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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. WONDROVS FAD OF FASHION MATINEE HAT'S SAD FATE GHOST SHOWED HIM GOLD COVLDN'T HVRT THE WATER WILD TIMES IN ODESSA VOL. 22. NO. 2. How fearfully and wonderfully is the feminine of the hour built up in back! A man with a discerning eye for these things swears that a fashionable young person who hat in front of him on the train the other afternoon towered yards above the back of her seat. Her collar, according to his calculations, was built up quite six inches high. It supported four diamond pins, each at least two inches long, so he reasons that this was a modest calculation. Where her collar left off, her back hair began, and he states that his experience has he witnessed hair so such a sky-scraping height. He can accommodate to say how it was done. He only knows that it was waved and puffed far above his level, and he could only peer toward its dim, retreating billows in wonder. He says he knows her maid must have stood on a stepadder to dress it. Away up on top, he says, there was set something in the nature of a hat, he couldn't clearly tell what, except that it was mounted on colls and colls of velvet, tilting it, as near as he could judge from that distance, at least a yard above her back hair. The top of it, he says, was not for man to con- Just before the curtain rose for a matinee performance recently, a woman an very far above the weight that well regulated scales describe as normal, ambled down the aisle and took her seat, an end one. The whole balcony seemed to vibrate when she sat down. Not more than a few minutes later a small, wiry, business-like woman hopped down the aisle, and with great difficulty and extraordinary gymnastic effort managed to climb over the fat lady and take the seat next to her. Everything was peaceful until after the first act, when the thin spectator decided to climb out again to speak to a friend ten or twelve back. She had a new hat, which she had been holding lovingly in her lap. With a last fond look at it, she hesitantly left it on her chair, went through the same gymnastic act, landed safely in the aisle and went quickly back to her friend. Now fat people are always counted good natured, and the end seat occupied was no exception. Realizing the hardships her neighbor would have to go through to climb back again, with a most divine expression of sympathy and good will on her Bringing a bottle filled with almost pure gold, taken from a lode long hidden in mountain fastnesses, not far from here, W. E. Bartlett and M. C. Black, both well known business men, are back after a perilous trip to the Cascades. Theirs, however, was labor richly rewarded, though the story is so interwoven with spiritualism and romance that it is well high incredible. Bartlett's grandfather of D. E. Ingels, a miner of the grandfather's 750-year parts, who was murdered in the hills, bites partner. The Bartlett family are spiritualists, and Bartlett declares his dead and murdered grandfather, through a Portland medium, sent word to him to find the lost mine and he would be independent for life. Bartlett swears positively that he received specific directions from the spirit of his grandfather how to proceed to the lost mine. Moreover, he was told to select M. C. Black to accompany him. The men will not talk The late Eugene Field, while on one of his lectures, tours, entered Philadelphia one bright spring morning after that city had endured a three days' storm. There was some dalay at the bridge over the Schyllipill river, and the humorist's attention was attracted by the turgid, coffee-colored stream flow underneath. It reminded me so deeply of the river "give" he afterward explained. He placed a detaining hand on the arm of the colored porter, who was passing at the time, and inquired, in his languid tone, if he were a resident of the Quaker City, says Success. "Yassir!" replied that important functionary. "I was bo'n an' raised yere. Yassir." "Don't you people get your drinking water from this stream?" queried Field. "Yassir! Ain't got no yuphar place to git it from 'cept th' Delawah, Here is a correspondent's record of the minor hooligan outrages or one day in the city of Odessa recently: "Shortly before sundown a drunken member of a small military picket staggered across his rifle and fired wildly as a passing drosky carrying two women and a young girl. The bullet missed its mark. An officer, attracted by the shot, rushed over, and the drunken soldier ran as best he could, after dropping his rifle, but was brought down by a shattered leg from the opposite side of a Cathedral place, 300 spaces away, about the same time, an intoxicated policeman reeled out of a vodka bottle and commenced blasting about with his revolver, one shot wounding a young woman in the hand. He was shot dead by a member of the nearest picket. template, nor woman, either, unless she were a Brodighian girl. When this extraordinary elevation turned around, the man says he got a distinct shock. The precipice that had been reared to such a lofty attitude turned tumbled straight down sheer, threatening to slice off her pretty nose in the descent. "It looked," said he, vainly struggling to express his emotions, "like somebody had taken a sharp knife, trimmed her off close in front, as my mother used to slice the dough off the pie-tin. I must say, after the amazing quantity of hat and hair aft, I wasn't prepared for such an audiophile forward. She was an awfully pretty girl, and I could feel to that her hat didn't quite balance in front, and kept thrusting out her chin, as if she hoped to make up for the deficiency. Poor thing! I suppose it's the fashion!" Of course, what this man was talking about is the new fett sailor, erect ed to great heights behind and chopped off sirt over the nose. Fashionable Well, rather! As many feminines as can pay the price are annexing the same, and many, many men are bound to be amazed thereby—Philadelphia Bulletin. down in the second seat—on the hat. In the meantime the friends ten rows back finished a rather excited conversation, during which the wily lady had become more and more excited, and then she came back. Forgetting all about her cherished hat and seemingly intent on some other business, she unquestioningly took the end seat. In two minutes she shot up—the hat was lost! She did not know just where she had left it, but it must be there! She searched under the seats within a radius of twenty feet. Nk hat was to be found. The fat lady sympathetic but immovable, did all she could to help look for it, except stand up. Usheres were summoned ice-water boys, programme boys. The whole balcony was having a nervous chill over the mysterious disappearance. Only the girl from Brooklyn in the seat behind, knew the answer to the question, and she was too exhausted from the strain of suppressed play the she did not notice to see the finish. Her conscience wouldn't permit her, for she caught one glimpse of the crushed hat when the hat lay across —Brooklyn Eagle. of the location of their find, but say it cannot be reached save by making an extremely dangerous trip, trip and one filled with hardship, especially at this time of the year, when the mountains are firmly in winter's icy grasp. in the spring they will return and develop their find. in a rough and mountainous section, they say, they found a gray quartz ledge, literally filled with precious metal. Small pieces were broken off, pounded up in a frying pan which they had with them and the gold picked out by the men's fingers and placed in a bottle. Should the ledge prove as rich as the samples, a man could make a mortar and gold pan, and then weigh the gold to behold of the gold to make him wealthy. As an evidence of their find they have the little bottle of gold dust, which has already been viewed by dozens of people, and tests have been made by O. D. Johnson which prove that the mineral is genuine—Wenatche correspondence Seattle Times. an' dat's des a l'll mo' soupy dan dis yer wassh. yattir! "Is it filtered before you drink it?" No, sah, not as I evah头'd tell of!" I should think," said the humorist, "that you would be afraid to drink such water especially as the seepage from that cemetery I see on the hill must drain directly into the river and pander by de tun' de riber?" Dye mean dat big bu'yin' groun up yander by de tun' de riber?" Inquired the son of Ham. "I reckon yo' all doan' know Philadelphia vey well, sah, ay you'd know dat Lael' Hill cemetery!" "Well, what of that?" asked Field, somewhat puzzled at this unlooked for rejounder. "Dat wattdoan' huit us Philadelphians none, sah," replied the native nish, with an air of pride. "Wymos' all of de folkes buwl theaah fom ouah very' best fam'lies!" "Earlier in the day two small merchants returning through a busy thoroughfare from the custom house were stopped by hooligans and robbed of everything. Thirty yards away a picket of a soldier of two soldiers and a policeman. The indignant victims demanded to know why the picket did not come to their assistance. One of the soldiers replied it was none of their business; they were there to control the traffic only. Two other cases of robbery with violence occurred in the afternoon close my residence in the outer districts in the city where three similar assaults and robberies and between nightfall and midnight about twenty. In three of the latter cases the military pickets were the bandits. A little girl of nine years, chased by the hooligans, was shot dead on her own doorstep." THE APPEAL. W.W.Astor Startles Europe AVNIE BOLEYN KING HENRY VIII William Waldorf Astor, expatriated American, in the settled melancholy of his fifty-eight year, is absorbed in a new diversion—the rebuilding and refitting of Hever castle. Magnificent Cliveden, with its wonderful garden of roses, that attracted Queen Victoria, has long since ceased to interest Mr. Astor. Carlton House terrace, almost a palace, in London's fashionable district, is like a closed house, while its owner-lives gloomily in a few little severely furnished rooms at the Astor museum, in the beautiful workroom. The American millionaire's sole diversion now seems to be the making over of old Hever castle. For two years and a half he has had from 1,000 to 3,000 workmen engaged on the work, spending more money in the reconstruction than the historic castle its original builders and for all the remodeling and repairs of four centuries to keep it in habitable condition. Not only is Mr. Astor rebuilding the castle, but he is constructing an entire village, to represent the vassalage attached to a manor house of the fifteenth or sixteenth century. Cottages made of stone, brick and cement, with wooden roofs, peaked tables and quaint old-fashioned chimneys, are now taking form under the workmen's hands. Every building is different. An effort is being made to represent a village that grew up naturally, and the strange variety of form characteristic of old English towns. The stones and masonry are being stained to represent the weathering of centuries. Most of the buildings are on one long, wide street, with there also a little park at one end of it. But there are also little narrow streets, with the occasional flagging, as crooked as some of Boston's highways, giving a still farther suggestion of age and natural growth. In every point Mr. Astor is seeking to carry out the impression that this is an English village of the Tudor period. C Over all frowns grim Castle Hever, where Mr. Astor is to live in all the pomp and circumstance of a medieval lord. The village implied that it will be inhabited by the attaches of the Astor estate. But how can Mr. Astor employ the population of a village of perhaps 1,000 souls in the comparatively small castle and on the grounds of the Hever estate? This is now the marvel of the countryside. The people are wondering whether he is going to emulate the eccentric and extravagant Lord Astor of Stanton lordship, who kept 300 house acreants and had his dinner served to the sound of his servants stamping together, as each course was brought in, which, as an old chronicler says, "produced a pleasing noise to his lordship, as of thunder." People are also speculating on whether the American millionaire will require all his attendants to dress in old Tudor costume, to heighten the illusion of medievaldom. In April, 1903, Mr. Astor bought this famous estate for a paltry $155,000. For over three centuries it had been a place of pilgrimage where people went to see where Anne Boleyn lived and where Henry VIII courted her with such ardent passion. Mr. Astor's first move was to fence in the place with high stone walls. No outsider is allowed to even get a peep at what is going on within. But from the tapestries that have been form'd there, and the costly furniture of the Tudor period which Mr. Astor has purchased, his purpose is now understood. He is going to have the old castle restored in every particular to what it was when it was the home of Anne Boleyn and when "Bluff King Hal" was its most frequent visitor. There is a wealth of historic associations connected with this gray old pile. It is one of the few fortified castles of the fifteenth century still standing in England, in nearly their original form. Round it are the double moats, which by a strange contradiction of terms are filled by the peaceful waters of the little river Eden. Across the moat is the drawbridge; perhaps, not the same structure as Henry VIII's chargers clattle over, but in the same position. But the great gate house, through which the amorous king rode, is exactly as it was in the year 1528, when Anne Boleyn's tragic courtship began. With its battlements, machecullis and the gateway in which are three forticillus grooves, it is the very picture of a fortified castle of medievaldom. The exterior of the building is singularly perfect and well preserved, little like the even its present millionaire castle. Apparently its walls are good for sand years yet. Many are the videstudes that have befellen this old castle. It is supposed that the original building on this site was erected in 1272. Sir William Hever was one of the early owners of the estate. In the 15th century it was purchased by Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, great-grandfather of Anne Boleyn. Her built the main part of the existing edifice, which was completed by his son, the unfortunate Queen Anne's father. There is a popular notion that Anne Boleyn was born here. Historians now discredit this and say that the brilliant, short-lived queen first saw the light in Blackling洞, Norfolk. But, at any rate, Anne Boleyn was brought to Hever Castle, when a very young man were passed, doubt, and the most romantic years of her life. It was in the courtyard garden at Hever Castle that King Henry VIII, visiting his faithful benchman, Sir Thomas Boleyn, met the beautiful and ANNE BOLEYN KING HENRY VIII fascinating daughter. Upon returning to his court the king said to Cardinal Wolsey: "I have been conversing with a young lady who has the wit of an angel and is worthy of a crown." This garden, where the king fell in love with Anne Boleyn, is now being remade in such a wondrous way that the royal lovers of nearly four centuries ago, could they now look upon it, would not know their first trysting place. Tradition tells us how from that time forth King Henry stole away from his court at Eltham or Greenwich, whenever opportunity offered, and rode at full speed on his swiftest horse to his lady love at Hever, as any good knight of the period might have done. On these hurried trips he was always accompanied by his faithful aides, Weston and Norris. A hill near the castle, and within Mr. Aston's grounds, is still pointed out as the place where the king sounded his bugle, announcing his approach. It was the sound that fairy window in her oak-paneled chamber in the castle was ever waiting for, and the warriors in the tower had orders to be ever on the alert to hear, and lower the portcullis. At the sound of the bugle the drawbridge was lowered, the gates thrown open, and King Henry galloped into through the courtyard with a lower's impatience. It was in the vaulted gallery of the castle they usually met. At that time it was hung with family portraits and tapestries, and adorned with all the gifts and trophies that an infatulated monarch could bestow upon the object of his love or give to her sire. Mr. Astor is sparing neither money nor paints to restore this old gallery to more than its original splendor. Tapestries said to have been woven by Anne Boleyn and her maidles have been purchased at fabulous cost to hang on its walls. Old portraits of Henry VIII hanged over to which Henry VIII hanged live, were secured to give an added impressiveness to the grimly old stone-walled room. Anne Boleyn's apartments lie up under the roof, are being restored at far as possible to in every detail correspond with the time when the fair maid of honor inhabited them. A big canopied bed of the Tudor period, and all the hangings and the articles of a woman's toilet will be supplied. It was in these rooms, tradition says, that coquettish Anne Boleyn, on more than one occasion, remained and refused to see her royal lover because of or some fancied slight, to teach him, with a woman's caprice, that even though he slew, he must not be too sure of his suit. Poor Ann Boleyn in those romantic days little dreamed of the fate awaiting her when her handsome kingly lover, after making her his queen, should cause her to be led to the block in the tower of London, and her pretty head severed, while he rode gayly to the hounds, blowing the self-same bugle that used to sound his approach to Hever castle. From this home Anne Boleyn went as maid of honor to Henry's court. To Hever castle she retired during the dreadful pestilence, known as the sweating sickness. It was then that the king wrote the most ardent love in the most endearing terms, correspondence that has since become famous in love literature. Here, too, in Hever castle, Anne Boleyn was stricken with the pestilence, and the king sent his own physician to attend her. Such associations as these are well [Image of a man in a rich coat and hat, with a crown on his head, surrounded by decorative elements. The text "1520" is at the bottom left corner.] fitted to make Hever castle an object of veneration by the people of England. Whether Mr. Astor will hereafter close the castle to the public, or permit them as of yore to visit the historic courtyard, galleries and chambers, restored to more old-time splendor, is now a much discussed point. If he should follow his previous course, at Cliveden, of excluding the public from their long accustomed privilege of fishing from the banks of his estate on the Thames, he will be more unpopular than ever. If, on the other hand, he admits them to historic Hever castle he may win popular favor. It was with sorrow and distrust that they saw this beloved old castle pass into the hands of an American, particularly one so little liked for his past acts as Mr. Astor. Hever Castle has had a long succession of owners since Anne Boleyn's time. In 1557, when the Boleyn family had fallen into disfavor, it was sold to Sir Edward Waldegrave, chamberlain to Queen Mary. From his family the castle passed into the hands of Sir Thomas a lord mayor of London, in 1716. It was sold into the possession of Sir T. Cale whose descendant, E. W. Waldo, hold it up to the time of Mr. Astor's purchase. It is a small building for an English castle, but an especially well built one, a model of the quadrangular castellated manor house of the 15th century. It is really a fort, and was impregnable in feudal times. But William Waldorf Astor, with his $4,000,000 of American money to spend each year, and nothing 'to do but amuse himself, in found in Hever castle a rare opportunity. He conceived the idea of restoring, to it regal splendor. In fact, the English people assert that he is quite overdoing it; that Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII never looked upon such highly elegant panelings, and such elegant tapestries in old Hever castle as now adorn it. Occasionally one of the best things that happens to a man is to call at a doctor's office and find the doctor out MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE APPEAL STEADILY GAINS BECAUSE: 4- It is the organ of ALL Afro-Americans. 5- It is not controlled by any ring or clique. 6- It asks no support but the people's. A Collection cf 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, Jan. 10.—Nothing better illustrates the extent of race prejudice in Washington, than the fact that the Columbia Debating Society of the University of Union, "resolved that the Ajm Crow law should be adopted and enforced in the District of Columbia." The affirmative won the debate. That the authorities of the university allowed such a subject to be discussed, shows that they are unfit to in control of an institution of learning. Senator: Teller of Colorado has introduced a bill in the Senate making February 12, the anniversary of Lincoln's birthday, a legal holiday. Representative Champ Clark of Mission, is the author of a bill providing that when in addition to the regular postage 10 cents' worth of stamps shall be affixed to a letter, and the words "special delivery," written on the letter, it should be carried through the mails as if it bore the regulation "special delivery" stamp. It is given on out good authority that Hon. J. C. Napier of Nashville, Tenn., will be appointed consul at Bahia, Brazil. Hon. Vespasian Warner, commissioner of pensions and formerly Congressman from Illinois, has been made a rich man by the recent death of his father, Dr. John Warner of De Wit University, who was valued at £2,000,000. Of this sum the pension commissioner will get one fourth. For the past few years Senator Cullom has had in mind the accomplishment of an achievement which will attest the pride of every citizen of Illinois, of building a monument in the city of Waltham, of attaching it to the remotest generation the fame of Abraham Lincoln. He is one of the few men now living who knew Mr. Lincoln before he became a national character. He sat at the feet of the president of the nation, that noble soul. He was his associate at the bar of Illinois, upon the political platform and in the details of political and social life. His love for the great emulator strengthened with the years, and much of his character, exerted his long service, is the result of these experiences. Mr. Lincoln in the work of the legal profession in Springfield. The fruition of his great design seems now to be fairly in sight. He secured the passage of a law making an appropriation of the proceeds of the coin monument at the capital. The desires and prayers of the people not only of Illinois but of the whole country will attend Senator Cullom in this labor of love. Secretary Root has undertaken the reorganization of the consular service with the same energy and determination that he showed in reorganizing the army, and he proposes to "sit up" with Congress until he has succeeded in proclaiming the revision of the laws now governing that branch of the government. Some time since, Mrs. Anna J. Cooper, principal of the Washington High School, through the influence of Mrs. Beulah Ray Penny, wife of Prof. Penny of the Kansas State university, signed an application for membership "around the world excursion," managed by Frank G. York. She paid her deposit and received a reply from Clark, who wrote: "We should be glad indeed if you decide to go with us. We can assure you a delightful trip." Three days later Clark learned that Mrs. Cooper was an Afro-American, and therefore returned her money and her application to join the excursion. Mrs. Cooper thereupon sued Clark for $10,000 damages and then engaged passage to Europe on her own account. She traveled around Europe, visiting the places the Clark party visited, and paying her way with $500 worth of travel tickets she had bought from an agency. She missed, as she explained on the stand, the valuable educational features in the shape of the lectures of the guides that took part in the excursion. In explanation of her demand for damages, based on an alleged breach of contract, Mrs. Cooper declared: "As a woman of education and recognition and familiarity and mortification when the fact became known among my friends in Washington that I was not to be a member of the Clark tour, and that my deposit had been returned." "Are you in good standing in Washington society?" Mrs. Cooper was asked on cross-examination: "Are you I am; I claim to be" was her answer. "You know what good society in Washington means—that it consists exclusively of the president and his cabinet, the Supreme court, the senators, a few representatives, the army, and the navy—do you not?" continued Alexander S. Bacon, who represented the military, "and that outside of those few nobody can get into I—isn't that a fact?" This is democratic America. We believe in America that a man is a man," replied Mrs. Cooper. "But we are speaking of aristocratic Washington," interposed Mr. Bacon. "And when we speak of good society," retorted Mrs. Cooper, "we un $2.40 PER YEAR. NGTON magnificent Dis- ces It s Occurring Among Capital of This Great n and Condensed for of our Many Readers. understand by that people in good stand- ing in the community and people of good character. "Is it not a fact." Mr. Bacon asked, "that society means something more than good moral character and intelli- gence, and that people in the highest society do not always have the best intelligence? "Well, I do not suppose I know how much of this may be material to the point. The term society is used in dif- fering senses by different people; but in my own society I feel my standing in the community is a part of my working capital as a teacher; just as the insignia of office of a judge, for instance, may be to him and to the community, so my status in the so- ciety in which I move represents to me a part of as I might say, my work- ing capital." Mrs. Cooper said she numbered many white persons among her friends in Washington and elsewhere, although a majority of her friends are Afro-Americans. As no legal contract had been proven the suit was dismissed. It cost Michael Burnstein but $1 to offend the dignity of the Capital of the nation and be arrested by the highest police official in the United States for spitting. A minute after he expectorated on the sidewalk at D and Seventh Street northwest. Tuesday he was naked by Maj. J. Stylerer, superintendent of police. Hon. Joseph G. Cannon is the oldest man ever elected speaker of the National House of Representatives. He was also longer a member of that body before becoming speaker than any other presiding officer. The youngest speaker he had was R. M. T. Hunter of Virginia, who was only thirty years old and in his second term when chosen to preside. D. H. W. Had Physician Mergated. Sir Robert Ball in a lecture before the Irish Literary Society and a story of an Irish doctor who was asked to attend a patient on Tory island, off the Irish mainland. The doctor said that he was willing to go, but that the patient would payable in advance. The Tory island had money and ferried the doctor over from the mainland himself. The physician finished his duties and wished to start back. The only way to get back was to be rowed back by the same man who had carried him over. The doctor asked what the charge was, and pounds; said the Tory island man, "payable in advance." It was paid. A Widow's Way Old Solomon was wise in many ways, and he knew things he couldn't understand; and he knew things he couldn't understand. And unto him he honor and great noise That he confess his ignorance offence He did not know how ships went in the sea. He no longer crowded, how cances sailed in the air; A man journey with a maid was specty To him he own all this freely and fair. A maid's way with a man is queer— So subtle that no man can fathom it. He shakes his wisdom and confounds Shackles his wisdom and confounds But there is something stronger far than this— How a young widow blinds a lover's sense. And has him quite persuaded that the kiss He gives her is a new experience. —Cleveland Leader. Felt Loss of Letter "K." During the early days of New Zealand an apologetic paragraph appeared in an Auckland paper in which the editor explained the absence of lowercase "k's" in his issue. He had foolishly lent these letters from his font to the government printer, who, having failed to return them, the indulgent reader would please notice that wherever a blank space appeared in a word the letter "k" was to be understood. There are only fourteen letters in the Maori alphabet and the letter "k" is used in that language as frequently as the letter "e" in Engl. lab. STORY OF NAPOLEON REVIVED. Assertion Again Made That He Ordered Sick Soldiers Poisoned. A grim story of Napoleon is told by Christian Waas in a Frankfort review under the title of "Napoleon at Jaffa." A great number of the soldiers were down with the plague, and one day Bonaparte sent for his chief surgeon, Larrey. "If I were you," he said to him, "I would put our plague, and save them from having recourse to opium to soothe them." "But my duty is to make them live," replied Larrey. Bonaparte then revealed the grim truth. He and his staff were reduced to traveling on foot because the horses were all being used for the transportation of the sick. He must, therefore, either abandon the plague-streken to the cruelty of the enemy or get rid of them. Mr. Waas maintains that the order was carried out by the French, who served the Journal des Debats, to the illination of the famous picture in the Louvre of "Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Strike Soldiers at Jaffa." Defective Page A WEEK'S RECORD IN MINNESOTA'S CAPITAL. The "Saintly City" and Saintly City Folks—Neway items of Social, Religious and General Matters Among the People. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1906. If it's Hamm's, it's all right. Mr. Edgar De Baptiste, Jr., is quite ill with pneumonia. Mr. William Armstrong, who is at the city hospital, is critically ill and is not expected to recover. Nice front room to rent very cheap to gentlemen or man and wife at 1047 Charles street. Telephone Dale 475-J. Mrs. A. H. Leatale left Tuesday night for Cleveland, Ohio, having been called there by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Benson. Mr. J. J. Johnson gave a dinner party in-honor of the Misses Combs and Mr. J. Kelley of Chicago, Thursday evening. Covers were laid for twenty. The Men's Sunday Club, H. B. Howard, president, meets at Pilgrim Church every Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Public cordially invited. The Appeal has purchased the press and outfit of the Richardson Printing Company and added the same to the Pilgrim Church's printing. Best work at lowest prices. Shoes resaled in 15 minutes at S. T. Sorenson's 153 East Seventh street. Sewed shoes 75 cts, nailed soles 60 cts. New shoes, latest styles, $2.50 S. T. Sorenson, 153 East Seventh. William A. Robison concert violinist and teacher. Studio 222 Bradley building. Fifth street opposite Court House. Robison-Weir - orchestra for concerts, musicians and receptions. Universal Spiritual Mission will hold regular meetings every day at 7:30 p. m. at G. A. R. hall, known as Central Annex 118 W. Sixth Street. Everybody cordially invited. BOARDING HOUSE. Mrs. Ella Smith, prop., 552 Cedar street. Breakfast, 12:30 m. to 3:00 m. a.m. Regular dinner, 12:30 m. to 2:30 p. m. Meals at order to order. Regular dinner 25 cents. Shoes menued while you wait, at Jarvis' $3 East Fourth Street. Half holes, 50 and 75 cents. Prices reasonable for all kinds of repairing. He can do it on short notice. Jarvis, $3 E.4th street. Mr. Joseph S. Strong was not satisfied with having his wife present him during the time, so on last Wednesday day evening he came, two brand new baby girls and now he is as happy as he can be. THE PROPELS SHINING PARLORS Waltter Porter, Prop, No. 95/1 E.4th and 127 E.5th streets. When you wish a good shine give him a call Shines 5 hours. First class work Special chairs for ladies. 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's 266 Rice street where you will find a variety of shiny and shimmery sonable prices. Children school hats from 75 cents up, neatly trimmed. ELK EXPRESS CO., G. J. Charleston, manager, corner St. Peter and Ninth streets. Packing, shipping and storing of furniture and household goods. Piano moving a specialty. House renting, real estate handled. Madam Hart's $6.00 and $7.00 hats will getting for $5.00. 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. The trustees of St. James' A. M. E. Church have arranged to hold their church services in Wagner Hall, cor. 10, of the church. Their church, recently injured by fire, is being repaired. Services at the usual hours. 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 given. The condition that is not signed by the author. Persons desiring to rent Wagner hall, corner Charles and Western avenues for lodge meetings, parties, dances, meetings or for any occasion may obtain the same at reasonable rates upon application to J. H. Charleston. 632 University avenue. Jarvis, the healer and saver of soles, 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 all right if he cannot write all right. If you wish a good shave, hair cut, shampoo, or anything in the tonsorial line, call at Richard Conoby's near street, 374 E. Fourth 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 repair STATE SAVINGS BANK FQURTH AND MINNESOTA STREETS. ST. PAUL MINN. THE ONLY BANK IN ST PAUL EXCLUSIVELY FOR SAVINGS. W. B. Dean, Fardinand Willius, Gustav Willius, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Harris Richardson, Chas. G. Lawrence. A PUPPY SEEING A GRAMMOPHONE ing of watches, clocks, Jewelry etc. Send a postal card to him at 903 Globe building and he will call for your work and deliver the same when completed. If you have any such work to do give him an order. --- Preferred by many to hard coal for furnaces, ranges and stoves; lasts nearly as long. Costs only half Holmes & Hollowell Co. Seven Corners. --- FIRST CLASS MEALS, like mother used to cook may be had at Mrs. Ella Smith's. No. 352 Cedar street. Breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m.; lunch from 12 to 2:30 p.m.; dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. In the morning, spend a Sunday dinners a speciality. Regular meals 25 cents. St. Phillip Church desires to announce that there will be an institutional service held at the church on Wednesday evening Jan. 17th, at which time the new Priest, Rev. Leatheus will attend a Bible lesson in the ball. At the conclusion of the ceremony the ladies will serve supper SAFE DEPOSIT AND STORAGE VAULTS—We invite your inspection. It costs little to place your napers, cash securities and valuables in absolute safety. Boxes in our vaults can be had for $4 per year. Store your goods in the Trust Co., with us. Northwestern Trust Co., 133 Endicott Arcade. The reason why you should buy your Coal, Wood, Flour, Feed, Hay, etc, from C. W. STAHLE, Rice and Carrol streets, is because you can get prompt delivery, best goods, full measurements, and saved and split wood in large quantities. Everything at the right prices. Both telephones 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 Picture Frame Co. 475 Wabasha street. Full line of framed and unframed pictures; special prices for the framed; make a speciality of oil portraits at affordable 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. Come early and stay with the Winsted, principal, Colonade H. N., University and Farrington Aves. Enforcement 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, 126 West Seventh street, between Fifth and Exchange streets, and they can make the repairs on short notice. part of any make of stove or range. Telephone N. W. nished. Tel. N. W. Main 2883-L. The Valet Tailoring Co. Owen Howell, manager, has taken over of Howell & Davis, tailors, at 156 East Sixth street. They have a new安排 a monthly wagon and have inaugurated a monthly scheme in which they agree to keep your clothes sponged and 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 74 vacant lots in various parts of the city. Anyone who desires to invest in real estate should do a call to call and look over their list. A number of houses for rent. No. 475 Wabasha Street. Ladies who wish a beautiful complexion will use Mrs. Howard's Royal delicacy for softening and healing roughness, pimples, tan and freckles; also a perfect vegetable tissue food dough that moistens the throat and neck. Manufactured only by Mrs. R. C. Howard, 662 W. Central avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Phone, Dale 918 J 2. The Valet Tailoring Co. Mr. Owen Howell manager, has made quite a lot of improvements, having put in another pressing table, making three with patent gas-jewels. The floor has been covered with linoleum and new carpet has been put in, making the place the most decorate in the city. Give them a call when you wish anything in their line. Mr. A. B. Richmond, of Atlanta, Ga., is a guest of Mrs. Ella Smith, 352 Cedar street; he is a delegate to the International Union of Stone-masons, which has been in session here all the week. He is president of the local union of Atlanta and is serving his office, which is the only Afro-American in the construction and is representing the entire state of Georgia. *A Picture to be Framed?* If you have and are waiting for a “convenient time,” let us frame them now. 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 made. You can give your work special attention, and mouldings, art materials—Lows Picture Frame Co. 475 Wabasha St. Telephone N. W. Main 219 J.2. The Men’s Sunday Club which meets every Sunday at Pilgrimage Church at 4 p. m. held an election of officers last Sunday with the following result: H. B. Howard, president: A. W. Defective Page The Colonade Dancing Academy seems to be pleasing the public immensely as the number of patrons is constantly on the increase. The hall is filled with people, and everything is as snur as can be. Despite all counter attractions every Wednesday night the usual large and highly pleased crowd is present. Prima Ballroom is a large, well-lit lookout to please his patrons and especial attention is paid to beginners. THE VIRGINIA RESTAURANT And lunch room No. 449 Jackson St. Tel. 711 W Main 3466 L. G, H Evans Regular meals 15 cents, served from 5:00 to 7:30 a.m. m: 11:30 to 2:00 p.m. m: 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Short orders served at all times. Hot bread served for all regular meals. All kinds of sandwiches served at lunch counter. We serve sandwiches for all regular Oysters served in all styles. Stewed oysters put up in tin boxes to be taken out. Fried oysters put up in boxes to be taken out. Special 5 cents and 10 cents meals served at lunch counter. If there is anything special called us up by 'phone and if it's in the marshmallow order we serve it. If order if given us before six o'clock, as markets close at that hour. We make a specialty of cooking-Sunday dinners and after-theatre suppers. Bread and rolls baked to order for family use. Pies, cakes and coffee rolls baked to order. Coffee reserves for parties. Open from 5:00 to 7:30. Tickets good for 21 meals, worth $3.15 for $2.50. Call to see us. Services as follows: Holy communion 8:00 a.m. m. every Sunday and at 11:00 a.m. m. every first Sunday in the morning. Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11:00 a.m. Sunday School at 12:30. Evening Prayer and Address at 8:00 To the members and friends of the Ramsey County Afro-American Social Club, J. W. Woodford, president: Mother and I desire to thank you for contribution of $15.75 which was received from you through Rev. W. D. Carter. If we can't find kind things to say about our friends we had much better hold our tongues. How He Would Stop a Runaway. A returned traveler who spent half or his holiday in a tour of Ireland brought back a sample of the happy- lucky wit of the Irish "jarvey," or driver. In a breakneck race down a hill he suddenly realized that the spirited little Irish mare was running away. "Pull her up!" he shouted, excitedly. "Hold tight, your honor," returned the jarvey, easily. "Pull her up!" again commanded the traveler, making a grab for the reef. "For your life don't touch the reins" the jarvey answered, without tightening his grip. "Sure, they are rotten as pears." The traveler made ready to jump, but the jarvey laid a soothing hand on his shoulder. "Sit easy," he said, reassuringly, "I'll turn her into the river at the bridge below here. Sure, that'll stop her."—Reynolds' Newspaper. Jimmy's Version. A teacher of primary grades in a public school tells the following: Jimmy was called on to read, and getting up from his seat, recited in a singsong voice this legend from a second reader: "See the cow. Can the cow run. Yes, the cow can run. Can the cow run as swiftly as the horse? No, it cannot run as swiftly as the horse." "Now, Jimmy" said the teacher, "do you understand what you read?" "Sure thing!" screamed Jimmy. "Well, then close your hook and tell me in your own words what you understand." This was Jimmy's version: "Get on to de cow. Kin her jinny legs run? Better life, dey kin. Kin de do: de horse a runnin? Nii. De cawn't in it wid de horse no how!" St. Philips Church Rev. Father A. H. Lealtade. Card of Thanks Respectfully Norman Powell, 389 Rondo ANNUAL REPORT B. of St. James' A. M. E. Church for Year Beginning Oct. 11, 1984 and Ending Oct. 31, 1985 Organist Farrell salary $ 5.00 65.00 Board of Pastor's family $ 5.00 Carrie hire Louis Kaiser Street $ 5.00 Jones & Adams Co. fuel $ 20.00 J. B. Crane, janitor 12.00 A. A. Crane, janitor 2.50 Mrs. Rose Ewing, cleaning par- sonage $ 5.00 Total $117.50 APRIL Receipts Collections Sunday School Museum money, church Missionary money, school 5.00 Total $107.55 4.99 30.00 15.00 Disbursements. Schroeder and Dickson, lug J. C. Anderson, tav exp Presiding Elder F. C. Anderson Organist Janitor Pastor for missions Dyer Bros, repairing organ Collau printing envelopes Smith and Smith, printing hymns Jones & Adams Farm McQuillan Bros, full for plumbing McQuillan Bros, full for books Gas Saving Co. Notting and Kernkamp, furniture 226.50 Total MAY. Receipts JUNE. Disbursements. Pastor $80.00 Juniitor 12.00 Organist 7.00 Total $99.00 JULY. Receipts. Collections $141.42 Sunday School 8.14 Puntal Tappet, entertainment 8.45 Bail of $50 borrowed of New Ch. BIL. Ass.n. 9.23 Japanese Rally 101.00 Total $268.49 Disbursements. Pastor $80.00 Organist 5.00 Juniitor 12.00 Presiding Elder 27.00 Notting & Kernkamp furniture 15.00 Piano 10.00 Sunday School supplies 8.56 Total $167.56 AUGUST. Receipts. Collections $86.52 Russian Band 175.29 Sunday School 4.65 Total $266.97 Disbursements. Note Second Nat. Bank. $250.00 Pascal. 80.00 Organist. 80.00 Gas Light Co. 2.25 Gas Light Co. 5.00 Jason on act. 7.00 B. t. Helle, connecting furnace. 6.50 J. W. Lucas from trustee dep. 10.00 Total $363.22 SEPTEMBER. Receipts. Collection. $92.55 Sunday School 2.55 Donation, J. R. Crane, Russian Band 5.00 Total $100.90 Disbursements. Pastor $65.00 Janitor 17.00 Missions for S. School 1.50 Water rent 0.99 Gas Light Co. 90 Helena, Helene, hauling 1.00 Elk Express, hauling 1.00 Sunday School supplies 4.55 Envelopes, Duplex Co. 15.45 Total ..... $125.66 OCTOBER. Receipts. Collection..... $105.62 Folix Wet Receipt..... 17.25 Sunday School..... 6.52 Note in Second Nat. Bank..... 260.00 Total ..... $379.29 Disbursements. Pastor on act..... $77.00 Jupiter..... 12.00 Interest on note..... 9.00 Presiding Elder on act..... 20.00 Guild Hall..... 250.00 J. H. Scott on lien..... 250.00 Home Furniture on act..... 10.00 Total ..... $379.06 NOVEMBER. Collections $ 65.29 Sunday School 3.79 D. H. Harding entertainment 2.50 Total $ 71.58 ## Disbursements. For freight and drainage $ 1.25 Bat on envelopes, Duplex Co. 1.61 Pasture on acet. 40.00 Organist 7.00 Garden Club Co. 5.00 Plano on acet. 5.00 Total $ 57.61 ## DECEMBER. Receipts. S. S. picnic money $ 7.79 Collections Sunday School 1.20 Total $ 8.99 ## Disbursements. Holm & Olson, flowers $ 11.63 Sunday School supplies 4.96 Total $ 16.59 ## Recapitulation. Eal. from 1904 $ 62.84 Total Receipts $ 5,244.08 Total Cash $ 5,507.92 Total Disbursements $ 5290.29 Balance $ 17.62 The foregoing is the report which the Board of Trustees desired to read to the congregation on several occasions, from so doing, by the objections of some members until Sunday, Dec. 17th, when, on the demand of Joseph Adams, it was allowed to be read. The report was set upon and appended to the report of the trustees, held Dec. 10, when, upon motion of Daniel Harding, it was received and unanimously approved by G. B. Lowe, T. R. Morgan, Jos. S. Strong and A. J. Bell, the trustees who were present at the meeting. The building operations of the board of trustees are as follows: Contract price of J. H. Schon on par- sonage $2,355.50 possibly the following items were contracted for: Extra excavation $ 50.00 Cemented cellar 45.00 Walks 7.00 Total $2,537.50 To this add contract for chimney on church and storm sash of 105.00 Total $2,642.50 Cash acct. sash and chimney 75.00 Balance due Contractor $2,567.50 Total paid Contractor $1,900.00 Balance due for which lien was placed on parsonage $667.50 Paid on lien 250.00 Balance due contractor $417.50 In connection with the building operations of parsonage, the following items Furnace $151.00 Shades and poles 19.60 Gas fixtures 23.91 Gas Range 27.00 Lawyer fees, J. P. Anderson 7.25 Lawyer fees, J. D. O'Brien 31.95 Filling mortgage 4.10 Connecting furnace 18.30 Back water tax and penalty 49.73 Insurance, fire 18.00 Connecting gas range 6.50 Taxes corner lot 24.65 Architect 80.00 Total $461.99 Of these items all have been paid except a balance of $26.00 due on furnace, to which has been added $3.00 interest, making a total of $39.00. This makes a total due on the lien of contractor on the parsonage $417.50 Due on furnace 36.00 $453.50 The total building operations amounted to $3,024.49. All of above accounts have been settled by checks except $43.67, which was paid in cash by Rey Seymour as interest on a note in bank. T. R. Morgan, Secretary. No Victory for Rev. Seymour. The daily papers on last Wednesday printed statements which somewhat misrepresented the facts in regard to the meeting of the trustees of St James A. M. E. Church, held at Pillen Baptist Church Tuesday evening. The trustees on Saturday, Jan. 6, met and decided to postpone the meeting for the election of trustees, which was called to meet at the church on Tuesday, Jan. 7, on account of the by fire incident making it impossible to meet there. Some of the congregation of the church, thought that in order to make the postponement legal, the congregation would have to meet and decide that matter themselves, hence the call to the priest at Baptist Church for Tuesday night. The meeting was organized despite the objection of Rev. Seymour by those who are opposed to him in the present controversy, by the election of Rev. Morgan as secretary. It had been agreed and understood that there was to be no election of trustees at that meeting, and the motion to adjourn was made by the undersigned, who e-ry one knows or ought to know, that Rev. Seymour was the secretary of Rev. Seymour, and it was no fault of mine that Rev. Seymour agreed with me. The meeting was adjourned to Fe' 8th for the election of trustees, and -here was no victory in the matter for Rev. Seymour or his supporters. DOINGS IN AND ABOUT THE GREAT "FLOUR CITY." Matters Social, Religious and General Which Have Happened and Are to Happen Among the People of the City. Mrs. J. W. Brigann is on the sick list. Mr. James Scruggs continues to be very sick. You cannot escape your taxes here by talking about your citizenship there. Elijah Holmes will be tried next week for the murder of Webb last November. Have you seen the new magazine, "THE VOICE OF THE NEGRO?" See notice elsewhere in this issue. Shoes resaled in 15 minutes at S.T. Sorensen's, 312 Nicollet avenue. Sewed soles 75 cts, nailed soles 50 cts. New up-to-date shoes, all styles, $2.50. There are about a dozen Afro-American bricklayers and stone-masons from all parts of the country attending the International Convention, which is being held here this week. Mr. J. W. Roberson, who has been sick for some time, was taken to the Northwestern hospital, Wednesday, for an operation. Mr. Roberson is suffering from cancer of the stomach. The Afro-American watters did splendid work in rescue the guests at the West Hotel, Wednesday morning; one lady says that she owes her life to the heroic work of her private watter. When in St. Paul and you wish to get FIRST CLASS MEALS, like you used to get at home call on Mrs.ella Smith, No. 323 Cedar street. Breakfast from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Meals to order when desired. Sunday dinners a specialty. Regular meals 25 cents. AN OPEN LETTER. Nov. 20th, 1905. To The Afro-American of the city of Minneapolis, W. R. Morris, Chairman. Gentlemen: 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 the battle of Gettysburg, G. A. R. 4th Memorial Hall Committee most respectfully request your committee representing the Afro-Americans of this County, to furnish an oil painting 40 by 60 inches in size, showing the 55th Mass. Afro-American Regiment entering Charleston, S. C. as a memorial of the valorous part the Afro-Americans took in suppressing the rebellion against the Confederacy. The Memorial Hall Committee having in charge the arrangements of the Hall furnishings, the same to be placed in the Hall for present and future generations, thus showing respect and honor so properly belonging to that people. The Memorial Hall Committee will make arrangements for the frame so that it can 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 yours, W. A. Gule, Chairman, A. A. Kelly, Sec. of the Memorial Hall Committee. This letter explains itself, Memorial Hall is now in course of construction in the inner court of our man-made city, 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. Use Wm. R. Morris, 1020 Metropolitan Life Building, and City Century Bldg. A list of Brown and the amounts given will be posted in the office of Wm. R. Morris and in the office of Dr. R. S. Brown. Tackled the Wrong Party During the National Civic Federation's convention in New York Samuel Gompels, apropos of a mistake, said: "It might have been embarrassing—as embarrassing as the position of a young mfn of Toledo whom I heard about the other day. "He had been called now and then on a young Toledo lady, and one night as he sat in the parlor waiting for her to come down her mother entered the room instead and asked him in a grave stern way what his intentions were. "He turned very red and was about to stammer some incoherent reply when suddenly the young lady called down from the head of the stairs: "Mamma, mamma, that is not the one." Made Arsenal of Himself "The most curious and interesting Western scene I ever saw in a courtroom," said a Western man, "was once when former Gov. Throckmorton of Texas was defending a prisoner in a murder case. The man who was killed had been in his shirtless sleeves and had had no pistol pocket in his trousers. "The former governor wished to demonstrate that it was possible that the man might have had weapons. He took off his cont and asked the judge if they saw any signs of weapons aboard him. All shocked he began. Then he took a pistol from each of his arms. From each bootleg he drew others and from the back of his neck he pulled a bowel knife. The argument was spectacular and telling." expert Japanese smokers. According to accounts the Japanese are experts in smoke rings and in Japan it is considered no uncommon trick to blow three rings of smoke in succession, the second travel through the first and third through both. Some stage performers become so expert in blowing that they are not only able to mimic the number of rings thus formed, but also to represent characters representing words and even sentences. One Japanese juggler, it is declared, proposed to his wife by forming the characters representing his arousal of love through a thin stream of smoke. $2. Down AND $1. Per Mo. WILL BRING $40.00 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 Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. Hustling Agent Wanted THE M. A. HANNA COAL Agents for the Celebrated "Scott" Anthracite Coal Miners, Shippers, Retailers of High Grade Bituminous Coal Miners, Shippers, Retailers of High Grade Bituminous Coal COMPANY 104% EAST FOURTH STREET BOTH PHONES ST. PAUL, MINN VIRGINIA RESTAURANT VIRGINIA RESTAURANT All Pastry, Bread and Rolls Home-made Oysters and Sandwiches, Specialties 449 Jackson St. ST. PAUL, MINN. Tel. N. W. Main, 3466-L C. A. MILLER EXPERT REPAIRER OF Watches, Clocks and Jewelry 903 GLOBE BLD. St. Paul 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 2150-J SHOES THAT SMILE STANLEY SHOE CO. 421 ROBERT ST. TOWLE'S Log Cabin Maple Syrup TONLE'S LOG CABIN BARLE STOR 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. 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 notice 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 assist 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 parlor, 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 beer 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 wide, five wide and eight feet deep. Mr. Lefebelhoff, pretor 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. 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 1206-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 HOWELL, MGR. Renovating, cleaning and repairing Will call for and deliver free of charge Monthly contracts $1.00 per month You pressed you wait, 50c Your payment soiled. All work guaranteed. Tel. N. W. Main 270 L 155, East 6th street. THE STATE SAVINGS BANK Total Deposits, $2,400,000.00. The only bank in St. Paul exclusive ly for savings; receives deposits in $1 and upwards, and compounds increases from $1 to $1. Open Monday evenings, from 6 to 8. MILLS' LUNCH AND SANDWICH BOOM. 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 st. 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. THE ELK EXPRESS CO. 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 for its 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 it quickly as any other firm in the business at as low rates. Only competent men are employed to handle the goods. G. J. Charleston 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 are: Prof. W. E. B. Du Bois, Prof. Kelley, Miller, Dr. Booker T. Washington, Mrs. Mary Church Terrill, Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams and a score of others prominent among the leading writers. The price of the magazine is only $1 per year. Persons desiring to subscribe should send their subscriptions to S. D. Kemp, Army Building foot of Robert Street, St. Paul. "I haven't paid $5.00 for a hat since I began wearing the Gordon, and I buy the best." SME WHO HESITATES IS LOST. Girl Who Wants Time to Consider Sometimes Loses. There is a Philadelphia girl who has learned that so far as a proposal is concerned he or she who hesitates is lost. A very eligible and estimable young man had long been making it evident that his attentions to her were serious, and the other evening he made a formal declaration. She could not even put forward the orthodox ruse about the suddenness of the proposal. Being of a rather vacillating turn of mind, she said she could not give him a decided answer. "I am not at all sure that I love you," the girl declared; "you must give me time to think about it." Considerably taken aback by what he considered her lack of decision of character the young man agreed to wait a week for her final decision. So the wooped but not yet won maiden went to her bed that night pondering deeply. About 12 o'clock she was awakened to receive a telegram, which read: "You need not mind about deciding that matter until next week; I've found a girl who said 'yes' to night." -Philadelphia Record. Stop Autos With Dust Some of the farmer boys on the Long Island roads have hit upon a plan to "get even" with the hated automobilists who slaughter pet dogs and chickens"in their wild bursts of speed. The "get even" plan is not unattended with danger for the projectors, but they seem to relish it. The apparatus is simplicity itself, consisting of an old buggy, a good, strong horse capable of getting over the road at a fair rate, and a young cedar tree. The latter is tied behind the buggy and allowed to drag along the road, which at the point selected for operations is especially dusty. When the boys see an auto coming they whip up their horse, taking the same direction as the approaching machine. When the old horse is urged into a gallop the amount of dust raised would do credit to a small cyclone. When they meet the "cloud of dust" the autoists generally speed up in hopes of passing the supposed farm and giving him a little taste of his own medicine. After trying this ruse for about thirty yards, they generally slow up in order to get the dirt out of their lungs. Monarch Up to the Times Monarch Up to the Times. As the fearless white man entered the kraal of the native king, a salute was sounded on a drum of serpent skin, and six warriors, with necklaces of human teeth rattling about their ebon throats, led him before a rough ivory dals, on which sat a majestic and formidable figure. “Hall,” said the white man. And, without loss of time, he took out one of his brass watches, wound it up and showed its works to the dusky monarch. “This marvel,” he said, “I will give your majesty, making you the envy of all men and all tribes, in return for only six tusks of not less than seventy pounds’ weight each.” The king took the watch, produced a monacle from a pouch hidden in his shield, and, after a moment’s study of the brass trinket, returned it with a languid smile. "Last year," he added, "in London, I exchanged an old wooden warchuh for a bushel of these things, and, by Jove, there wasn't one of them that ran above a week. Effect of the Auto Crash Just how badly some men have the automobile habit was shown on Broadway the other night by a man and woman who were spinning down that thoroughfare in a little open touring car. The man, who was driving the car, was in formal evening dress, a crush hat on his head and his white tie and waistcoat showing under his long gray top coat. The woman by his side wore a heavy white veil over her hair and her gown was covered with a big cloak. Seated by her side at her feet on the step was the chaufeur, whose duties, so far as that run was concerned, were purely ornamental—New York Times. Snow Too Realistic David Belasco was talking about stage realism. "It may go too far," he said. "It is a dangerous thing." He smiled. "A stage manager," he said, "once had a subordinate with realistic ideas. The manager was producing a play containing a snow storm, and the subordinate had charge of the snow. "Confound you!" said the manager, at the end of the snowstorm scene, 'What on earth did you mean by making the snow out of brown paper!' "Ain't the scene laid in London?" asked the other. "Yes, but what of that?" "Well, that's the color of London snow."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Safety Hood for Firemen. An ingenious respiratory apparatus for the use of firemen, has been invented by Charles E. Chapin, of Berkeley, Cal. 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