meeting had been called and these gentlemen are now committed to give the contractor the church's note for the balance due which was $670 approximately." "Did they not do this?" "No, they did not. Mr. Morgan drew up the note, and he and Mr. Bell signed it. Mr. Bell, as acting chair, signed it. Mr. Lowe, as Treasurer, and have had him sign it, and then returned it to the contractor, but this Mr. Bell did not do. He left Mr. Morgan to attend to getting Mr. Lowe's signature. This Mr. Morgan failed to do. When the contractor came for the note Mr. Morgan having failed to get Mr. Lowe's signature, gave him the note and sent the contractor to work. The contractor took the note to Mr. Lowe, the treasurer of the church, involving none of his private interests, whatever, for neither of these gentlemen were responsible further than that they acted as trustees of the church. Mr. Lowe, however, allowed his private affairs and his church duties to run together, so he informed the contractor that he did not care to sign the note until the buses and closed, as he had a private bus to take him to this the contractor became alarmed, and put a lion on the property." "Well, Mr. Seymour, that is a bad thing, for lice are costly. That lice before you get rid of it will cost your people $700, will it not?" "I suppose it will." "There is a law-suit out there too, is there not?" "No, there is a suit of mandamus brought against the trustees, by two smart aleks who have more zeal than brain. Since they are so fond of seeing themselves and their people in court, it is surprising they did not swear out a bench warrant, and bring the whole church into court, instead of a mandamus against the trustees, those who live the longest may see that." "Why was the mandamus suit brought?" "On account of the fact that the trustees did not know their duty. The Conference met here in September, and the expense was approximately $300. These gentlemen who had been handling all of the church's money, did not know that the Conference was the whole responsibility of caring for the same in the role of the pastor, and that he was held responsible for all arrangements and that he was expected to see that all debts were paid. This I did and brought to the Conference an itemized bill showing the expense and they appropriated $217. The balance of the money was collected in our city and the bills were paid to the conference to the conference of the same. The balance of the part of these gentlemen to handle this money seems to be the source of this trouble." "Then, Mr. Seymour, you do not doubt the veracity of these gentlemen so much as their carelessness?" "That is it, and allowing their private accounts getting mixed up with the public instance, I had Mr. Morgan and Mr. Morgan me some wood and coal amounting to $17.88, for which I paid them, taking their receipt therefor. Now the Jones & Adams Co. presents a bill for $47.75 to the church to be paid and the $17.88 is included in the bill to be paid again, which is a mark of great carelessness in bookkeeping to keep the least." "Audi alternam partern." (Hear the other side). MARTIN-RANKINS. Two Souls with but a single Thought, Two Hearts That Beat as One. On last Wednesday evening there was a beautiful home wedding at 416 St. Anthony ave. and instructing parties with Dr. Claud Duvall Martin, a young practical practitioner and Mrs Margaret Rankins, a young business woman who has three teams and has made quite a success in the transfer business. The wedding was a very quiet affair, the invitations were verbal and were eventually to intimate friends and neighbors. The wedding occurred at 8:30 o'clock, at which time Prof. W. A. Weir began Lohengrin's wedding march and the bridal party appeared on the staircase. First came the bride followed by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vass, and then the groom. When the bridal party had taken their positions in the parlor, Rev. W. D. Carter performed the ceremony that linked the lives of the bride and groom as husband and wife. Three large pillows were placed on the groom and the minister to kneel upon during a portion of the ceremony. The bride wore a gown of pink silk crepe du chin trimmed with creme taffetta ribbon, vallenclenes lace and medallions. She wore a single white rose in her raven black hair and caribou bunge of brides rose. She wore a lace law of the bride, wore red flowered foulard, trimmed with red chiffon appliance lace and velvet. The gentlemen of the bridal party were in full dress. After the ceremony and congratulations were over refreshments were served in the dining room. They were the recipients of a few presents: Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Brown, embroidered damask towels. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sherwood, hemstitched damask lunch cloth. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Murphy, silver bon basket. Mrs. C. Lewis, damask towels. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. White, large bottle perfume. Dr. and Mrs. Q. D. Howard, large silver berry spoon. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Miller, set of cut-glass wine glasses. The Groom, quarter sawed oak dining room set. _____ Mr. and Mrs E. Laz, Chicago, pain hand-painted vases. Mr. and Mrs Edward, Martin, Keokuk, box bedding. Mr. Howard Ashain, Buffalo, marshes spread. The present were: Mr. and Mrs J. H. Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs J. Vass, Mr. and Mrs J. Q. Adams, Dr. and Mrs O. D. Howard, Mr. and Mrs W. A. Hilary, Rev. and Mrs A. H. Leatland, Prof. and Mrs J. R. White, Mr. and Mrs C. H. Brown. Mr. and Mrs J. H. Brown in singing and dancing and feasting until a late hour when the guests repaired to their homes, wishing the happy couple a long and happy life. DOING 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. ALL APPEAL PATRONS Mr. James Scruggs is on the sick list. Mrs T. B. Parker is able to be out again. Mrs J. W. Roberson is on the sick list again. Miss Sarah Wilson is in Chicago for the holidays. Dr. R. S. Brown is spending two weeks in Chicago. Miss May Monroe and Mr. Chas. Cleen were married Xmas day. Ruby Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mis. R. E. Wilson, is on the sick list. You cannot escape your taxes here by talking about your citizenship there. The Pastors Aid Society will meet at the residence of Rev. Wilson Wednesday evening. The Bazar at St. Peters church was a splendid success, quite a sum was realized from it. Have you seen the new magazine, "THE VOICE OF THE NEGRO?" See notice elsewhere in this issue. Mrs Harvey Donaldson entertained a beautiful little dinner party Xmas day—Covers were laid for eight. Miss E. T. Harper, is home from her school in Iowa and sweated a week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs C. Harper. One of the largest crowds of the season turned out to Mrs Hales soiree Monday evening. Every body had an elegant time. Shoes resized in 15 minutes at S. T. Sorensen's, 212 Nicole广场. Sewed sores 75 cts, nailed sores 50 cts. New up-to-date shoes, all styles, $2.50. Rev. R. E. Wilson and family were the recipients of many elegant Xmas presents, among which was a beautiful Scottish Rite, Masonic, watch charm. There will be the usual service at St. Peters Church Sunday, with a watch service beginning at 11 P. m. and lasting until 12:15 A. M.Monday 1866. All are cordially invited to attend. When in St. Paul and you wish to get FIRST CLASS MEALS, you used to get at home call on Mrs. Lisa Smith. No. 323 Cedar street. Breakfast from 7 to 11 a. m.; lunch from 12 to 2:30 p. m.; dinner from 5 to 8 p. m. Meals to order when desired. Sunday dinners a speciality. Regular meals 25 cents. FIRST CLASS MEALS, like mother used to cook may be had at Mrs. Lisa Smith's. No. 323 Cedar street. Breakfast from 7 to 11 a. m.; lunch from 12 to 2:30 p. m.; dinner from 5 to 8 p. m. Meals to order when desired. Sunday dinners a speciality. Regular meals 25 cents. Election of Officers Queen Esther Temple No. 134 S. M. T. at its last meeting elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Mary Esther, Princess. Ida Ielers, Vice Princess. Mary L. Joyce, Worthy Secretary. Myrle Judy, Asst. Secretary. Carrie Duncan, Worthy Treasurer Mary Judy, Charleshan. Anna English, Senior Marshal. Zelphia Mitchell, Junior Marshal. Mary Parkinson, Pilot. Mattie Faunterley, Joshua. Sue Smith, Senior Marshal. Sadie Lloyd, Trustee. Mary Blirr, Trustee. Sadie Sample, Trustee. St. Philips Church. Services as follows: Holy communion 8:00 a.m. m. every Sunday and at 10:00 a.m. m. every first Sunday in the month. Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at 12:30. Evening Prayer and Address at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Father A. H. Lealtade. Priest in charge. AN OPEN LETTER. Nov. 20th, 1905. To The Afro-American of the city of Minneapolis, W. R. Morris, Chairman. In memory of the past, heroic deeds of the men who composed the union army of the Civil War, both Afro-American and white, who stood shoulder to shoulder in defending their country, G. R. R. Morris, Chairman. Most respectfully request your committee representing the Afro-Americans of this County, to furnish an oil painting by 60 inches in size, showing the 55th Mass. Afro-American Regiment enlisted in Charleston, S. as a memorial of the war in which the Afro-Americans took in suppression the rebellion, and deliver the same to the Memorial Hall Committee having in charge the arrangements of the Hall furnishings, the same to be placed in the Hall for presentations, thus showing respect and honor so properly belonging to that people. The Memorial Hall Committee will make arrangements for the frame so properly be procured at a reasonable rate. Trusting you will move rapidly in this enterprise and report within twenty days to the committee, we remain. Sincerely youds. W. A. Gulle, Chairman, A. K. Kelly, Sec. of the Memorial Hall Committee. This letter explains itself. Memorial Hall is in the course of construction in the heart of our magnificent Courthouse and City Hall. Let us take hold of this with a hearty good will. Every man, woman, boy and girl in Hennepin County should contribute something to the securing of this painting. Send in your contributions at once to Wm. Morris, 1020 Metropolitan Life Bldg., Brown. Century Bldg. A. list of honors and the amounts given will be posted in the office of Wm. R. Morris and in the office of Dr. R. S. Brown. PER MONTH WHEN YOU NEED THE MONEY You NEED Money When You Are Sick or Disabled THAT IS WHEN WE PAY The Cosmopolitan Mutual Casualty Company 421-2 Bradley Bidg., St. Paul, Minn. Hustling Agent Wanted THE M. A. HANNA Agents for the Celebrated "Scott" Anthracite Coal Minors, Shippers, Retailers of High Grade Bituminous Coal Miners, Shippers, Retailers of High Grade Bituminous Coal "Scott" Anthracite Coal COMPANY 104½ EAST FOURTH STREET BOTH PHONES ST. PAUL, MINN. VIRGINIA RESTAURANT VIRGINIA RESTAURANT All Pastry, Bread and Rolls Home-mgde. Oysters and Sandwiches, Specialties Open from 6 a. m. to 12 p. m. G. H. EVANS, PROPRIETOR. 449 Jackson St. ST. PAUL, MINN. Tel. N. W. Main, 3466-L THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK C.A.MILLER EXPERT REPAIRER OF Watches, Clocks and Jewelry 903 GLOBE BLD St. Paul SEND A POSTAL CARD AND HE WILL CALL FOR AND DE- LIVER GOODS. Prices Reasonable and all Work Guaranteed. TEL. N. W. MAIN 2130-J SHOES THAT SMILE STANLEY SHOE CO. 421 ROBERT ST. TOWLE'S Log Cabin Maple Syrup TOWLE'S LOG CABIN MAPLE SYRUP Was awarded the GOLD MEDAL at the World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904, for absolute purity and richness of flavor. The Approval of Millions of People Confirmed by the World's Greatest Exposition. --- Harry Mitchell's Editorial Well boys, my business has grown so that I am forced to make my store larger and right after the New Year I am going to occupy my present store with the additional two stores, Nos. 312-314. I am just going to have the swellest tailoring establishment in the United States. I know that you appreciate good clothes, made to order, at low prices and therefore I am announcing to you through this ad that I am going to reduce my stock before the building is torn up and from now on to Xmas you can order a suit or overcoat from me that is worth $35 to $40 for $15. For $20 I will make you a suit or an overcoat that will swell you up so you will hardly recognize your cheap friends. Come right in and don't be bashful, because I am looking after the Appeal readers with as good care as I do after the bankers. Store 310 Nicollet Ave. BUY COAST DON'T WAIT FOR Egg Stove Nut $8.75 S. W. VAND 45 E. Fourth St $1.00 AND A IS ALL THAT IS NECESSARY Edison Victor WRITE W. J. DYER & BRO. 21-2 WEST ST. PAUL. BUY COAL NOW! DON'T WAIT FOR HIGHER PRICES Egg Stove Nut $8.75 Cargo Pea $6.75 S. W. VANDERWARKER 45 E. Fourth St. ST. PAUL $1.00 AND A PROMISE IS ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO SECURE AN Edison Phonograph or a Victor Talking Machine WRITE FOR PARTICULARS W. J. DYER & BRO. 21-23-25-27 WEST 5TH ST ST. PAUL, MINN. THE ELK EXPRESS CO. now has its office corner Ninth and St. Peter streets. Have you seen the new magazine, "THE VOICE OF THE NEGRO?" See it online elsewhere in this issue. Gentlemen wishing nice furnished rooms, with all conveniences, by the week or month, at reasonable rates, should apply at the Benton House, 228 West Third street, up stairs. THE NAGEL UNDERTAKING CO., Wm. E. Nagel Manager, 208 West Third street, Telephone, Main 1504. Latest equipments in every line. Lady assistant when desired. The Men's Union Club will meet every Sunday at 3:30 o'clock instead of at 4 o'clock at St. James A. M. E. church. You are earnestly invited to be present. Come early if you would be benefited. Mr. Walter Porter, the enterprising proprietor of the People's Shining Parlor, No. 114 E. 4th street, got a chance to sell his lease for a good round sum and has now opened two shining parrons, one at No. 95½ E. 4th street, and the other at 127 E. 5th street. You ought to see the "Knapp Shade Adjusters," advertised in this issue, they "fill a long felt want" and when you see them you'll want 'em. Have Mr. Wm. J. Work to call and show them to you. A postal card sent him to P. O. Box 132, White Bear Lake, Minn., will bring him. Hamm's New Beer. This beer is so decidedly superior to any draught ever before brewed, that within the few days it has been on sale it has already attained a fixed place in public favor. Call for it. Hamm's New Brew. 100,000 barrels in stock. On draught from now on. The Colonnade Dancing Academy had a splendid crowd on last Wednesday evening and all enjoyed themselves. The splendid music by Prof. Lafayette Mason and Armant's orchestra gave the usual satisfaction. Armant's orchestra will be present at all the assemblies of the Colonnade Dancing Academy, corner of University and Farrington Aves. Be sure to attend next Wednesday evening, Arthur Winstead, principal. The Colonnade Dancing Academy made quite an improvement for their patrons. They have built a skylight twelve feet long, six feet wide and eight feet deep. Mr. Loeffelhoh, proprietor of the building, said that Mr. Winstead has the finest crowd of sociable people he ever saw. The Colonnade Dancing School is a regular summer resort for dancing. All patrons are cordially invited to attend each Wednesday in the week. Arthur Winstead, Principal. Did it ever occur to you—that this is the time of the year to put your stoves and ranges in repair for winter? THE ST. PAUL STOVE REPAIR WORKS, 126 W. Seventh street, has the best workmen and the best equipment in the city, and can furnish any part of any stove or range at any time and any place. A card will bring us, or you may phone N. W, Main 1266-L1, or T. C. 242. Bear in mind that we can do your work now better and cheaper than when cold weather sets in and we are rushed with orders. Time is short so DO IT NOW. THE VALET TAILORING CO., O. HOWELL, MGR. Renovating, cleaning and repairing. Will call for and deliver free of charge. --- AL NOW! HIGHER PRICES Cargo Pea $6.75 DERWARKER ST. PAUL A PROMISE NECESSARY TO SECURE AN on Phonograph or a or Talking Machine FOR PARTICULARS 3-25-27 T 5TH ST ST. PAUL, MINN. Monthly contracts $1.00 per month Suits pressed while you wait, 50c. Your patronage solicited. All work guaranteed. Tel. N. W. Main 2769 L 156, East 6th street. THE STATE SAVINGS BANK. Total Deposits. $2,400,000.00 The only bank in St. Paul exclusively for savings; receives deposits in sums of $1 and upwards, and compounds interest semi-annually. Open Monday evenings from 6 to 8. MILLS' LUNCH AND SANDWICH ROOM. J. S. Mills, proprietor, 444 Robert street, between Seventh and Eighth streets. Open from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. m. Tel. orders delivered free. Telephone. N. W. Main 3082 L. This is the place to get your favorite sandwich or a good lunch. The best grade of coffee is used and the cook knows how to prepare it, therefore, you are sure of excellent coffee. An epicure will find all of the delicacies of the season here. Soup and stews are always kept on hand and such sandwiches as the New York, Pork Tenderloin, Chicken, St. Paul, Hamburger, Egg, Denver, Cheese, Sardine, etc. can be served at any time. If you try this place once you will be satisfied with the quality, service and price and you will be sure to call again. N. B. MARSHALL. Carpenter and Builder, 554 Aurora Avenue. We have in our midst a first class carpenter and builder in the person of Mr. N. B. Marshall 642 Jackson屎. He will also give prompt attention to jobbing and general repairing, painting and decorating. Estimates furnished upon application. Telephone N. W. Dale 381 J-2. He has 50 lots on University avenue for sale on a cash payment of $25, and a monthly payment of $10. Will build houses on these lots to suit purchasers on monthly payments. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY. Has Moved to Larger and Better Quarters. The Elk Express Co. is growing and spreading out now that spring is here. The company has leased the building on the corner of St. Peter and Ninth streets. No. 467 St. Peter is office and storage. There has also been added to the present equipment one large stake wagon and two small ones. The company is now prepared to move any one as quickly as any other firm in the business and at low rates. Only competent men are employed to handle the goods. G. J. Charleston, Manager. The Voice of the Negro. Mr. S. D. Kemp has been appointed agent for "The Voice of the Negro", a monthly magazine published in Atlanta, Ga., and the only magazine now being edited and published by Afro Americans in this country. Messrs. J. W. E. Bowen and J. Max Barber are editors. Among those who have pledged their support to the magazine as contributors: Prof. W. E. B Du Bois. Prof. Kelley, Miller, Dr Booker T. Washington, Mrs. Mary Church Terrill, Mrs. Fannie Barrie Williams and a score of others promi- nent among the leading writers. The price of the magazine is on! $1 per year. Persons desiring to subscribe should send their subscription to S. D. Kemp, Army Building foot of Robert Street, St. Paul A modern brewery in every respect is the BIG Hamm BREWERY We have every facility for mak- ing and do make the Best Beer on the market. Case or draught. CALL FOR IT "We, a jury composed of men who know cigar values, find that the plaintiff, the Judge Harlan Cigar, is entitled to recover 10 cents from every smoker." HART & MURPHY, MAKERS, ST. PAUL, MINN. Moore's Stoves Always Please A slight pull on the chain lifts the top, forming a hood which draws all smoke, or odors, from broiling, back into the range, thus preventing their escape into the room. This is Moore's patent and is to be found on Moore's Ranges only. Call and see the Hinged Top, the Oven Thermometer, which makes baking a sure thing; the Controller Damper, and other handy devices to be found only on Moore's Ranges. The Sharood Shoe Corporation The Largest Exclusive Manufacturers of High-Grade Footwear in the West Sharood Shoes Are Made for the Whole Family FOURTH AND BROADWAY, ST. PAUL, MINN. - J.S. MILLS' LUNCH SANDWICH ROOM. No. 444 Robert Street, Between Seventh and Eighth. Telephone N. W. Main 3082-L Open from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. This is the place where you can get your favorite sandwich, good hot coffee, cocoa, lunch or meal. An epicure will find all the delicacies of the season here, with cooks who know how to prepare taem other can equipments may be procured here that cannot be gotten in any other place in the Twin Cities. All of the principal street cars stop near my place. While waiting for a car, or any other time, come in and keep the griddle hot by getting your favorite dish. Ladies find this a delightful place to come to as everything is neat and clean, and they may eat at screened or unscreened tables and be treated with the greatest courtesy. If you come here once you will be sure to call again. MEALS FIFTEEN CENTS. SANDWICH BILL Epicurean Sandwich 25 Eulie Sandwich 25 Moscal Sandwich 25 Criterion Sandwich 15 Russian Sandwich 15 Welsh Sandwich 15 Welsh Rarebit Sandwich 15 New York Sandwich. 15 Chicago Sandwich 15 Pork Tenebrio Sandwich 10 Harlequin Sandwich 10 Roast Veal Sandwich 10 Sandwich Sandwich 10 Roast Beef Sandwich. EYE DEFECTS A Eye defects are few—symptoms can be but two defects. The eye may be too long in Myopic eye. Or too short in whole—the Combine the two in one eye. Properly adjusted glasses or Medicines or waiting, new Symptoms that spring from formations are manifold; such gestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous I or other ailments having their or We correct all Defects of will remedy. Charges reasonable. HARMS OCULO CURES SOR F. H. HAR OPTIC HARM GLASSES THE DEFECTS AND SYMPTOMS defects are few—symptoms many. can be but two defects in the human may be too long in whole. Then w short in whole—the Hyperopic eye. Use the two in one eye and we have A ly adjusted glasses will correct these cases or waiting, never. oms that spring from these two simple are manifold; such as eye and head pspepsia, Nervous Debility, Chorea, ents having their origin in lack of no rect all Defects of the human eye y. Charges reasonable. Satisfaction H. HARM & B. OPTICIANS, enth Street. HARM GLASSES EYE DEFECTS AND SYMPTOMS. Eye defects are few—symptoms many. There can be but two defects in the human eye. Theeye may be too long in whole. Then we have the Myopic eye. Or too short in whole—the Hyperopic eye. Symptoms that spring from these two simple eye malformations are manifold; such as eye and headaches, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, Chorea, Epilepsy and other ailments having their origin in lack of nerve force. We correct all Defects of the human eye that glasses will remedy. Charges reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. 109 East Seventh Street. THE BEST OF THE WORLD SHAROOD'S Pneumatic umatic Sole Pneumatic Soles. Fish Sandwich .10 Ramat Gan Sandwich .10 Pork Chop Sandwich .10 Oyster Sandwich .10 Denver Sandwich .10 Hamburger Sandwich .10 Sardine Sandwich .10 Tongue Sandwich .10 Rabbit Sandwich .10 Fiam Sandwich .5 Eng Sandwich .5 Wienerwurst Sandwich .5 Miel Foot Sandwich .5 Cheese Sandwich .5 AND SYMPTOMS. Otoms many. Otics in the human eye. A whole. Then we have the Hyperopic eye. We and we have Astigmatism. We will correct these defects. Her. In these two simple eye malas eye and headaches, Indiability, Chorea, Epilepsy and origin in lack of nerve force. The human eye that glasses hole. Satisfaction guaranteed. E EYES 25c PER BOTTLE. M & BRO. CIANS, CLIFFORD A. SMITH TAILOR HAS JUST RECEIVED HIS FALL AND WINTER LINE OF WOOLENS FOR Suits and Overcoats Call and See Them Style, Fit and Quality Guaranteed. Pressing and Repairing. N. W. Tel, Main 3488-L 412 Bradley Building, 5th st., between Wabasha and Cedar sts. ST. PAUL, MINN. Soles. ST. PAUL, MINN. MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF- MINNESOTA, A. F. AND A. M. R. S. BROWN, GRAND MASTER, 405 Century Blvd., Minneapolis, Minn. B. R. DURANT, GRAND SECRETARY, 84 Payne Ave. St. Paul, Minn. PIONEER LODGE No. 1. A. F. and A. M. meets first and third Mondays of each month on Wagner Hall, cor. Charles street and Western Blvd. at $100 p. m. F. L. Lhelps, W. M.; L. F. De Lyons, Seyc., 560 Temperance street. PERFECT ASHLAR LODGE NO. 4. A. F. and A. M. meets second and fourth Tuesdays on Wagner Hall, Cor. Charles street and Western Blvd. at $100 p. m. F. T. Chandler, W. M. 144 E. 138th St. N. B. Marshall, Seyc., 554 Aurora ave. MARS LODGE, NO. 2202, MEETS second and fourth Tuesday in each month Monday, Hall 221 West University, corner Farrington on Farrerington on Farrerington. Daniel Rox, W. G. Thos, R. Hickman, P. S., 422 St. Anthony ave. nue. AST GRAND MASTER'S COUNCIL, No. 2202, P. meets the second and fourth Friday in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 221 West University, corner Farrington. Entrance on this hall. Wm. R. Morris, W. G. M.; Thos. R. Hickman, S. G., 422 St. Anthony ave. nue. ST. PAUL PATHIARCHY NO. 114, meets second Monday in each month at Farrerington. Hall, 221 W. University, corner Farrerington on Farrerington on Avenue. Those in acting) R. V. P.; W. R. Morris, P. M. G., Geo. B. Lowe, W. P., 178s Wahals. HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, NO. 523, U. O. of O. F. meets second Monday in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall. Cor. University and Farrerington Ave. Cor. University and Farrerington M. N. G., M. N. M. Johnson, W. R., 916 Nartman M. UNITED BROTHERS OF FRIENDSHIP NORTH ST LODGE NO. 138, U. B. F meets first and third Tuesday in each month. Brothers meet East Sixth street. Brothers in good stand. We always welcome. J. R. White W. M. J. Q. Adams W. Secy, 49 E. Fourth street. BIDDLE CIRCLE, LADIES OF G. A. R meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Supreme Court room, old capital building. Mrs. M. J. Leavitt. Press. Mr. J. R. Secy, White. Phoenix Bldg. ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH, COR Pulver and Jay streets. Sunday services, 8:30 a.m. in M. S. Church; Wednesday prayer meeting, 8:30 a.m. in Pastor's church; daily and Tuesday; at home Wednesday and thursday. Weddings, funerals and the sick attended on notice. Rev. R. Seymour. Pastor. Parsomgee, Cor. Jay and Fuller. PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, Cor. 12th and Cedar. Sunday services: Pres- sion, 12:30 o'clock. m. Sunday school at 12:30 o'clock. W. S. Church general prayer meeting. Friday evening sunday Sunday school lesson. Funeral hours promptly attended. Rev. W. D. Carter, Pastor, 550 Eiffelt St. ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL MISSION corner Aurora avenue and Mackinbush street sunday services: Early celebration of Holy Eucharist first and third Sundays 11:00 a.m. Matins, second and fourth Sundays, 12:00 a.m. Sun' s prayer, 12:30 a.m. Vespers, 7:30 p.m. Week service, Vespers, 7:30 p.m. Week service, Wednesdays, confirmation class, 8:00 p.m. M. Saturday evening prayer, 8:00 p.m. M. Saturday evening prayer, 9 A. M. Evener Daniels, Rector. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGN COPYRIGHTS & C. Anyone sending a sketch and description may obtain an opinion free whether an invention is probably patented or not. Inventions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Paint taken taken at alum & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the