Wisconsin Weekly Advocate

WISCONSIN WEEKLY ADVOCATE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE NEGRO RACE EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS. The Municipal Election The voters of the city of Milwaukee, sitting as it were as a jury, have recorded their verdict, and that verdict is by a very large majority an endorsement of the policy pursued during the past four years by Mayor Rose and the city council. This result was an expected one by all observing persons. Milwaukee is a city the inhabitants of which consist of many nationalities, the great majority of whom, or at least their immediate ancestors, hail from continental European countries, where liberty of action is to a very large extent denied to the masses of the people. What wonder is it then if such appreciate the freedom of individual action which is so wisely allowed here, so far as such is consistent with good government and the security of life and property. The world-wide fame of Milwaukee as one of the most orderly cities in the United States is appreciated by the inhabitants, and any gentleman with the shrewdness and political foresight of Mayor Rose, who is prepared to give the utmost degree of liberty without license, will be certain of the support of the various and varied elements which go to make up the voting constituency of Milwaukee. This we firmly believe is the main cause of the majority recorded in favor of Mayor Rose and his policy. And of course a sufficient majority in the council had to be insured in order that such policy might be carried out. That the city ticket was carried can only be attributed to the disinelination of many voters to split their ticket. Mr. Pawinski's narrow escape is an object lesson if such can be read in the proper manner. So also is Mr. Murphy's election to one of the aldermanic chairs of the Fourth ward. His victory can only be attributed to the popularity of the head of the ticket, and that he had a good running partner in Mr. Fitzgerald. The Daily News seems to be inclined to give the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company credit for the success of the Democratic ticket in the Fourth ward. We can scarcely see how this can be, taking into consideration the fact that Mr. Frank H. Pierce, one of their most trusted employees, and likewise a popular young Fourth warder, was rejected. The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate has the satisfaction of having done its duty to the party which it has invariably supported, and this in spite of having to go it alone, with no support and scant courtesy from official headquarters. It is openly stated throughout the Fourth and neighboring wards that the colored vote was given to the winning side. This may be so, and if it turns out to be the case the reason will be found in the fact that the Negro appreciates freedom of individual action just as well as the German, Irishman, Polander or Italian, or it may be that the colored man is beginning to get cold feet and is becoming tired of supporting by his vote a party which relies upon its past for such support and gives no attention to such measures as the Crumpacker resolution. Sunday Night Colored Dances Exactly a year ago the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate called the attention of its readers to the evils attendant upon dances given by irresponsible and untrustworthy persons, on Sunday evenings especially, and showed that at least one happy family circle had been broken up through their malign influence. This article, we are led to understand, had the beneficial result that no proprietor of a hall in the downtown part of the city would rent to colored people for such a purpose. But there are always others who for the sake of a little popularity with a certain class of our people are willing to cater and pander to their depraved tastes. Now, we entirely depreciate such a state of affairs. We stand for "whatsoever things are honest, pure, just and of good report." And promiseous dances, especially Sunday night dances, cannot surely claim to be placed in that category. Under the Rose administration and policy it was not a very difficult matter to hire a hall for a gathering of even very dubious repute. It follows then as a natural sequence that the dances organized and attended by our people must be somewhat of the nature of orgies, when no reputable landlord down town is willing to rent his premises to such. But a way will always be found to gratify the craving in some persons for illicit and momentary so-called enjoyment. So premises are hired in the outskirts of the city, as they were for the second time to our knowledge last Sunday evening, that Sunday of all others in the year which surely should be reverently and decently observed. The gathering was very largely attended by not only the kind of persons one would nat- P. Capt. J. B. Buford. We have much pleasure in presenting to our readers the portrait of J. B. Bufford, one of the most prominent colored gentlemen in Milwaukee. He is respected by all his brethren, a member of several orders and in good standing with all. That he holds the respect of his own race urally look for at such a place on such an occasion and on that holy day, but to our certain knowledge by professing Christians, church members, adherents and choristers. This latter fact is greatly to be deplored, and we call attention to it, not because we wish the sad state of matters a wider notoriety but because we are daily being taunted by our patrons with these and similar occurrences. The race must bear in mind that the eyes of the white people are always upon them, not too unwilling to pounce upon any erratic tendency shown by them. It is in vain that we call attention to the many well-conducted members of our race who have no dealings or connection with such affairs. All of us are classed alike, and the majority must suffer for the ill-doings of a few. It behooves the colored race to so conduct themselves that they will be an example of well-doing and good citizenship, and thereby demand the respect and esteem of all the people, irrespective of color or creed. It will not be the fault of the Advocate if these abuses are not remedied. But all, unfortunately, it can do is to call the attention of its readers to the naked facts, and for its own part and on behalf of all the better element of the race repudiate and discountenance all such gatherings as took place Sunday last. Now, is it not rather a curious thing that although there are two colored churches and one mission in this city, the voice of the turtle has not been heard in the land? We have never heard of a single remonstrance against such a state of matters as are here referred to from any of the pulpits. There seems to be need of a second Daniel, a man daring to stand alone, and who has the courage not only to tell his people to do what is right, but also to refrain from even the very appearance of evil. We are and always have been willing to go hand in hand with the pulpit in the endeavor to correct all abuses. Now, who are those persons who so prostitute themselves and the race in general by lending their influence and talents to affairs of this kind? We are aware, and we wish our readers to share our knowledge, that they are not representatives of the race. By the well-thinkers and well-doers they are known to be the "pimps," "tinkers" and general offscourings unfortunately to be found in all races. It is only a very sad satisfaction to us that the example of such doings by those who are supposed to know better has only been too faithfully copied and even overcapped by members of the Negro race who are ever faithful imitators whether for good or evil. That, however, is no excuse. We must carve out our own destiny, and so far as the Advocate is concerned we wish it to be on the side of honesty, purity, truth and good fame. We wonder what Brother Heckman, whom we mentioned last week as addressing the Young Men's Sunday Club, will think when he reads this. Will he think that his lovely address did not bear fruit? Will he think that it was a wasted effort on his part? We hope not. Mr. Heckman knows full well by experience that it takes some time to reap the fruits of even good sowing. He, at any rate, will have the supreme satisfaction that he had the opportunity of "delivering his soul." There are only 100 public telephones in all Belgium. is evidenced by the fact that by unanimous choice he was elected chairman of the Republican Club (colored) of the Fourth ward. Mr. Buford was for twenty years in one of the best hotels in this city, and his friends think that he ought still to be there in a higher position than he occupied. We wish the captain many happy and prosperous days. Big-mouthed Rev. Pie or chicken-eating Hubert assisted Rev. Jumping Carey to administer the communion at Quinn Chapel two Sundays ago, and it's a wonder to us that the devil did not come right down through the roof of Quinn after Hubert, the foul-mouthed hypocrite, and run him and his associates out of the Lord's house—The Broad Axe. The Broad Axe wishes to know what the Advocate has to find fault with in the Rev. P. E. Hubert. The matter is a little personal, but since the question has been asked publicly we are not afraid to answer it. It all lies in a nutshell, or rather two or three nutshells. In the first place, the editor did not find Mr. Hubert either a moral or an honest man. These words are used advisedly, if morality consists in obedience to the moral law and if honesty means the paying of one's debts. This said gentleman, after finding out that he was found out by the editor of the Advocate, called at the latter's house, where he had been stopping, and got his baggage, departing without paying his bill—for board and lodging. Word was sent to the University of Wilberforce, which he was at that time representing or rather misrepresenting, but word was sent back that he no longer was connected therewith, and so exit Mr. Hubert from Milwaukee. [Image of a man in a suit with a white shirt and a tie, looking to the right. The background is a solid black color. There is no text or additional details in the image.]] Dr. Clifton Johnson We present to our readers the portrait of one of our most prominent professional men. Dr. Clifton Johnson is a gentleman of whom his trace is proud, one who has forged to the front through sheer ability, dogged perseverance and conscientious work. His dental parlors at 56 Loan & Trust Building are second to none in the city, and his suave and tender manner leaves nothing to be desired by his patients and clients. We hear with extreme pleasure that Dr. Johnson has within the last few days received notice that he has been left a handsome fortune to the tune of from $15,000 to $20,000. May he live long and prosper. The doctor at present keeps bachelor's hall. Many a bird would like to get into his gilded cage, but liberty is oh! so sweet! and he says, "not for Johnson," in the meantime. But all the same ladies and gentlemen give him a call. A Chance for Southern Girls We are in a position to place from twenty to thirty good respectable colored girls in first-class Wisconsin families at wages ranging from $4 to $6 per week. For further particulars address the Advocate, 729 St. Paul avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. CREAM CITY NOTES. --- We will be glad to publish news of local and race interest if left at the office, 519 Wells street, before 6 o'clock Wednesday evenings. ☆ ☆ ☆ S. S. West, district manager of the Continental Casualty Company, located at 1000 Pabst building, is a gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet. He belongs to the South and has consequently a thorough grasp of the so-called race problem. His treatment of members of our race is in very marked contrast with that of its many would-be-thought defenders, 'way back in the '60s. We take pleasure in commending him and his company to the favorable notice of our readers. 立 负 承 Mr. Dan Healy of the Pioneer Limited is the right man in the right place. One proof of this is that he keeps the same old boys with him all the time. His car will soon come to be known as the Old Boys' Home. ☆ ☆ ☆ The concert and reading given at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church on Thursday evening last was well attended. Both the singing and speaking were excellent and reflected great credit on the participants. 白 白 青 We are sorry to hear that Mrs. R. M. Anderson, corner Seventh and Cedar streets, is on the sick list. We wish her a speedy recovery. 启启启 Mr. William Miller, private messenger to Gov. La Follette, was in the city over Easter and of course gave us a call at our office. We suggested to him that he ought to get a hump on himself and do some missionary work for the governor, but Mr. Miller is a very timid man and said he was afraid the big Sentinel on Mason street would be after him. He said that the little watch dog known by the name of the Advocate didn't faze him one bit. All the same, he departed for the executive mansion without attempting any proselytising. 宏 宏 宏 Miss Edna Jackson, our new secretary, is always to the fore front and does her work to the satisfaction of everybody who calls at the office. Her manners leave nothing to be deserved. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Alice Hall of Chicago and Miss Lucy Berry of this city paid us a pleasant visit last week. We were glad as we always are to have our friends remember us by friendly visitations. ```markdown ``` We were glad to meet our old friend, Prof. Williams, the other day; the professor had just left the hospital, where he had undergone an operation. He has, however, now completely recovered and is his old self once more. ☆ ☆ ☆ Mrs. Corine Sharp, ably assisted by Miss Grace Smith, keeps house at 224 Wells street. Her patrons speak very highly of the comfort and attention to be found at her hands. Among her recent guests were Mr. and Mrs. Al Tutt and members of the Slayton Jubilee singers. ☆ ☆ ☆ This organization still continues to keep up its popularity and deservedly so. Their recent entertainment at the Deutschen Club was a very high class affair and much appreciated by the members of the club, who have the reputation of being very critical, but at the same time highly competent judges of musical excellence. ☆☆☆ Mr. William Scott and Mr. Charles Mays are patients at the county hospital. Their compatriots ought to remember them in their loneliness by sending literature and gifts of fruit, etc., which will be taken to them free if left in the basement of the court house. A word should be sufficient to the generous race. 立 立 立 We are indebted to Mrs. Dr. Herron for the following gleanings. We are always glad to accept of such and gratified that people are interested in our work: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell of Washington, D. C., honorary president of the National Association of Colored Women, spoke recently on the "color question" as follows: "The question may bring about a disruption of the federation, some predict. I am reminded by that prediction of a story told by William Lloyd Garrison, when it was first said that any attempt to free the slaves would destroy the union, 'Let it!' he said; 'it cannot be destroyed in a better cause.' Better that the federation should be disrupted than go back from its ideals of progress. "It seems strange," she added, "that the federation should bow down to a state with so small a representation as Georgia. Massachusetts pays a quarter of the entire revenue of the federation, and certainly might be supposed to have a weightier influence." Mrs. Terrell, who was passing through New York on her return from a lecture tour, said further: "There is no need to fear an overwhelming influx of colored women's clubs. We have our own national association, in which our interest is centered, and it is only in some places, where our members are few that we would seek the inspiration that might come from working with white women's clubs. "It is often said that we do nothing for ourselves, but are constantly asking for assistance from others. That is a cruel mistake. We are trying to work out our own salvation by every means in our power, especially in the South. We are establishing kindergarten, day nurseries and young women's associations. In New Orleans we have a sanatorium and a training school for nurses, whose work during the last yellow fever epidemic was so valuable that the city government recognized it by granting an appropriation. It is called the Phyllis Wheatland School. "We opened the sanatorium there because there was not a hospital in New Orleans that would receive a colored man or woman except in the charity ward. They might have ample means and come from good homes, but the charity ward was all that was open to them. Think of it!" WHAT IS A WOMAN'S CLUB? WHAT IS A WOMAN'S CLUB? "What is a Woman's Club?" No idle piece Wherein to chatter of the last new play, Or whisper of a sister gone astray. Or strip with cruel gossip every trace Of sweetness from some life borne down with strife. "Tis not a place where fashion reigns supreme. Where lack of style is sin beyond redeem. Where outward garb is more than inward life. No room is there for careless jest or sneer. For dellying into dark days safely past Or meaning glances with dire purpose cast. To cause some trembling soul to blush or fear. All these are what a woman's club is not— Things left behind, outgrown, despised, for- got. What is a Woman's Club? A meeting ground For those of purpose great and broad and strong. Whose aim is toward the stars, who ever long To make the patient, listening world re- sound With sweeter music, purer, nobler tones. A place where kindly, helpful words are said And kindler deeds are done; where hearts are fed; Where wealth of brain for poverty atones. And hand grasps hand and soul finds touch with soul. Where victors in the race for fame and power Look backward even in their triumph hour. To beckon others towards the shining goal. This is a Woman's Club, a haven fair. Where toilers drop an hour their load of care. What is a Woman's Club? The fabric of a dream Touched with an altar coal and made alive. Instinct with hope for those who toil and strive And wait to catch that joyous day's first gleam That ushers in a better, freer age. When right for one shall be for all the right: When all together in life's moil and fight. The war for right and truth shall bravely wage One of the finest Easter services ever held in a colored church in Milwaukee took place last Sunday. The neat little church was handsomely and appropriately decorated for the occasion with flowers, evergreens and singing birds symbolic of the occasion, which was further impressed upon the worshipers by the legend "Christ is Risen." worked in evergreen on a white ground and displayed over the pulpit. The decorations reflected much credit on Mr. and Mrs. True and the ladies who so ably assisted them. The attendance at both diets of worship was very large and must have been a great source of gratification to the esteemed pastor, Rev. T. W. Lewis. In the morning the ladies of the congregation were not one whit behind their sisters in the fashionable congregations [Name not provided] on the east and west sides in displaying to advantage their new spring costumes, hats and bonnets. In the evening there was a turnout of the different organizations, the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Blue Lodge, who made a splendid showing. Rev. Lewis preached an eloquent sermon from the text, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." The music rendered by the new choir left nothing to be desired. The thanks of the congregation are especially due to the lady from Waukesha who so ably accompanies on the organ without remuneration. The total receipts during the day amounted to $49.38, a very satisfactory showing. We have pleasure in presenting to our readers the latest portrait of the esteemed pastor, Rev. T. W. Lewis. Mr. Al and Mrs. Edith Tett. Our old and tried friends, Mr. Al Tutt and wife, have been in Milwaukee on a flying visit. They are always welcome because they always bring their own welcome with them. Their performance before a critical Deutscher Club audi- 9 dience left nothing to be desired, and that they are in such a company as the Slayton Jubilee singers is an endorsement of their ability and stability. Of course Mr. and Mrs. Tutt found their way to the office of the Advocate. Mr. Tutt is Al Tutt and that is saying a mighty lot, but of Mrs. Tutt what can be said? She is a personality in herself. She is more than that, because of her vast experience and reading. The depth and tenderness of her character may be guessed at from the lines of her own A. composing, which we induced her to publish in our columns. Such a character is to be admired and imitated by her sex and race. Hush thee, little babe, go to sleep, While mamma this lullaby sings. At thy sweet face the angels will peep As the ship from abroad papa brings. Although we are lonely now, But that will soon pass away, And daddy will kiss thy smooth brow Soon, some morn at the break of day. The birds they have gone to their nests, All beasts to their shelters have fled; The smart tiny ants are at rest, And small children should now be in bed. All earth now in darkness is veiled, The owls in tree tops do hoot. When the boat on which daddy has sailed Returns, we will a big cannon shoot. III. The baby is sleeping at last: The angels their vigil do keep. And bright dreams reflection have cast Smiles on its face in its sleep. And now the wind howls so sad I list to the tick, tick of the clock; I would not feel half so bad If I only could hear someone knock. IV. Wake up, my babe, it is morn. The sky is so bright and clear I cannot remember a dawn That has seemed to me so dear. Daddy is home at last, Our hearts should be full of joy; All sorrow for us has passed— Come welcome thy father, my boy. —Composed by Mrs. Edith Tutt, with Slayton Jubilee Singers. HOMEWARD BOUND. "There is no sorrow anywhere. Or care, or pain. The stinging hail Beats on our faces like a fall, Green waters curl above the rail And all the storm's high trumpets blare— Whistles the wind, and roars the sea, And canvas bellows to be free: Spare whine, planks creak—I only smile. For home our keel creeps, mile on mile. I bend above the whirling wheel With hands benumbed, but happy face; Past us the wild seahorses race, Leap up and seize each twanging brace Or slip beneath our lifting keel; Woodland clouds Dreaming, I see the scudding clouds, And ice make in the forward shroads, And all the long waves topped with foam- Yet heed them not; I'm going home. Nightly our northern stars draw nigh, The southern constellations sink; Soon we shall see along the brink Of these cold seas Fire island blink Its welcome in the frosty sky. Beyond that light, beyond the glow Of our great city spread below, Thine eyes now wait to welcome me Back where my heart has longed to be. —L. Frank Tooker in Century. A GLORIOUS EASTER. It is a singular fact that all through life one muddle is sure to bring on not another, but a dozen others. They seem to hold on to each other's tails like South African monkeys, or to belong to that species of persistent vulture described by Longfellow. Or was it Tennyson? I find that I seldom credit the right author with the right quotation. The one is apt, at any rate: First a shadow—then a sorrow, Till the air is dark with anguish Well, the small, nasty, inconceivable muddle, which ends by making a man's life a torment to him, is in the order of Tennyson's bird. "First a shadow!" Exactly. Just one of those poor, sneaking, intangible shadows—something you can't take hold of; something which creeps in through another person's faults or folly; something which settles down by your fireside, tedious and persistent, obscuring all the brightness of your life, which chills your homecoming until a man finds the gay light and tobacco smoke and cocktails and vapid talk at the club a relief. Particularly so if a game of poker is hanging around. "First a shadow!" Our original shadow, the first which had ever come between Alice and me, loomed over our domestic horizon about one month ago. Since then it has increased in volume, density and amplitude until the thing has reached a truly monstrous size. Of course. Alice is the dearest and loveliest little woman in all this wide world! Chic and clever, too, and brilliant. But she can be absurdly silly on certain occasions, I must admit. Why, that lovely gray-eyed girl, with the flush of a wild rose on her cheeks and her dewy lips and her ineffable charm, is everything in life to me! The whole big universe with heaven thrown in, and hell, too, for that matter, if there's such a place, and she should elect to go to it. But there are some things in life, if it comes to a point where a man must cringe to his wife—however handsome—must accept her unreasonable and abominable treatment, why he will assert himself, even if rashly and dogmatically, if there's anything in him. Because he worships the very ground she walks on, he'd be worse than a fool to let her commit some egregious piece of folly unchecked, or would submit tamely to her snubs and neglect. And yet, who can compare to Alice? My brilliant, tender, exquisite Alice! The special and particular difficulty we are both rejoicing in at the present moment was brought about originally by that fool, D'Acres, through his beastly impudence and lack of good taste and breeding. Sending American Beauties to Alice every morning and a lot of idiotic books. Of course it goes without saying. D'Acres is a fool. He's what some women call "pretty," and because he knows how to sing—or imagine he does—in a rasping tenor, a lot of ridiculous society women make a fuss over him. Women are a queer lot! I thought I had knocked about the world long enough to have acquired a pretty accurate knowledge of them and their vagaries, but it seems I haven't. Now, I know that Alice cares for me, after a fashion. At least I had reason to suppose she did. I take it for granted she would not have married a plain fellow, without any pretensions, like me, unless she cared a little for him. Now, when I showed her—after patiently waiting in the hope she herself would put a stop to D'Acres' absurdities—that I was deeply annoyed, that I would no longer stand his pointed attentions to her, Alice grew offended and unreasonable—then went off, with a party of men and women, to take breakfast out at the lake. I made a particular request to Alice not to go around with that fast set, especially alone, without me. I begged her to consult me a little in these matters. She's too handsome and good and pure-minded and lovely to be thrown with that sort of people. I won't have it. And when I told her so, for her own sake more than for mine, and said I positively would not allow her to be so imprudent, they drove out to the lake, all of them on D'Acres' coach, and Alice sat on the box seat by him. She gets hurt, flushes up; says I am tyrannical and unjust and suspicious, that Susan Benson is goodnatured and jolly and nicer than I am, and winds up by declaring she'll have nothing more to do with me. I walked out; went to the club. I wonder if my manner was unjustifiably harsh? If I was too abrupt in my way of remonstrating with the dear little girl? I never meant to wound her, God knows. Alice is a high-spirited young woman, which is one of her charms. I don't think I ever saw Alice quite as beautiful or altogether as lovable as she was two nights ago, when our estrangement came to a crisis. She was furiously angry and hurt over the whole non-sensical situation. She wound up by telling me I had never cared for her; that I had always been in love with Fan, that sallow, lackadaisical cousin of mine. Fan is ten years older than I am if a day, and looks it. I detest women who imagine they can write poetry. Fan does. Of course I laughed. It was too painfully absurd! Alice flushed, then paled, and her eyes grew as dark as some deep, dangerous pool. They were superb. She never said a word, but turned and left me. She could hardly imagine I was laughing at her. She must credit me with manners a little better than those of a groom. Not care for my fascinating, beautiful Alice? If she had only let me, I would have taken her in my arms and poured out all my love. The idea of my giving Fannie even a thought, that dull, sallow-looking girl. Alice is like a snowflake, and when stirred by any emotion or sudden excitement the color flickers and deepens in her face and her eyes glow like stars until she is divinely irresistible. Nevertheless, I've not seen my wife for the past three days. When she declared in a stately manner that she did not care to see me again I bowed myself out and dined with Anderson at the club. When I came home Alice's maid informed me her mistress had driven out with Mrs. Stonington. She's in the same set with Susan Benson. Ann said the ladies were going to the opera and Alice would not be back until late. Well, there are always fellows to drink with and knock around with. I've drifted back home tonight to find the rooms empty and the house deserted. I won't inquire of Ann, but I suppose Alice is again at some theater with Mrs. Stonington. If I find that D'Acres is one of their party—well, we'll see to that tomorrow. I'll sit here awhile by the fire and smoke. This library is Alice's favorite room. It makes a fine setting, with its rich, dark coloring, for Alice's fairness and beauty. What is my Alice doing now? and what is she thinking? No ill, except of the one poor devil who would gladly die, if needs be, to secure her happiness. A cigar and one's thoughts ought to be good enough company for any man who has common sense, a good digestion and no feeling. Even if the child hates me afterward I must put a stop to this before my darling gets into the clutches of these beasts of prey, these human scavengers, who delight in feeding off the reputation of a woman, the fairer and prouder she may be the keeener their enjoyment. I held my hand too long, as it is. But it was the fear of injuring you, my Alice. It was sorely against the grain that I waited and let matters drift and refrained from interfering. But you have gone from my side—I have lost you. What are those bells ringing for? Why, of course. Tomorrow is Easter. Easter Sunday! I wonder if Alice remembers we agreed to attend church service together on Easter. I'm not very much of a churchgoer, but there is something which stirs one's recollections of childhood days, which strikes some chord of profound emotion, in the renewal of old religious observances, these milestones which mark our advance along the road of life. Christmas and Easter. How intertwined in solemn fashion with our pure, joyous childhood! How strangely those Easter bells bring back the faint echoes of lofty emotions, clouded over and dimmed by later years and other more earthly sentiments. Their voice seems a reproach to the tempestuous passions of the hour, which drive on to hot, evil thoughts and vengeful deeds. They seem to ring in protest, and to urge the beauty of the day they are to celebrate. I see they've sent the Easter illies I ordered for Alice. I thought the flowers might, perhaps, remind her of our engagement. But, of course, she's forgotten all about it. I dare say she did not take the trouble to notice them at all. Or she thought that fool sent them. What a beautiful cluster they make with those white roses and ferns. Alice always reminds me of a slender, white lily. I wonder what my darling is doing now? And if she is a hundredth part as broken-hearted as I am? To think of Alice drifting away from me on such slight provocation! To be so unreasonable, so indifferent to the intolerable pain she is giving me! No, I dined at the club. I'm busy, Harris. Just shut the door. I won't see anyone tonight. Lower that lamp. I'll ring if I want anything. And presently a soft silken rustle broke the stillness of the room, and a faint perfume of white carnations—Alice's perfume—floated out to mingle with that of the Easter lilies and roses. And a soft, rich voice said tremulously: "I stopped to get some Easter lilies as I came home from Aunt Jennings to remind you of our engagement to attend service at Christ Church on Easter. You know, tomorrow is Easter, and—" To speak with any degree of distinctness a young woman must have the free use not only of her tongue, but of her lips. To be unrestricted in the movements of her arms adds also to her eloquence. How irrational and ruthless to crush and ruin calla lilies and ferns adorning, so prettily, the laces of a white gown. Easter morn broke as beautiful and bright as the glorious promise of redemption it brings to the world, to sad and heavily burdened humanity. For two people Easter and the happiness it bestowed was gloriously transcendant beyond words.—S. Rhett Roman in Times-Democrat. RICE POLISHING. New Methods to be Used on a Large Scale in Baltimore. Extensive manufacturing works are to be erected in this city by the Rice Polishing Machine Company of America, recently incorporated in this city with a capital of $100,000. The company has secured control of all the existing patients of improved devices for polishing rice, including a number invented by Oliver R. Welch of Baltimore. These inventions are said to be of a character that will effectually revolutionize the polishing of rice and tend to the greater development of this industry in the United States. The patents held by the company are regarded as being a decided improvement on the system of polishing rice now in vogue, which is known as the "skin process." This skin process," which has been in use for several generations, consists in the polishing of rice by means of sheepskin belts. The new machines include systems of wire mesh screens and belts, and will, it is claimed, impart a better polish to the rice at less expense. Rice, it appears, when divested of its exterior hull, which is black, presents a yellowish and disagreeable appearance. Therefore for generations in all civilized countries, including India and Burma, which are under English rule, the rice grains are either polished to immaculate whiteness by machinery or whitened by means of paraffine. The Chinese, who subsist mainly on rice, prefer it in its original yellow state. "The growing of rice," said Mr. Clark, the treasurer of the company, "is quite extensive throughout the South, where there are some seventy-five mills engaged exclusively in the milling and polishing of the article. The growers bring their product to these mills to have it prepared for the market. A company recently purchased 10,000 acres of land in Texas for the purpose of growing rice, and there are to be other large investments in rice growing in the South. We have secured patent rights in England, France and other European countries and expect to introduce our machines in those countries as well as in our own."—Baltimore American. Mountain Lion Joins Pets in the White House. A genuine mountain lion reached the white house a short time ago as a testimonial to the President's hunting prowess. It is the gift of a friend at Hayden, Col., and an exception will be made in this case in that the beast will be kept at the white house instead of being sent to the zoological park, as is the usual custom. Coons, wildcats, bears, lions, tigers, alligators and other attractive pets have all been consigned to the zoo, while things like cats and dogs are usually allowed to stray or are given into the tender keeping of the white house attendants. Chickens fare differently, because Kermit Roosevelt happens to be a violent fowl fancier. Consternation was created about the white house when the rumor spread about that the box lifted from the express wagon contained a mountain lion, and great respect was shown the new arrival. Later, however, when it was understood that the lion is a pretty example of the taxidermist's art, new courage was taken, and the box was carried to the basement of the white house. The animal is beautifully mounted, and will find a place either in the upper half of the private part of the house or in the library. -No less than 30,000,000 acres of Cuba—nearly half the island—is forest. There are thirty different species of palms alone found there. Eight are Wounded, of Whom One Connot Survive-Firemen Responsible for Tragedy. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 1.—A terrific explosion of coal dust in the Nelson mine of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company at Dayton, Tenn., at 4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon caused the death of at least twenty-two men, the fatal wounding of one and inflicted serious injuries on seven others. Sixteen bodies have been recovered and twelve are still in the mine. It is supposed that a "blown" blast was the cause of the dust explosion. Gas exists in the mine and this was fired by the flames from the mine and in turn ignited the accumulation of dry coal dust. The explosion not only killed or maimed all who were in the mine, but wrecked the shed at the pit mouth and killed three men and injured three others who were standing at the entrance to the mine. All the dead were horribly mangled. Seventy-five men had been at work in the mine during the day, but they had quit some fifteen minutes before the explosion and it is believed that with the exception of the known dead and injured there were no other casualties. Seven of the dead were white men. PEAT TRAINS. JAMES D. FRANKLIN. THOMAS SHOVEL (white). MORRIS PERSALL. JOHN ROBESON. BRANT SMITH. GEORGE GRIFFITH. BEN GRIFFITH. REECE DEAN. MORGAN SMITH (colored). Bodies still in mine: JOHN HAPNEY. LARK HUNTER. ALEXANDER COFFER (white). MACK FOSTER (colored). Nearly all of the dead men leave fami- Fatally Injured. Head, W. T., brother of James Head, superintendent of the mine; burned internally; will die. Seriously Injured. Riley, James, right leg broken, bruised about head and face. Gas exists in the Nelson mine, and the men are required to use safety lamps. It is the rule of the company for the miners to place their fuses ready to be lighted for blasts just before quitting work each day, and there are workmen known as "firemen," who go through the mine after all the miners are out and set off these blasts. The miners quit work at 4:30 o'clock. It takes them about forty-five minutes to get out of the mine. The two "firemen" who are supposed to have caused the explosion are Lark Hunter and John Harney. They shot the blasts about 4:45 o'clock, before all the miners could get out of the mine. It is supposed that one of the fuses was defective, and resulted in what is known as a "blown blast." The flame shooting out from the blast ignited the gas, which in turn ignited the accumulation of dry coal dust in the mine. The explosion that followed was horrible in its intensity. It shot out of the mouth of the mine and completely wrecked the shed at the mine entrance. Three men were killed while standing outside the mine, and two seriously and one fatally injured. TRAIN KILLS THREE. Young Couple About to Wed and Husband of Less than Week are Victims. St. Marys, Kas., April 1.—Three persons were instantly killed and another perhaps fatally injured shortly after 1 o'clock this morning at Bonds Crossing, two miles west of Rossville, by the Union Pacific passenger train No. 3, west bound. The killed: FRED SMITH. EDWARD SMITH. MISS MINNIE MAINEY. Mrs. Fred Smith may recover, although at 9 o'clock this morning she was still unconscious and delirious. Mrs. Smith was a bride of less than a week, having married on Sunday, and Miss Minnie Mainey was to have been married next Sunday to Edward Smith, who also was killed. The young people had been to St. Marys to attend a woodmen's dance and were returning home when the accident occurred. They were terribly mangled. Both the horses were instantly killed. DENIED A NEW TRIAL. St. Louis Alderman, Convicted of Bribery, Must Serve Three Years in Prison. St. Louis, Mo., April 1.—Councilman Meysenberg, convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, was today denied a new trial and his motion for an arrest of judgment was overruled by Judge Douglas. He filed notice of appeal to the supreme court. Circuit Attorney Folk demanded an increase of Meysenberg's bond to $30,000, but the court fixed the amount at $25,000. Judge Douglas then called the case of John K. Murrell, member of the house of delegates, who was indicted for bribery in connection with the suburban railway bill. Murrell forfeited his bond of $5000 on March 17 and his present whereabouts is unknown to the authorities. As Murrell did not answer, the case was laid over until the next term of court. FIND CAPT. KIDD'S MONEY. Italian Laborers Near Peekskill, N. Y., Dig Up Chest Filled with Silver. New York, April 1.—Some of the treasure buried more than 200 years ago by Capt. Kidd has been dug up by a gang of Italian laborers. They were at work yesterday on the New York Central Railroad improvements near Anthony's Nose, about three miles north of Peekskill, when they unearthed an ancient chest filled to the brim with money. It was silver money and the coins were of small denomination, but there were many of them—many hundreds, it is reported. There can be no doubt that it was a chest buried by Capt. Kidd, because Anthony's Nose is only four miles from the place in the Hudson river where a half century ago a coffer dam was built for the purpose of raising one of the pirate's vessels which was said to be sunk there. The vessel was not raised and no treasure was found at the time. ELECTION ROW MAY RESULT IN MURDER. Jack Kervick of Hurley is Shot Twice by Unknown Finlander and May Die. Ironwood, Mich., April 2.—[Special.]— Jack Kervick of Hurley was shot twice last night by an unknown Finlander, one shot entering his head and another in the arm. The shooting was the outcome of an election controversy. Kervick's recovery is doubtful. WOMAN'S HEAD FOR NEW POSTAGE STAMP. Martha Washington is to be Honored Men Only Have Been Selected So Far. Washington, D. C., April 2.—The postoffice department has under consideration the question of placing on one of the postage stamps of the new issue the head of some woman who is connected with the history of the country. No particular person has been decided upon, although there is no doubt that Martha Washington will be the woman so honored. This will be the first recognition of woman upon any of the government securities issued by that department. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ARE DROWNED. Terrible Disaster to a Chinese Steam Yacht Is Reported at Victoria, B. C. Victoria, B. C., April 2.—Tonki exchanges contain accounts of a disaster to a Chinese steam launch in the river near Hanoi, involving a serious loss of life. The launch Kwang Fat left Namdinh for Hanoi, having on board Madame Arlhae, the wife of an Inspector of the native guard, who was lying sick in the Luccsen hospital in Hanoi, their infant child and about 100 Chinese passengers. The launch was obviously overloaded with passengers and merchandise for the village of Nigh Su. It began to fill with water and eventually foundered. It was a dark night and the scene must have been terrible, for in spite of the efforts of some junk people to rescue the unfortunate passengers over 250 persons, including Madame Arlhae and her baby and a number of Chinese women and children, were drowned. SIXTEEN KILLED IN-DAYTON MINE. Effort to Fix Blame for the Awful Accident-Mine Is Not on Fire. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2.—Investigation today revealed the fact that the Nelson mine at Dayton in which the explosion occurred is not on fire and has not been. Workmen are engaged today excavating the debris and all the bodies will be recoverd. The funerals of those recovered were held today. In all there were sixteen killed, leaving fifty-eight orphans and fourteen widows. George W. Safford (colored), one of the miners reported injured yesterday, died this morning. The miners claim that the explosion was due to failure to sprinkle the mine on Sunday. The prevailing opinion seems to be that it was caused by a combination of coal dust and gas in the mine. The officials of the Dayton Coal & Iron Company stated today that they have not progressed sufficiently in their investigations to make a full statement, but they claim that the Nelson was one of the best governed mines at Dayton. State inspector of mines, R. A. Shifflet of Nashville, made a rigid examination of the mine one week ago and claims it was in first class condition with little gas in evidence. Mr. Shifflet empaneled a jury of inquest today and is now making official inquiry into the cause of the accident. SOLDIERS ROUT GUARD. Three Prisoners at Fort Sheridan Gain Their Freedom by Bold Dashes. Chicago, Ill., April 2.—Three prisoners under guard at Fort Sheridan escaped from their sentries yesterday and gained freedom under sensational circumstances. One of them was shot at by a crack marksman recently returned from the Philippines, and, it is thought, was badly wounded. Another boarded a passing freight train going toward Chicago, and was not missed for fifteen minutes. The third escaped with his life only because the Winchester which the sentry snapped at him missed fire. Those who escaped are: M. S. Whidden, a "general prisoner," sentenced to nine months in the guardhouse for desertion, who enlisted from Kentucky, a member of the Twenty-ninth infantry and had served five months of his term; Thomas Hanson, a member of the Eleventh cavalry, being punished for desertion, and Lewis Wilson. DAKOTA'S PRIZE WOLF. Beast Killed $5000 Worth of Full- Grown Stock. Fargo, N. D., April 2.—The biggest wolf story of the season comes from Billings county, where G. W. Myers was the lucky captor. Lupus in this case is reported to have been 7 feet and 10 inches from his nose to the tip of his tail and to have weighed 168 pounds dead. His wolfship was by all means the largest ever killed in North Dakota. He had been a long-time offender and Mr. Myers had for many years made a standing offer of $50 for the capture. It is estimated that the wolf has killed $5000 worth of stock. Within the last few months he had killed several full-grown cattle on Mr. Myers' ranch. The hide was tanned and will be retained as a souvenir. SMALLEST BABY ON EARTH. Human Mite Tries Hard to Grow in an Incubator. Bridgeport, Conn., April 2.—Lying cuddled up in an improvised incubator, which is nothing less than a common chip basket with the handle cut off, the smallest baby in the world is slowly making its way along the pathway of growth. This human mite, a month old, seems so far behind the average baby in size and weight that it will never catch up. It is the offspring of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Peck of 14 Wylly place, this city. It weighs 16 ounces. WORRY CAUSES MURDER. After Killing Sick Wife Michigan Farmer Committed Suicide. Morley, Mich., April 2.—Eugene Richards, a well-to-do farmer at Borland settlement, a few miles from here, today shot and killed his wife as she lay ill in bed and then killed himself. Mrs. Richards had been sick for severe 'al weeks and worry over her condition is thought to have unbalanced his mind. DR. LIEBER IS DEAD. Great Leader of the Centrist Party In Germany Passes Away. Berlin, April 1.—Dr. Ernest M. Lieber, for a long time leader of the Centrist party in the Reichstag and holding enough power to defy the Emperor with impunity on more than one occasion, is dead at the age of 64 years. His party, which consists entirely of Catholics and which holds the balance of power between the Conservatives on one side and the Socialists on the other, is now without a chief. Great interest hinges upon the choice of a successor to Dr. Lieber, for upon the result depends whether many pet projects of Emperor William shall be carried out or be killed entirely in the Reichstag. One of the chief objects for which the Emperor has been fighting through his aids in the Reichstag is the enlargement of the German navy to gigantic proportions. Dr. Lieber never could see the use of a mighty armament of German warships in various parts of the world and on all possible occasions he threw the weight of his argument and his vote against passing appropriation bills designed to permit the Emperor to see the fruition of his cherished desires. If the new leader of the Centrists favors a large navy in all probability he will be able to swing the party over to the Conservatives and the wished-for naval appropriation may be granted. Rose to Power Through Ability. Rose to Power Through Ability. Dr. Lieber was born in 1838 at Camberg, in the province of Nassau. He studied law and at an early age entered Parliament. His earnestness and ability to analyze intricate constitutional questions soon brought him to the front. He devoted all of his attention to politics and soon rose to be the leader of the Centrist party. By virtue of this position he was the most powerful man in the empire with the exception of the Emperor, and over the Emperor even, though indirectly, his will was law. Holding the balance of power in the Reichstag, the Centrist party could defeat or carry to victory any measure that came to a vote. Hence whenever the Emperor wished a certain bill passed he must gain the support of the Centrists. Before such support was given Dr. Lieber was enabled to secure for his party or his church such concessions from the Conservatives as he desired to have incorporated into bills that were certain to be passed. Attended Conventions in America. Dr. Lieber, because of his power, made many enemies, but he also had thousands of firm friends. He was always greatly interested in America and always maintained close relations with the German Roman Catholic Society in the United States. He visited America and attended German Catholic conventions at Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Detroit and Milwaukee, making forcible speeches on each occasion. His visit to Milwaukee was made during the convention that began August 23, 1898. He accepted a special invitation to be present on that occasion. Afterward he made a tour of the Northwest, being received with great cordiality at every city where he was a guest. Dr. Ernst Lieber, the Centrist leader in the German Reichstag, who died in Berlin yesterday, visited Milwaukee upon two occasions. His last visit was in 1898, when he came to address the annual convention of the German-American Catholic Central Society of North America. He was taken to the residence of Archbishop Katzer upon his arrival, where prominent German Catholics met him. His first visit to Milwaukee was in 1892. STEYN IS LOCATED. He will Meet with Acting President Schalkburger Within a Short Time. Pretoria, Monday, March 31.—President Steyn and Gen. Delarey have been located, and a meeting between them and Acting President Schalkburger is expected to be arranged without further delay. It is reported that Gen. Botha will also attend the conference. Commandant Mears has sent in word that his command will abide by the decision of the Boer government. Commandant DeVilliers, who has been operating in the Kimberley district, has sent in a flag of truce, asking for terms. The peace movement, however, has in no way interfered with the military operations. The British are again sweeping the Northwest districts of the Orange River colony, where it is believed they have about 1000 of Gen. Dewet's men within the cordon. Heidelberg, Transvaal, Monday, March 31.—Commandant Alberts has called a meeting of the Boers in his district, to take place thirty-five miles east of The Springs station, in order to discuss the proposal for a general surrender. It is said that Gen. Hans Botha has summoned a similar meeting at Amsterdam. A party of constabulary and native scouts was ambushed near here March 30. Six of the party were killed. The Boers eluded pursuit. Surrenders are occurring daily in the Standerton district. ROBSON AND CRANE. Famous Stars will Play Together for Two Performances After Long Separation. Chicago, Ill., April 1.—Robson and Crane are to be reunited after a separation of eight years. It may be for only one performance or it may be for two. One is to be held in New York and the other, if held, in Chicago, and both are for the fund raising to establish a home for indigent player folk. Information of the proposed joint appearance of the famous comedians has been received in a telegram from Mr. Robson's manager, Daniel V. Arthur. ELEVEN MEN DROWN. Collision In the English Channel Sends British Ship to the Bottom. London, April 1.—Eleven men were drowned as the result of a collision this morning near the Nab lightship between the channel passenger steamer Alma and the British ship Cambrain Prince, Capt. Owen from Loneas de Afura Islands (off the coast of Peru) for Antwerp. The latter sank immediately, and eleven of the crew perished. The Alma returned to Southampton badly damaged. BLAZE AT LOUISVILLE. Big Warehouse Filled with Paint and Oils is Destroyed-Loss $200,000. Louisville, Ky., April 1.—The large warehouses of the Peaslee-Gaulbert company, at Fifteenth and Portland venue, were destroyed by fire today. the buildings were filled with paints and oils. The loss is about $200,000. BRITISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN WRECK. Thirty-nine Perish and Forty-five Injured in Railway Accident in the Transvaal. Pretoria, April 1.—Thirty-nine British soldiers were killed and forty-five injured in a railroad wreck March 30 near Barberton, Transvaal colony. London, April 1.—The war office, in reporting the railroad wreck at Barberton, Transvaal colony, merely says that it was accidental. The victims nearly all belonged to the Hampshire regiment. WERE CARRIED OUT ONTO LAKE MICHIGAN. Feared that Two Gladstone (Mich.) Men Met Death Last Sunday. Gladstone, Mich., April 1.—[Special.] —Andrew A. Foss, a jeweler, and William Sundelins, a saloonkeeper, on Sunday morning went fishing on the bay in a small boat. It is believed that they must have been caught in the ice which was being carried out by the strong wind and possibly borne out to Lake Michigan. Searching parties have failed to find any trace of them. Both leave families. Foss was in business at Florence, Wis., at one time. AUTHOR OF "BENBOLT" DIES AT NEWARK, N. J. Dr. Thomas Dunn English, Who Wrote the Popular Song. Passes Away. Newark, N. J., April 1.—Dr. Thomas Dunn English died early today. Dr. English, who was a writer of some note, was widely known as the author of "Ben Bolt." He was born in Philadelphia in 1819 and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as a doctor of medicine in 1839. Later he studied law and was admitted to the Philadelphia bar. He engaged in journalism in New York from 1844 to 1859, when he came to Newark to practice medicine. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislature in 1863-64. He served two terms in Congress from a New Jersey district. CLEARS PANAMA DEAL. Colombia Consents to Sale of French Canal to the United States Washington, D. C., April 1.—An event of considerable importance occurred at the state department today. The Columbian government at last submitted to the United States a direct and comprehensive proposition for the construction of the Panama canal. This proposition is in the form of a protocol of a treaty to be concluded between the United States and Colombia. It embraces: 1. An entirely new concession to the United States, irrespective of the old concession to the Panama Canal Company of France. 2. The Colombian government consents to and legalizes in every way the sale of the Panama Company's property to the United States, removing all question as to the validity of the title. 3. Colombia proposes to grant the United States control, through perpetual lease, of a strip of territory amply wide for canal purposes. 4. All questions of police and sanitary control are satisfactorily adjusted. countries are so similar. The proposed treaty takes cognizance of the exclusion treaty between the United States and Colombia, which binds the United States to preserve the freedom of transit through the Isthmus of Panama, and this obligation is continued. As to the price asked by the Colombian government great secrecy is maintained at the state department, as well as by Dr. Conchas, the Colombian minister, and Attorney Cromwell of New York, representing the Panama Canal Company, who assisted in preparing the protocol. It is understood, however, that Colombia has asked for an annual payment of about $1,000,000 a year, a sum nearly equal to the estimated difference in the cost of maintaining the Nicaragua and Panama canals after completion. This price, however, is Colombia's offer, and may be regarded as a basis of negotiation. It will probably be considerably reduced before the protocol is signed by Secretary Hay. GIRLS FLEE FROM BIG FIRE. Rush Down Ladders as a Six-Story Wholesale House Burns. Philadelphia, Pa., April 1.—The six-story building at 610 and 612 Market street, the first three floors of which were occupied by the George De Keim Saddlery Company and the other floors by the Joel Baily Davis Company, wholesale notions, was destroyed by fire. There were about sixty persons, mostly girls, in the building, but they were all got out safely. Many of the girls who were employed on the upper floors fled by means of the fire escapes and fire ladders. The loss on the building and contents is estimated at $110,000. SAMPSON'S CONDITION. The Reported Change for the Worse is Denied. New York, April 1.—Reports were in circulation today that Admiral Sampson's condition had taken another turn for the worse and that the end was near, but it was learned upon inquiry that his condition is unchanged, and he takes his outdoor exercise regularly, weather permitting, as has been his custom for some months. It is conceded that he never will regain his health, but no new untoward developments have occurred very recently. WOMEN MAY PRACTICE LAW. Maryland Legislature Passes Bill Admitting Both Sexes to the Bar. Annapolis, Md., April 1.—The House today passed the Senate bill to permit the admission of women as members of the bar by a vote of 54 to 9. An amendment was adopted to the effect that no one should be denied admission to the bar "on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude." The Senate passed the bill as amended, although much opposition was shown to the House amendment. AUTOS FOR SOUTH AFRICA. British Engineers to Use American Made Machines. New York, April 1.—American automobiles, motors and motor bicycles are said to be in demand by the engineer corps of the British army for use in the South African campaign. Several manufacturers in this country have been requested to send specifications and prices of vehicles and motors at once to a captain of engineers whose corps is now stationed at Pretoria. WILLIAM WILLIAMS NAMED. Appointed Commissioner of Immigration of New York. Washington, D. C., April 1.—William Williams of New York has been tendered and has accepted the position of commissioner of immigration of New York. He will succeed Thomas Fitchie, Telephone Black No. 244. One Year.....1.21 Six Months.....1.25 Three Months.....75 Send money by Express Money Order. P. O. Money Order or Registered Letter to the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. ADVERTISING RATES TO CONTRIBUTORS: All communications must be sent with the name and address of the sender as an evidence of good faith, but not necessarily for publication. No manuscript returned if not accepted, unless accompanied by stamps. 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John Dillon, the suspended member of the British House of Commons, must have been reading recent journals of the United States Senate.' With $100,000 in his wallet, President Loubet ought to be able to have "a high time" while he is representing the republic of France in the empire of Russia. The "season" can't come to a close any too soon for the majority of Americans who have taken any interest in the petty quarreling about social precedence, at the national capital. Nelson, the bigamist who is under arrest at St. Joseph, Missouri, for marrying thirteen women, should have married twins on his last venture, in order to avoid the unlucky number. Kubelik's magnanimity is attested by the fact that although enthusiastic American women tried to remove all the buttons from his raiment, for relics, he said on leaving New York that they are superb creatures. The killing of a little boy at Clinton, Iowa, by an errant shot used in practice for a high school field meet, recommends precautions to give shot putters and hammer throwers wide margins in allowing for possible misthrows. President Roosevelt's stand for the preservation of the architectural integrity of the White House will be endorsed by a majority of the American people. Room could be provided without altering the house by simply providing a separate building for the executive office. The announcement that the German Emperor's son Adelbert will soon visit the United States informally on an imperial training ship is further evidence that the Kaiser is satisfied that the Americans can give their guests a good time either publicly or "on the quiet." The railroad men at Davenport who used the government bridge over the Mississippi as a turntable to get Paderewski's sleeping car in the position that suits him, cannot lay claim to having been the first to turn the finical pianist's head. The victory of the Cambridge crew over the Oxford oarsmen, on the historic Thames course, was due to the fact that there was more "snap" in the former than in the latter, although the element of muscle was in favor of the Oxonians. A winning crew must be alert mentally as well as physically. In the opinion of some long-range anticipaters, the journey now being made from Paris to New York, overland, by Harry De Windt, will some of these days be made by people of less adventurous nature, in Pullman palace cars, via Behring strait bridge or carferry. Perhops, The detention at New York of the new battleship Illinois, because of dangerous defects, ought to be gratifying even to those who are inclined to feelings of disgust that an absolutely new American ship should be found so faulty at the eleventh hour. Were the defect discovered during an emergency "outside," the results might have been such as to cause something more saddening than disgust. Curious Royal Officials. Many curious official still appertain to the royal household, and many have been dispensed with of late years. Among the latter class must be placed the royal ratcatcher; the office has become obsolete, but not unfortunately for lack of rats. It was during the reigns of the Georges that this functionary had his heyday, hence, perhaps, the popular idea that the now very prevalent brown rat came over with the Hanoverians. Like other esteemed royal officials, the ratcatcher was distinguished by a particular dress; it was of a scarlet hue elaborately embroidered with yellow worsted, and displayed figures of rats destroying wheat sheaves. The Gentleman's Magazine of 1741 contains the announcement that "Mr. Gower had been selected for the office of ratkiller to his majesty, with a salary of £100 a year," and that was "an honorable office"—which remark seems unnecessary. Is there a living descendant of Mr. Gower to place his claims before the court?—London Chronicle. MURDERED HIS MOTHER. Charge Upon Which John Voelpel, a New York Boy, Must Stand Trial. 1 For the murder of his aged mother, Mrs. Catherine Voelpel, John Voelpel, a young New York boy, is now awaiting trial. Voelpel strongly protests his innocence and declares they will never be able to prove a case against him. Charges have also been preferred against Policeman Michael Murray, who is the husband of a woman who tried to redeem from Edward M. Harlan a gold watch which had been pawned in the name of Mrs. Voelpel, and the ticket for which is held at police headquarters. He stated Murray was one of the first to enter the Voelpel house after the murder of the woman had been reported at the police station. Further than this the captain refused to define the nature of the charges which had been lodged. The policeman and his wife have made many contradictory statements about the pawn ticket. Policemen often called upon Mrs. Voelpel at her home. Japanese Paint Brushes. The Japanese artist has made a most careful study of how to convey truth in the most pleasurable way; how to make his lines most beautiful, as though a speaker would use but words of most exquisite sound. To do this he has cultivated his "touch" until it is but mockery to compare it with that of his European brother. He has learned to handle his brush with a directness and precision which is a thing of wonder, and he has studied with a patience beyond compare the possibilities of each particular kind of brush. He knows, for instance, that one kind of brush may be used to express a bamboo stem and that another brush will be less efficacious. He knows how to fill each particular part of that brush with a certain amount of color or of water, so that a single movement of the hand over the paper will paint the stem, its light and shade, its peculiar characteristics, complete. And to the perfecting of that single movement of his hand over the paper he and his ancestors have given years of study. Listen to a description by a Japanese. He is not an artist himself, but is explaining how artists use a certain brush: "The brush with color is passed over a piece of paper with a heavy stroke that spreads the bristles of the brush, at the same time bending them at the tip. The brush is then turned so that the bristles curve toward the artist, and a light stroke will produce the hairlike lines. This is one of the ways of painting the hair or fur of animals."—Independent. Baggage Rights of a Corpse. A dead man has the same baggage rights as a live one. This question has been passed on by the chief baggagemaster at the Union depot, and it was done in a hurry, too. There were five live persons and a dead one waiting for the decision. The coffin was placed in the baggage car and then the trunks of the five friends were weighed. The weight exceeded the 150 pounds for each, but if the dead man were allowed baggage this would solve the difficulty. The clerk had never heard of such a thing before. He refused to check a trunk on the dead man's ticket. The train was almost ready to start. The five persons did not care to pay for the excess baggage, neither did they like to allow the body to go alone. The whistle of the train tooted its first warning. Just then the chief baggagemaster arrived. He took in the situation at a glance. "Check the trunks," he exclaimed, and the five hurried off in time to catch their train. Then he explained to the clerk that the General Traffic Managers' Association had passed on the question only last week. This organization decided that when a full fare ticket is paid for, for the transportation of a corpse, the ticket carries with it the regular baggage privilege of "not to exceed 150 pounds"—Denver Post. Filipino Illiteracy. Aside from the public schools and the churches, there have been no other important resources of enlightenment. A person may know how to read and write, yet possess not even the rudiments of culture. The assertion is made that "80 per cent, can read and write," thus leaving only 20 per cent, who cannot. If this refers to the total Philippine population of 7,500,000, and to "read" means to understand the material one is reading, and to "write," more than the writing of one's name, then I am willing to venture an opinion that the amount of literacy would be nearer the reverse of the above. It is commonly stated that 5 per cent. of the inhabitants can speak and understand Spanish. Public libraries, lecture courses, broad commercial relations with foreign countries, widespread daily press to give publicity to all affairs of state and society, modern theaters, active participation in public affairs, street-corner political discussions—these and other agencies of such essential importance for the general advance of culture have been almost entirely lacking. Traveling libraries, in the form of supplementary English reading and illustrated lectures on American life and government, are being organized by the school department.—Frederick Atkinson in the Atlantic. Electric Stages. The new electric stages running on Fifth avenue, New York, have a traveling radius of about fifty miles and a speed of about fifteen miles an hour, and the Fifth avenue trip is made with a saving of one-third the time as compared with the horses. M. Santos-Dumont proposes a race at the World's Fair of 1903, at St. Louis, in which some of the racers will be kite-shaped, instead of the track. Straightens Kinky, Curly Hair OZONO TRADE MARK KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS. 50£ BEFORE. AFTER. BE WARNED When writing to advertisers please mention Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars always on hand 208 Fourth Street, MILWAUKEE. Members of the Keystone Club DOUGLAS MOORE, Pres. CHAS. JOHNSON, Vice-Pres. J. H. ELLIS, Treas. SAM PATTERSON, Asst. Treas. WILL HARRIS, Sec'y. E. M. HAWKINS, Ass't. Sec'y. H. C. COWAN. D. JOHNSON. H. KING. SAMUEL BANKS. WM. SMITH. WM. BOLTON. H. CREETCHER. 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Twilight Limited on the Omaha Road Runs Into Freight Train at Turtle Lake Junction. Cumberland, Wis., April 2.—An eastbound Soo line freight train collided with the Omaha road southbound Twilight Limited at Turtle Lake Junction, south of here, last night. The mail, baggage and day coaches on the Omaha train telescoped the depot, setting the structure on fire and destroying it and the three coaches, entailing heavy loss but injuring no one except Baggageman Morgan of Minneapolis, who was seriously hurt. A day coach was crowded with lumber jacks, who almost miraculously escaped injury. The entire contents of the mail, baggage and express cars, as well as the cash, tickets and contents of the depot, were consumed. The Soo freight had stopped for the crossing, but the engineer, thinking the track clear, started up, crashing into the limited. FRANCIS RITCHIE DIES. Old Resident of Dane County Who was Register of Probate for Years. Sun Prairie, Wis., April 2.—Francis Ritchie, an old resident of Dane county, died at his home in the town of Burke, yesterday at the age of 73 years. He settled in the county in 1848 and had been prominent in county affairs almost continuously. He held the position of deputy register of deeds in the early 50s. He represented his town on the county board for several terms and was elected chairman of that body on different occasions. He was one of the building commissioners at the time the new courthouse was built. He was register in probate when Judge Sanborn died, and served in a like capacity during the seventeen years of Judge Carpenter's service. When his term of office expired on January 6 last Mr. Ritchie, with his wife and daughter, moved back to his farm to spend the remainder of his days and in hopes of regaining his health. He leaves a widow, three sons and two daughters. MESSMER NOT NAMED. Authoritative Statement that No Appointment to Manila Has Been Made. Green Bay, Wis., April 2.—[Special.] —All rumors of the appointment of Bishop Messmer of Green Bay as archbishop of Manila, Philippine islands, have been set at rest by a telegram from Mgr. Satolli, received this morning by the bishop. The telegram is as follows: "No appointment yet made and none will be for the present." Bishop Messmer wrote to Mgr. Satolli a few days ago in regard to the many and persistent rumors to the effect that he had been made archbishop at Manila by the Pope. The telegram was in reply to the letter. Mgr. Satolli is in a position to know exactly what has been done in regard to the appointment of an archbishop as he was lately named by the Pope as his delegate in the Philippines. He only left Rome a short time ago and is in close touch with all that is being done in regard to the Manila post. He is now on his way to the Philippines. GREAT LUMBER DEAL. Edward Hines Company of Chicago Buys A. A. Bigelow Mill and Pine Lands. Washburn, Wis., April 2.—The final transactions in the sale of the A. A. Bigelow mill and pine lands to the Edward Hines Lumber Company is being made in Chicago today. The transfer will date from April 1, and the consideration is supposed to be upwards of $2,000,000 and gives the Hines people the best sawmill on Chequamegon bay besides between two hundred and three hundred million feet of pine. It is one of the largest transactions in the lumber market in the history of Northern Wisconsin. The transaction means longer life to the lumbering business of this city, as in addition to the Bigelow tract, other large blocks of pine in Bayfield and Douglas county will be brought here to be sawed. LAWRENCE SUMMER SCHOOL. Course at Appleton University is Greatly Extended. Appleton, Wis., April 2.—[Special.]— Complete details have been arranged for the reopening of the Lawrence university summer school, which will take place on June 30. The course will be materially extended over that of last year. The course will be under the supervision of Prof. C. W. Treat, P. W. Jenkins and D. P. Nicholson. Mrs. C. W. Treat will supervise the course in elocution and physical culture, and Prof. W. W. Williams of the Lawrence Commercial School will offer some work in his department. The Lawrence Commercial School will also conduct a two months' course during the summer. ESTATE OF CARLTON FOSTER. Statement of Son Places it at Over $100,000. Oshkosh, Wis., April 2.—George Foster, executor of the will of his father, Carlton Foster, for himself and his mother, Mrs. Sybil S. Foster, and sister, Mrs. Anna Foster Heilig, executrixes, has filed his final statement with inventory of the estate. The inventory shows that the real estate is valued at $18,800 and the personal property at $99,895.49. The court set the final hearing of the report for Tuesday, May 6. OLD CONDUCTOR RETIRES. Charles Rathsock Has Been on the Road for 27 Years. Manitowoc, Wis., April 2.—[Special.] —Conductor Charles Rathsack, who has served the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company for twenty-seven years, severed his connection with the company as conductor Monday evening. Mr. Rathsack has for years had charge of the Manitowoc-Two Rivers route. He will move with his family to the northern part of the state. SCHOOL'S ANNIVERSARY. Wisconsin Institute for the Deaf is Fifty Years Old. Delavan, Wis., April 2.—The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf was celebrated today. SAYS HIS WIFE'S TALK IS DRIVING HIM CRAZY. Aged Preacher Asks for Divorce on Grounds that Spouse Talks Too Much. La Crosse, Wis., April 2.—Rev. George W. Nichols, aged 70, a preacher and farmer, claims his wife, aged 60, is driving him crazy by her incessant talking. He has applied for a divorce. LA CROSSE BANKER SERIOUSLY ILL. Feared that G. Van Steenwyk will Not Recover-Fall May Cause Death. La Crosse, Wis., April 2.-G. Van Steenwyk, president of the Batavian bank of this city and formerly state commissioner of immigration, consul to the Netherlands, bank comptroller and member of the state Assembly, is seriously ill at his home as the result of a fractured hip sustained by a fall on the floor in his residence three weeks ago. The bone refuses to knit, and his advanced age makes his recovery doubtful. SHEBOYGAN DRUMMER KILLED BY A TRAIN. F. C. Dleckmann, Traveling for a Milwaukee Company, Run Down by Train in Iowa. Clinton, Ia., April 2.—F. C. Dieckmann, a traveling representative for the C. B. Henian Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, and a telegraph operator named Barker, at Dewitt, near here, attempted to cross the track at the station Monday night ahead of a passenger train, when the operator was instantly killed and the traveling man had both legs cut off. The latter was brought to the hospital here, where he died yesterday. His remains will be sent to his home at Sheboygan, Wis. It is thought the operator attempted to save the traveler from being struck by the train, losing his life in so doing. WEDS THE MAN SHE NURSED TO HEALTH. Baraboo Girl, Who Went Hundreds of Miles to Care for Wounded Lover. Becomes His Wife. Baraboo, Wis. April 2.—[Special.]—Announcements have been received telling of the marriage of Miss Hattie McKennan and Franz George zur Oeweste at New Orleans. The bride is the daughter of the late Dr. McKennan of this city and the groom is a merchant at San Pedro, Sula, Honduras, Central America. It will be remembered that he was accidentally wounded some months ago from the premature discharge of a gun and his betrothed gave up her position in Chicago and went to Honduras to care for him until he recovered. Her grandfather founded a French academy at Prairie du Sac years ago when Wisconsin was a pioneer commonwealth. SEVERAL HAVE DIED. Diphtheria Worries Health Officers of West Superior-Epidemic In Some Districts. West Superior, Wis., April 2.—Diphtheria is bothering the health authorities. There are eleven cases, two new ones having broken out yesterday. Some are serious and the epidemic promises to be a bad one in some districts. There have been several deaths, although none within the last week. Antitoxin has been used in almost every case as soon as it was known or thought to be diphtheria. The results have been good, although where it was used one or two deaths have occurred, but this was probably on account of the fact that the disease was well along before the matter was reported to the health department. LANDLADY FOR MANY YEARS. Mrs. John A. Young of Brodhead Passes Away. Brodhead, Wis., April 2.—Mrs. John A. Young died of heart failure at her home in this city yesterday. She was born in Guilderland, N. Y., in 1833 and was about 69 years of age. With her husband she came to Wisconsin in 1858 and since 1863 they have been residents of Brodhead. Mrs. Young was very widely known and esteemed by the traveling community, as she was mistress of the Young house for more than thirty years. BUYS WISCONSIN LANDS. Sionx City Syndicate Invests $85,000 in Bayfield County. Sioux City, Ia., April 2.—T. J. Stevenson of this city, heading a syndicate made up mostly of Sioux City men, has closed a deal for the purchase of 25,000 acres of land in Bayfield county, Wis., southeast of Duluth. All but 3000 acres of the tract is timber land and the men interested expect to realize a fortune. The consideration is said to be about $85,000. They expect a railroad to be extended into the territory and will work their timber interests to the fullest. WATCHMAN ASSAULTED. By Tramps in Brick Yard at Manitou Manitowoc, Wis., April 2.—[Special.]—George Schippon, the night watchman at the yards of the Manitowoc Clay Company, was assaulted the other night by a gang of hobos and quite roughly handled. Sheriff Burt and Deputy Kaufman were summoned and arrived on the scene in time to capture one of the assailants. An effort will be made to run down the rest of the party. OLD BOATMAN KILLED. While Intoxicated Pat McHugh of Green Bay Falls Under Engine. Green Bay, Wis., April 2.—Pat McHugh, an old boatman, was run over and instantly killed by a North-Western switch engine last night. McHugh was crossing the track in an intoxicated condition and fell under the engine. He was 50 years old. GOING TO ENGLAND. Rev. E. L. Jenner will Leave Episcopal Church at Chippewa Falls. Chippewa Falls, Wis., April 2.—[Special.]—Rev. E. Lacells Jenner, rector of Christ's Episcopal Church, has tendered his resignation and accepted a call to an Episcopal church in England. SUICIDE OF AGED MAN. Edward Weimer, Old Resident of Appleton, Shoots Himself. Appleton, Wis., April 2.—Edward Weimer, an old resident of Appleton committed suicide by shooting. He was about 70 years of age and leaves a grown family. DEATH OF HENRYT. WRIGHT Wisconsin Man Dies While Returning from Philippines. PROMOTION IN NAVY. Was Pay Director at the Time of His Death—Enlisted in Company Formed at Jamesville. Janesville, Wis., April 1.—[Special.]—Mrs. Edward Ruger received a letter yesterday from her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Deakin of Philadelphia, containing the sad intelligence of the death of their brother, Pay Director Henry T. Wright. He died in Port Said Mrch 28. A cablegram to relatives in New York was the first announcement and the particular are not known. He was due to leave Manila for New York, via the Suez canal, March 3 and at that time was threatened with typhoid fever. The supposition is that this disease caused his death. Mr. Wright was in Janesville about a year ago in company with his wife, en route for Hong Kong via San Francisco. He was sent out by the navy department to check up the fleet in Eastern waters. His work was completed and he had planned to come home by the Eastern route when stricken by death. Henry Taylor Wright was born in Syracuse, N. Y., February 6, 1843. He was the youngest son of Josiah and Celia B. Wright. While yet a boy the family moved to Wisconsin and located in Janesville. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Twelfth Wisconsin battery and was later transferred to the quartermaster's department, where his ability as an accountant was soon recognized. At the close of the war he enlisted in the regular navy and from the position of a clerk was steadily promoted until he gained the rank and title of paymaster, which position he has occupied for the past thirty years. He traveled extensively in all parts of the world and his assignments on shore included the San Francisco, Washington and Brooklyn navy yards. His last work, before going abroad, was in connection with the Brooklyn yards, where he was appointed as pay director of the entire navy. He was the oldest ranking officer in the department and his long service and experience commanded the respect and highest regard of his associates. In June, 1888, he was married to Miss Julia Spicer of New York. His wife was with him on his last trip. Aside from the wife, two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Deakin of Philadelphia and Mrs. Edward Ruger of this city, and one brother, J. T. Wright of this city, are left to mourn his loss. HAS NO JURISDICTION. State Supreme Court Transfers Washburn Railway Case to the Federal Court. Madison, Wis., April 1.—[Special.]—The decision of the supreme court granting the removal of the Washburn, Bayfield & Iron River Railway case to the federal court continues the idea that it is a grave and important question whether the state, as a sovereign power, has the right to forbid the destruction of one of its railway highways, but that is the ultimate question in the case. The question now is what court shall try it. The opinion written by Justice Dodge is that the United States' statutes must control all courts to which they apply. The United States statute does give the right to the defendant to remove any case arising under the constitutional laws of the United States, and that the powers of the federal courts and their officers, when obeying their orders, are matters controlled by the laws of the United States. The information filed in this case shows that the question presented for decision is whether the circuit court of the United States had jurisdiction and power to command its master in chancery to tear up this railroad. After an examination of a great number of decided cases, the supreme court came to the conclusion that this is a question arising squarely under the laws of the United States and that the federal statutes require that it shall be removed to the federal court upon application of the defendant. Cases are cited showing that the fact that the state is a party does not constitute an obstacle to the removal, even when it is proceeding to enforce a sovereign right, except when that sovereign right consists in the enforcement of a criminal or penal statute. Various detailed objections are discussed and found not sufficient to avoid the force of the statute giving the defendant the right to remove the case. The effect of the decision is to pass over to the United States court the duty to try all questions involved in the case. There is no reason to doubt, says the supreme court, that it will protect any right the state has in its highways. SUICIDE AT WATERTOWN Fred Kufals, and Old Resident, Hangs Himself in His Barn. Watertown, Wis., April 1.—[Special.] —Fred Kufals, an old resident of this city, committed suicide here today by hanging himself in his barn. He was 60 years of age and leaves a large family AUTOS TO CEDARBURG. Will Run Between that Place and Milwaukee. Cedarburg, Wis., April 1.—The Cedarburg & Milwaukee Mobile Company has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000. D. Wittenberg, Jr., was elected president; William Roebken, vice president; J. Fred Wittenberg, secretary, and William F. Freund, treasurer. The company has ordered two twelve-passenger vehicles, which will be ready for delivery about May 1. The route proposed is from Cedarburg through the village of Hamilton, over the Green Bay road, through Thiensville, Brown Deer, to North Milwaukee, where the autos will connect with the electric car line to Milwaukee. Passengers may go to any part of the city from North Milwaukee with through tickets. WISCONSIN MAN PARDONED. President Restores J. H. Tourtillott to His Civil Rights. Washington, D. C., April 1.—The President has pardoned, in order to restore their civil rights, James H. Tourtillott of Wisconsin and Peter J. Monaghan, Jr., of Chicago. French Church at Superior. West Superior, Wis., April 1.—The French people of the city are making arrangements to form a church society and build a structure for the purpose of holding services. In the neighborhood of $2000 has been subscribed for the church and it is promised that it will be erected in the very near future. PLEADS GUILTY TO SWINDLING THE PIOU "Rev." Sidney Lufsky Taken to Oconomowoc to Receive His Sentence. Waukesha, Wis., April 1.—[Special.] —Deputy Sheriff Hildibrand of Oconomowoc was in the city today and he took "Rev." Sidney Lufsky to Oconomowoc to receive his sentence from the judge of the Western district municipal court. Lufsky was charged with having obtained money under false pretenses, passing himself as a minister and then passing checks which were of no value. He worked principally among church people. His case was bound over to the June term of court, but he decided this morning to plead guilty. FAILED TO PAY RECTOR'S SALARY. Rev. William Dafter of Appleton Forced to Write Letter to Fashionable Congregation. Appleton, Wis., April 1.—[Special.]—Grace Episcopal Church congregation, though rather small, is supposedly the most aristocratic of Appleton congregations, numbering a greater percentage of families who assume to be social leaders than any other congregation in the city. For this reason a ripple of mild surprise has been caused by an Easter circular mailed to every member of the congregation Saturday, the closing paragraph of which is as follows: Have you paid your pastor what you owe him? And do you pay your share of the running expenses of the church. The treasurer is not here to submit a statement of the exact condition of the finances, therefore I take the liberty of stating that the pastor has received in salary since last Easter only $280. The bill for fuel is unpaid. The books of the treasurer show that you have contributed for the past year $.... (amount stated). The church treasury is just like any other treasury. You can't get money out of it till you put money into it. If someone owes you a debt and makes no effort to pay it, you call him dishonest. There is such a thing as robbing God. "God has ordained that they preach the Gospel shall live of the Gospel." The pastor rightly looks to the people for his support. If for any reason they withhold his just dues he must suffer. People have no right to take it for granted that because he "got along" last year he will get along somehow this year. Wishing you every blessing and a joyous Easter, I am faithfully your pastor. ROB DOUGLAS COUNTY. Board of Supervisors' Scandal will be Aired In Court at Superior. West Superior, Wis., April 1.—[Special.]—At the term of the superior court which opened this morning a big airing of county affairs is expected to be had. The calendar was called this morning, but the jury cases will not be started until next Monday, when the criminal work will be taken up and a thorough airing of the alleged stealing that has been alleged to have gone on in the county for years will be had through the trial of the cases against Supervisor Joseph G. Naughton and Thomas Clark. Naughton is on trial for forgery. He is charged with having forged the name of Wesley Jones to a bill for $165 to the county for planks alleged to have been furnished the county for road work. The bill was purported to be sworn to before R. J. Shields, an old-time politician. The matters are being pushed by the citizens' committee of the Commercial Club, and it was discovered that Wesley Jones had never been in the timber or lumber business and had never sold any planks to the county. The first move was the arrest of Jones on the charge of perjury, with the result that it was found that he knew nothing of the planks and swore that he had never sworn to the bill. In this examination Naughton and other supervisors swore that they knew nothing of any planks having been furnished the county and Shields himself swore that he attested the signature of Jones without his ever appearing before him and that he purchased the bill from Supervisor Naughton. Naughton skipped the town and Shields was arrested charged with having destroyed the bill, the property of the county, he having got hold of it when he found that it was being questioned. He swore he burned it. In the examination of Shields no intent to defraud in destroying the bill could be shown and so Shields was allowed to go Naughton was later captured, and he is charged with forging the name of Wesley Jones to the bill. The arrests of these men and their examinations have been the biggest sensations in years here, for it has been claimed that the county was being robbed right and left The arrest of Clark was on the charge of perjury. It is claimed that he swore falsely to several hundred dollars' worth of road bills against the county. It is claimed that the people in whose names the bills were made out had never lived here at all. A suit has been brought to stop the road work in the county, $16,000 being paid out for that every year and it being claimed that the money goes into the hands of the county supervisors for the purpose of securing votes. EDGAR HOTEL BURNS. New Building In Village Near Wausau Is Totally Destroyed by Fire Wausau, Wis., April 1.—[Special.]—The hotel of Clayton Rose at Edgar, a village eighteen miles west of here, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is about $5000, partly covered by insurance. Assistance was asked of Wausau, but later a message came saying that the hotel was in ruins and no further danger was anticipated. The building was a new one, being completed last fall. Part of the furniture and fixtures were saved. THORNE PLEADS GUILTY. Admits that He Tried to Shoot Wife and Babe. Racine, Wis., April 1.—Bert Thorne, who was arrested Saturday night charged with trying to shoot his wife and 5-hours-old babe, appeared before Court Commissioner Wentworth, the principal charge being assault with intent to do great bodily harm. He admitted the charge and waived examination. He will go before the municipal judge Wednesday for sentence. VACCINATION KILLED HER Blood Poisoning Caused by Inoculating Vaccine Virus. La Crosse, Wis., April 1.—Mrs. Frank Techmar, wife of a well-known La Crosse citizen, died last night from blood poisoning, which, it is said, was due to vaccination. She was vaccinated several weeks ago. Killed Two Deer at One Shot. Pound, Wis., April 1.—[Special.]—Little Hans Hanson of Hickory while hunting deer last fall killed two deer at one shot. It was the first time that he was allowed to use a gun in the woods. SHOT IN ELECTION ROW. August Ramthun, a Supervisor of Marathon County, Wounded. ASSAILANT ARRESTED. Assessor E. Hoffmeister, it is Alleged, Fired at Him with an Old Army Revolver. Wausau, Wis., March 31.—[Special.] —August Ramthun, supervisor of the town of Wausau, which lies just east of the city, was shot Saturday night while in the saloon of Emil Hackbarth. The saloon, which is situated in the same township about seven miles from here, was the scene of a political jollification. Ramthun, who is a candidate for re-election, together with other candidates was spending his money for electioneering purposes, when E. Hoffmeister, assessor of a neighboring town, entered the saloon. Hoffmeister and Ramthun are of the opposite political parties and at once an argument arose, which grew so warm that bad feeling manifested itself. Hoffmeister claims that Ramthun struck him, but bystanders claim not. At all events, the former pulled an old army revolver from his hip pocket and shot Ramthun, the bullet entering his chest at a point above the right lung, ranging upward and coming out back of the shoulder. In a scuffle which ensued Hoffmeister, it is said, attempted to shoot the bartender, Hackbarth, but his revolver was diverted in an upward direction and the bullet struck the ceiling. Ramthun is a man well thought of in that neighborhood and the man who did the shooting was very roughly handled. After the gun had been taken away from him Hoffmeister was kicked and beaten, his jaw being cut open to the bone from the blow of a revolver. The injured man was taken home, where his wound was found to be so serious that he was brought to a hospital in this ctiy. Hoffmeister is a cripple and has but one arm. Hoffmeister was held in $2000 bail to appear April 7 for trial. He is unable to furnish bail and has been remanded to jail. Ramthun's condition is somewhat improved this afternoon. PLANNED HIS FUNERAL George H. Fry, Who Died Suddenly at La Crosse, Had Made All Arrangements. La Crosse, Wis., March 31.—[Special.] —That George H. Fry of Dubuque, the well-known commercial traveler, who died here suddenly Saturday at the Hotel Law, had a premonition of death is shown by a dispatch from Dubuque today saying that among the things found on his person were papers outlining in detail the way he wished his funeral conducted. He had even selected his pallbearers. Shortly after receiving the news of his death by wire his wife received her daily letter from him and in it he said that he felt very well. DIES IN AWFUL AGONY. Lockjaw Causes Death of a Waukesha Lad-Rusty Nail Brings on Disease. Waukesha, Wis., March 31.—Will Greenwold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Greenwold of Springdale, died of lockjaw. While playing at his home on March 14 the boy fell and a rusty nail penetrated his hand to the bone. Blood poisoning immediately set in and was followed by lockjaw. He was in the greatest agony and but little could be done to relieve him. TRIES DOUBLE MURDER. Racine Man Shoots at His Wife and His 5-Hour-Old Babe. Racine, Wis., March 31.—Bert Thorne, aged 23, was arrested Saturday night charged with attempted wife murder. It is alleged that Thorne, while intoxicated, tried to shoot his young wife and a five-hour old babe, and also two women who were in the house caring for his wife. FATAL ACCIDENTS. Wife of Well Known Racine Farmer Thrown from Buggy and Killed. Racine, Wis., March 31.—Mrs. Gustave Baker, wife of a well-known farmer of Racine county, was instantly killed Saturday night by being thrown from her buggy while driving to her home with a daughter. She was about 42 years of age and leaves a husband and nine children. Kenosha, Wis., March 31.—Frank O'Malley, a brick mason, 27 years old, was killed by a North-Western train at this city while returning from a visit to friends. SCHUPPERT ELECTED. President of the North Wisconsin Association. Glidden, Wis., March 31.—[Special.] The North Wisconsin Teachers' Association closed a very successful meeting at Ashland Saturday evening. It was attended by over 200 teachers and superintendents from the northern part of this state and Michigan. W. L. Schuppert, superintendent of schools of Ashland county, was elected president of the association for the following year. TELEPHONE CAUSES FIRE. Wires Became Crossed and Kimberly Clark Plant is Damaged. Neenah, Wis., March 31.—A telephone wire leading to the Kimberly & Clark paper mill company's offices here was crossed last night with a wire of the interurban electric line and the lower floor of the office building was ruined by the flames which followed. The books and papers were all in the vaults, so the loss will probably not exceed $2000. PLAY AT RIPON. College Students to Give "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Ripon, Wis., March 31.—[Special.]—Ripon College students will present Shakespeare's comedy, "Midsummer Night's Dream," at Stone's Opera house, Wednesday, April 9. The play will be under the direction of Mrs. Harriet C. Saunderson, instructor in elocution. Bride, 74; Groom, 65. Tomah, Wis., March 31.—Mrs. Fanny Baird, 74 years of age, who owns a large farm near here, was married last week to James Winters, 65 years of age, a bachelor, who recently came to this part of the state. Mrs. Baird secured a divorce from a former husband last October. "I was very poorly and could hardly get about the house. I was tired out all the time. Then I tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and it only took two bottles to make me feel perfectly well."—Mrs. N. S. Swinney, Princeton, Mo. Tired when you go to bed, tired when you get up, tired all the time. Why? Your blood is impure, that's the reason. You are living on the border line of nerve exhaustion. Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla and be quickly cured. $1.90 a bottle. All druggists. Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. He knows all about this grand old family medicine. Follow his advice and we will be satisfied. J. C. AYER Co., Lowell, Mass. ALTA MINES COMPANY. A Large Number of Prominent Citizens and Business Men of Milwaukee Interested in the Alta. There are probably few readers of this paper who are unacquainted with the business reputation and high commercial standing of the officers of The Alta Mines Company, whose name appear in connection with another advertisement of this issue. Mr. J. C. Koch was a mayor of the city of Milwaukee and has for many years been the executive head of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company. Mr. Albert C. Blatz is president of the immense brewing interest, which was founded by Valentine Blatz, his father. Some of the principal stockholders of The Alta Mines Company may be alluded to in this connection, it being our purpose simply to show to the reader the character of the gentlemen who are principally interested in this enterprise. These men are: Ellicott R. Stiliman, postmaster, Milwaukee. Theobald Otjen, member of Congress, Milwaukee. John Graf, brewer, Milwaukee. George Brumder, editor of "Germania." Milwankee. John P. Murphy, vice-president Milwaukee National Bank, Milwaukee. Michael Carpenter, president Carpen- Michael Carpenter, president Carpenter-Skiles Baking Co., Milwaukee. George W. Skiles, of Carpenter-Skiles Baking Co., Milwaukee. H. Hoerl, brewer, Milwaukee. I. D. Adler, treasurer David Adler & Sons Clothing Co., Milwaukee. Franz Wollaeger, president Wollaeger Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee. C. F. P. Pullen, cashier German-American Bank, Milwaukee. F. F. Riedel, manager Bay View Branch German-American Bank, Milwaukee. William Franzen, president Northern Glass Works, Milwaukee. Bernard A. Kipp, president B. A. Kipp Furniture Co., Milwaukee. No newspaper, after investigation, could have hesitation in commending to the business consideration of any reader the merits of the investment which The Alta Mines Company offers in its advertisement. Those persons who are now the principal owners of the stock which has been sold, regard it as a "good thing." The face of the returns, as the editor says on the day after election, appears to indicate that they are not mistaken in their opinion. Drink Ping-Pong Punch and be Strictly "In It." The ping-pong craze has broken out in a new form. New York society folks were somewhat agast a few days ago when they learned that the patrons of the new game had covered the pool and billiard tables and converted them into ping-pong courts, upon which tournaments are now being arranged. But club men were wholly unprepared to be served with ping-pong as their Easter drink, which is supposed to usher in the summer and the hord of rickeys which are considered appropriate to the strawhat season. Ping-pong punch is an importation and is considered as essential to the new parlor game as tea is to golf. It has for a basis cold tea, brandy sauterne and benedictine. It is said to be particularly pleasing after a warm game, and its introduction to the West is a matter of but a few weeks. Trust in Fancy Horses. Few of the wealthy members of trusts who are buying high-class horses at Lexington, Ky., are aware that a trust controls the blue grass horse market. The business runs into the millions of dollars, as from 7000 to 8000 horses are sold annually by the trust, which is composed of about twenty leading fancy horse dealers, with headquarters near Lexington. They have agents in all parts of the country buying young horses, which are shipped to Kentucky and handled until ready for sale. Each week a carload of fancy horses is shipped to New York and Chicago and many to Atlanta, Ga. Washington Star. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. The Irish language is above all others the language of lovers. You may find in French, or Spanish, or Italian, superlatives or diminutives of endearment, but you will never find anything so soft, so sweet, so subtle, so sad, and sometimes so rapturously extravagant, as you will find in the Irish language.—Sidney Freeman Color Line Interfered. Kentucky was the first state to allow women to vote on school questions, but at the last school board election in Lexington 1900 colored women and only 700 white women registered. This state of affairs has caused the introduction in the state Legislature of a law entirely disfranchising women. —In 1900 cottonseed added 1.14 cents to the value of each pound of cotton, or $54,000,000 to the wealth of cotton-raisers. The return would have been $80,000,000 if all the seed had been crushed for oil. —England buys from Russia $15,000,000 worth of eggs per annum. NO MORE DRINKING KILLS APPETITE FOR LIQUOR A home cure without patient's knowledge. Endorsed by leading temperance people. PROF. KOCH'S INTEMPERANCE REMEDY CANDY CATHARTIC Cascarets BEST FOR THE BOWELS ONLY SOUR PEPSIN CUM! CURES Hea'ache and Indigestion. Hardens gums; sweetens the breath. Indeed by leading physicians. Local AGENTS WANTED. Good side line. Address INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CO., 92 La Salie St., Chicago, Ill. BOOK OF 100 POPULAR TOASTS—Something new. Ten cents. HUB SUPPLY CO. Box 367 F, Columbus, Ohio. STINE SMALL POX ALABASTINE --- The Only Durable Wall Coating Kalsomines are temporary, rot, rub off and scale Write us and see how helpful we can be, in getting beautiful and healthful Alabastine Co., Department D, G Mayer's SHOE Mayer's shoes for the FARMER, M etc., are made of strong and tough reliable in every respect and are satisfactory wear. PRICE from $2.00 up. Ask your and look for the trade mark stam every shoe. now helpful we can be, at no cost to you, beautiful and healthful homes. Address Department D, Grand Rapids, Mich. SHOES MILWAUKEE F.MAYER B.A.S.CO. CUSTOM MADE for the FARMER, MINER, LABORER, strong and tough leather. They are respect and are guaranteed to give 00 up. Ask your dealer for our shoes trade mark stamped on the sole of Write us and see how helpful we can be, at no cost to you, in getting beautiful and healthful homes. Address Mayfield Mayer's shoes for the FARMER, MINER, LABORER, etc., are made of strong and tough leather. They are reliable in every respect and are guaranteed to give satisfactory wear. PRICE from $2.00 up. Ask your dealer for our shoes and look for the trade mark stamped on the sole of every shoe. F. MAYER BOOT & SHOE CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. 29 YEARS SELLING DIRECT. WE ARE THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF vehicles and harness in the world sell- ing to consumers, and we have been do- ing business in this way for 29 years. WE HAVE NO AGENTS but ship anywhere for examination guaranteeing safe delivery. You are outnothing if not satisfied. We make 195 styles of vehicles and 65 styles of harness. Our prices represent the cost of material and making, plus one profit. Our large free catalogue shows complete line. Send for it. HARNESS COMPANY, ELKHART, IND. No. 740 Open Stankope. Has 1/4 inch Kelly rubber tires. Price. $82. As good as sells for $50 more. --- Nurses' Experience. Medical men say that a good nurse in a difficult case is better than medicine, but when we can get a good nurse and good medicine, the patient stands a much better chance of recovery. The few words of advice given below by nurse Eliza King, are well worthy the attention of all readers: "I have constantly used St. Jacobs Oil in the various situations I have occupied as nurse, and have invariably found it excellent in all cases requiring outward application, such as sprains, bruises, rheumatic affections, neuralgia, etc. In cases of pleurisy it is an excellent remedy—well rubbed in. I can strongly recommend it after several years' use and experience. It should be in every household." Sister CAROLINA, St. Andrew's Hospital, writes: "I have found St. Jacobs Oil a most efficacious remedy in gout; also in sprains and bruises. Indeed, we cannot say too much in its praise, and our doctor is ordering it constantly." CATARRH ELY'S CREAM BALM CATARRH ROSE COLD HAY FEVER CURES COLD IN HEAD DEEPNESS HEADACHE ELY BROS. NEW YORK CATARRH HAY FEVER Gives Relief at once It cleanses, soothes and heals the diseased membrane. It cures Catarr- b and drowns a Cold in the Heat quickly. It absorbed Heals as Restores the Senses of 50c. Trial Size 100 c: at FLY BROTHERS. 50 JUSTTHINKOFIT Every farmer his own landlord, no incumbrances, his bank account increasing year by year, land value increasing, stock increasing, splendid climate, excellent schools and churches, low taxation, high prices 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE for cattle and grain, low railway rates, and every possible comfort. This is the condition of the farmer in Western Canada, Province of Manitoba and districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Thousands of Americans are now settled there. Reduced rates on all railways for home-seekers and settlers. New districts are being opened up this year. The new 40-page Atlas of Western Canada sent free to all applicants. Apply to F. Pedley, Supt. of Immigration, Ottawa. Can. or to T. O. Currie, 1 New, Insurance Buildia. v. Milwaukee, Wis., Agent for Government of Canada. who uses intoxicating liquors to excess, owes it to himself, all loved ones and his community to secure prompt release from such bondage, which permanent disease. The EVERY DRINKING MAN who uses intoxicating liquors to excess, owes it to himself, all loved ones and his community to secure prompt release from such bondage, which quickly becomes a permanent disease. The habit is easily cured by the Great Wellington Home Treatment at home. It has cured thousands. Write today for important booklet, by one who was cured 7 years ago after suffering 15 years. A great specific, also, for ill-effects of sprees. Write NOW, in full confidence to The Wellington Co., P. O. Box 689, Milwaukee, Wis For sale everywhere. By mail $1.00. The Koch Pharmaceutical Co., Berlin and N. Y. THE A. SPIEGEL CO., Agts., Milwaukee, Wis. Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." No. 301 Buggy. Price, $59.00. As good as sells for $25.00 more. PRATT CARRIAGE & How Mrs. Weyler Decided It. The Manila Critic relates that when Gen. Weyler was sent as governor general to Manila Don Carlos Palanca, the wealthy Spaniardized Chinaman, whose funeral last September was marked by great pomp, determined to send Mrs. Weyler a gift, the customary way of obtaining the good will of the Spanish officials. He found at a jeweler's two necklaces, each costing $20,000, and both being so beautiful that he could not choose between them. So he sent them both to Mrs. Weyler, with the message that she should make her choice. He received a warm letter of thanks from her, stating that the necklaces were so beautiful that she could not decide between them and hence would keep both, which she did. Bright's Disease Cured. Sullivan, Ill., March 31.—Mrs. Kitty F. Seaney was very ill for months and notwithstanding the best possible medical attendance she got no better. The doctors said she had Bright's Disease, and gave her little or no hope of ever being well again. She suffered great pain in her back, which nothing seemed able to relieve, till at last encouraged by the reputation Dodd's Kidney Pills have attained in the community as a cure for Kidney Diseases, she began to use them. The result was a surprise both to Mrs. Seaney and the physicians, for soon after the treatment was commenced her kidneys threw off large quantities of dark diseased matter and she improved rapidly. She used in all ten boxes, and has completely recovered good health without pain or symptoms of the Bright's Disease. Inadequate Punishment. Two German non-commissioned officers have been sentenced to imprisonment for one year and nine months respectively for maltreating a private with such persistence that he committed suicide to escape their persecution. EARLIEST RUSSIAN MILLET. Will you be short of hay? If so plant a plenty of this prodigally prolific millet. 5 to 8 Tons of Rich Hay Per Acre. Price, 50 lbs. $1.90; 100 lbs. $8.00 Less Freight. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. C Hottest Place on Earth. The hottest place on earth last year was on the Persian side of the Gulf of Persia. During ten consecutive days in July and August the temperature never fell below 100 degrees. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50-cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. —British fruit-growers are adopting the idea of covering their crops with paper sheets during the cold nights. A small outlay in labor and paper results in considerable saving in the long run. It requires no experience to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simply boiling your goods in the dye is all that's necessary. Sold by druggists. The sand filtration plant in Albany is saving nearly 500 lives a year, as shown by comparative statistics. I have used Piso's Cure for Consumption with good results. It is all right. John W. Henry, Box 642, Fostoria, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1901. The manufacture of sugar in Italy now suffices for two-thirds of the national consumption. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for Children teething; softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle. In New York city alone there are now about 400,000 Germans. Buy THE ROSWELLE HAT. Style, quality and finish always correct. Take no other. The smallpox epidemic has cost London $5,000,000. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2.00 trial bottle and treatise. DR. K. H. KLINE, Ltd., 631 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Thirty millions of artificial teeth are used each year. For something good, try Mrs. Austin's Famous Pan Cake Flour, ready in a jiffy. Your grocer has it on hand. There are only 100 public telephones in all Belgium. and other disease germs are nurtured and diseases disseminated by wall paper No. 740 Open Stanhope. Has 1/4 Inch Kelly rubber tires. Price. 882. As good as sells for 850 more. ELKHART, IND Augustus Boardman Colt, long a familiar figure in the financial district of New York city, is dead from paralysis. It is announced that the long-deferred marriage of Miss Lily Oelrichs and Peter Martin will take place in the first week of July at Newport. Mrs. Poultney Bigelow, accompanied by her daughter Mildred, arrived here on the Oceanic. Mrs. Bigelow declined to discuss the report that she had come here to begin proceedings against her husband for divorce. Mrs. Charles Oelrichs, Miss Lily Oelrichs, and Peter Martin have been house hunting in Newport. This gives confirmation to the report that the wedding of Miss Oelrichs and Mr. Martin will take place this spring. The only live musk ox ever exhibited on the American continent has been received at the Bronx park. The animal was purchased by William C. Whitney for $1000, and by him presented to the Zoological park. Only three specimens of the musk ox have ever reached civilization alive. Miss Alice Fisher, who recently made a hit in "Frocks and Frills" at Daly's theater, will star next season in a new play, "Mrs. Jack," written for her by Grace Furness. Henry Harris, who is at present managing Robert Edeson in "Soldiers of Fortune," will be Miss Fisher's manager. The new steel yacht built for Frank J. Gould at the Seabury ship yards, Morris Heights," was launched recently. A large crowd, including 150 guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gould, was present. The vessel was christened Helenita by Mrs. Gould, who was Miss Helen Kelly. The yacht cost about $250,000. Prices of fresh meats are rising rapidly here, and although the retailers have not advanced their prices as the wholesale dealers have, they will do so within the next few days. Every spring the price of meat goes up, but this year the prices are higher than for many years past. Large demands for export are said to have caused the advances. It is learned that Peter Murphy, one of the worst-injured survivors of the Park avenue tunnel wreck, the man who declined to be rescued from the debris and steam of the telescoped passenger car after he was told that his removal would cause timbers to fall and imperil the lives of others, has settled his claim for damages against the New York Central Railroad Company for $18,500. Mr. Murphy lost a leg. The formal announcement made recently of the engagement of Miss Lila Vanderbilt Sloane to William Bradhurst Osgood Field excited no surprise, as it had been talked of for some time. Miss Sloane is one of the three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas Sloane. Her mother is a daughter of the late William H. Vanderbilt. Mr. Field is a descendant of Samuel Osgood, the first postmaster general of the United States. A policeman, speaking of the slang of criminals and policemen, said the other day: "There is one phrase I never have seen any slang writers use." "What's that?" "Nabbed the jigger in a rattler." "What does it mean?" "Caught the thief in a belt line car." And his companion went away better versed in slang and wondering at the divine use of words. Plans for a large hotel at Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street, which have caused much annoyance among the multi-millionaires of that district, have been checked. The movement for the erection of the hostelry was ended by the purchase of the site, 100x125 feet, by William K. Vanderbilt and William D. Sloane. It is said $1,000,000 was paid. They will hold the land for a buyer who will sign an ironclad agreement to erect thereon nothing but a high-grade residence. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will have to pay a round $1,000,000 a year, and probably more, for the privilege of building a tunnel and station and doing business on a grand scale in the heart of New York city. The city tax officials are, it is true, counting chickens before they are hatched in estimating the tax on the Pennsylvania company's new enterprises, but, on account of the advanced stage of the tunnel legislation, they consider they are warranted in figuring on the minimum of the company's payments. It is expected an unusually attractive feature of the spring opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art early in May will be an exhibition of the collection of paintings owned by the late William H. Vanderbilt and now at the home of George W. Vanderbilt, Fifty-first street and Fifth avenue. It is said the paintings will be loaned to the museum for a year during the absence of George W. Vanderbilt, who, with his wife, sailed yesterday on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. There are several hundred pictures in this famous collection and it has never been publicly exhibited. Albert Herniques, son of the founder of the Open Board of Stock Brokers, and cousin of Alex Henriques, for many years chairman of the New York stock exchange and himself a life-long member, had a pleasant dream the other night. He awakened his wife and told her that he must be on Wall street on the morrow at noon to invest in a certain security. Mr. Henriques had been ill and his wife determined to permit him to sleep. "Mrs. Henriques goes without her Easter bonnet," says Mr. Henriques now. "My dream would have brought me in at least $60,000. Richard Mansfield, the actor who dares and the man who can, has commenced suit for $50,000 against the Daily Telegraph for printing a story on March 2, 1900, under the caption: "Mansfield assaults waiter and is barred from Cincinnati hotel. Proprietor orders actor to leave the premises after his week is out. Thespian had hurled a pork chop in the face of the caravansary employee, who was prevented from attacking his assailant by guests." This article is designated in the complaint drawn up by the firm of Dittenhoefer, Gerber & James, the plaintiff's attorneys, as false, defamatory, malicious, libelous and injurious to Mr. Mansfield. It has damaged him professionally, says the complaint, to the extent of $50,000. The papers have been served. Poor Florence Burns! It would seem that her troubles are not yet ended. She had not, it seems, been out of the meshes of the law twenty-four hours before she was deluged with letters of sympathy. They gave her no trouble at all. But it was the mass of letters that poured in upon her from lovesick swains. Added to the missives from these fellows, who all declared they had their hearts ready for her and the minister, too, if she would only say the word, her lawyer says have come a score of propositions from people who want her to go on the stage, and who promise her all the way from $200 to $500 a week. Her lawyer says all these letters have gone to the waste basket and that Florence has no notion of marrying anybody and will not go on the stage. A squash court, a stable and carriage house are to be built by J. Henry Smith for his own use on the site occupied by Dickel's Riding academy, in Fifty-fifth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, and running through to Fifty-sixth street. Mr. Smith recently bought the property, through McVickar & Co., from Charles T. Barney. The purchase price of the premises was a little less than $300,000. It is said that the cost of the squash court, stable and carriage building will be at least $200,000. Mr. Smith inherited a fortune from his uncle, George Smith, once of Chicago, who died suddenly at the Reform Club in London on October 7, 1899. J. Henry Smith is a member of the brokerage firm of Geddes & Smith, and is known as "the silent man of Wall street." If some of the Wall street firms don't keep their weather eyes open, especially upon their younger members, they will be short of help during business hours, for the game of ping-pong has taken a hold on the "boys" immensely. In fact, some of the brokers devote their lunch time playing the game, much to the loss of the buffet counters. Of course, the ping-pong craze on the street is tabooed during the business hours, but no one knows what inroads it will make if the older heads don't put their foot down. As it is, just as the day's business is over there is a rush for certain customers' rooms where the layout is ready, and then the fun begins. High stakes have already been played for, and two well-known brokers, it is said, will soon be matched for $1000 a side. Some dazzling sights are seen in Battery park since the spring tide of immigration has set in. Several hundred Portuguese immigrants who were parading about the barge office afforded a sight rarely seen in this vicinity. It was a carnival of color. Most of the men wore blue trousers, yellow shirts, red scarfs, brown coats and black sombreros. The most striking features about the dress of the women were the shawls. They were generally green, although there was a good showing of yellow shawls and an occasional one of pink. One girl wore a scarlet shawl that made the horses down at the Battery blink. Few of the women wore hats, a lace mantilla framing the hair and answering for all purposes of headgear. As for the children, they were grandly decked in garments of such dazzling brilliancy as to eclipse the rainbow. When Cissy Loftus left our shores with Sir Henry Irving a look of deep annoyance clouded her face. Miss Loftus' terrier Jingo was the cause of it all. At least, Jingo's appetite caused Miss Loftus' annoyance. While stopping in an uptown hotel Jingo, by his unmistakable actions, made known to his mistress that he was hungry. "Send me a bone for Jingo," was her order to the hotel clerk. Up came the bone. Up also came a check, which read: "Restaurant, 30 cents." After Miss Loftus was restored to consciousness, she entered into a lively discussion with the hotel clerk about the price of the meat. She hinted that 30 cents should provide a course dinner for a canine. Arguments availed her not, so the bone was removed. So was Jingo. So were Miss Loftus' trunks. And with such unkind feelings did the future "Marguerite" leave our shores. Just to demonstrate how cheaply the human body can be palatably and satisfactorily nourished, an experimental restaurant has been opened at City Hall place. A nutritious and hygienically prepared meal may be had for 1 cent. Any of the 1-cent portions, says the bill of fare, contains "food elements sufficient to supply the nourishment required in a full meal." For 1 cent the bill of fare provides a large bowl of very thick pea soup, a bowl of steamed hominy, a bowl of steamed oats or a bowl of barley soup. Anyone of the above, with a slice of whole-wheat bread and butter, can be had for 5 cents. Potatoes with any of the soups will cost 5 cents. Pot roast and potatoes, with bread and butter, for 10 cents, is the most expensive course on the bill. Food coffee, with milk, will be 3 cents, and pudding 5 cents. Everything on the bill of fare may be had for 62 cents. A young Frenchman named Ernest Charleton sailed for France on La Touraine after only a few days in New York, and if he has as good a time going home as he had coming here on the same ship he will have nothing to complaint about. He was a stowaway, and he was a phenomenally lucky one. He was, somehow, not detected by the ship's purser, and he dined regularly and well at the steerage table three times a day. He was the first to begin eating at meal times and the last to be filled, and he smoked almost incessantly cigarettes or cigars that were given him by friends he made. The immigration authorities found him out when he attempted to land, and that was Charleton's undoing. He tried to assume the name of a man whose acquaintance he made on the ship, but when confronted with this man he confessed he was a stowaway. For "cheek" Charleton went back to France with an unsurpassed stowaway record. The suits of armor that men have found it necessary to assume in order to prepare themselves for the pleasures of automobiling are apparently becoming just as necessary to women. In a Fifth avenue shop there are some Paris headdresses for women that are designed to protect them from the dangers of this sport. No other purpose could have resulted in such hideous products of millinery. Some are supplied with a screen of isinglass that falls in front of the face. Others have olack veils, thick and impenetrable, hanging from them. Some of black leather are suitably supplied with black isinglass shield. Most of them are in the form of the Napoleonic hats seen several seasons ago. All of them are equally ugly, and whatever other results may follow the present interest in the automobile, it may be truthfully said that it tried to make its feminine devotees dress more unbecomingly than any other sport ever demanded. Statements have been printed recently to the effect that there has been high play at roulette by members of some of the fashionable clubs in the house at 5 East Forty-fourth street. The street directory gives that house as the residence of Richard A. Canfield. Mr. Canfield is in Europe. To be more specific, he is at Moute Carlo. Police Capt. Lantry was asked if he'd ever heard that 5 East Forty-fourth street was a gambling house. He said he had, and added: "And I've been trying to get evidence against the place for two years or more, and never a bit have I been able to get. I read these stories about young Reginald Vanderbilt and a party of friends from the Knickerbocker Club going around there the other night and how young Vanderbilt lost something like $100,000. It's my duty to investigate such things if they happen in my precinct." Capt. Lantry's investigation, according to his story, consisted in asking a servant at Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt's if anyone there ever gambled, and she said no, of course not. Then Capt. Lantry's man went to the Knickerbocker Club and asked a servant there the same question, and the servant was sure no member of the club ever did such a thing. DAN GROSVENOR SAYS: "Pe-ru-na is an Excellent Spring Catarrh Remedy---I am as Well as Ever." B. H. H. HON. DAN. A. GROSVENOR. OF THE FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY. HON. DAN. A. GROSVENOR, OF THE FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY. Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor for the War Department, in a letter written from Washington, D. C., says: "Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived from one bottle of Peruna. One week has brought wonderful changes and I am now as well as ever. Besides being one of the very best spring tonics it is an excellent catarrh remedy."---- DAN. A. GROSVENOR. In a recent letter he says: "I consider Peruna really more meritorious than I did when I wroet you last. I receive numerous letters from acquaintances all over the country asking me if my certificate is genuine. I invariably answer, yes."----Dan. A. Grosvenor. "I consider Peruna really more meritorious than I did when I wroet you last. I receive numerous letters from acquaintances all over the country asking me if my certificate is genuine. I invariably answer, yes."-Dan. A. Grosvenor. "I consider Peruna really more meritorious you last. I receive numerous letters from acc country asking me if my certificate is genuine yes."---Dan. A. Grosvenor. a cure of catarrh. If a course of Peruna is taken during the early spring months the cure will be prompt and permanent. There can be no failures if Peruna is taken intelligently during the favorable weather of spring. As a systemic catarrh remedy Peruna cradicates catarrh from the system wherever it may be located. It cures catarrh of the stomach or bowels with the same certainty as catarrh of the head. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. NES COMPANY, THE ALTA MINES CO THE ALTA MINES COMPANY, OF TELLURIDE, COLORADO. TWENTY PER CENT. DIVIDENDS ARE CENT. Buyers of Stock in THE ALTA MINES COMMIT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. DIVIDENDS ARE financial history of nearly every great mine in the stock of most of the bonanza mines of America very small figures to the zenith of their quotations. well known properties as the Portland, the Gold mines are modern instances of where early sales prices—whose tremendous subsequent advances end. The Alta possesses just such possibilities. The day is as sure of reaping dividends of NOT LESS A YEAR as if the government gave him that guaranty will PROBABLY BE DOUBLED within a year. it will be MULTIPLIED FIVE TIMES OVER THE ACTUAL ORE. Write to us for a copy of our prospectus and Alta Nugget." It won't cost you anything. DOS ARE CERTAIN to be paid to MINES COMPANY at 30c a share. DIVIDENDS ARE POSSIBLE. The great mine in this country shows that mines of America struggled up from their quotations. Such magnificent and kind, the Gold Coin and the Anaconda were early sales were made at very low but advances enriched the shareholders' possibilities. The buyer of its stock to NOT LESS THAN 20 PER CENT.aim that guaranty. The dividend rate within a year. It is quite possible that TIMES OVER. THE ALTA HAS prospectus and of our Magazine, "The anything. GAN & FINCK, Gents, Alta Mines Company, Pabst Building, Milwaukee. JOHN C. KOCH, Milwaukee, President. ALBERT C. BLATZ, Milwaukee, Treasurer ALBERT C. KOCH, Western Manager. CHARLES BUEHNER, Milwaukee, Sec'y. TWENTY PER CENT. DIVIDENDS ARE CERTAIN to be paid to Buyers of Stock in THE ALTA MINES COMPANY at 30c a share. ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. DIVIDENDS ARE POSSIBLE. The financial history of nearly every great mine in this country shows that the stock of most of the bonanza mines of America struggled up from very small figures to the zenith of their quotations. Such magnificent and well known properties as the Portland, the Gold Coin and the Anaconda mines are modern instances of where early sales were made at very low prices—whose tremendous subsequent advances enriched the shareholders. The Alta possesses just such possibilities. The buyer of its stock today is as sure of reaping dividends of NOT LESS THAN 20 PER CENT. A YEAR as if the government gave him that guaranty. The dividend rate will PROBABLY BE DOUBLED within a year. It is quite possible that it will be MULTIPLIED FIVE TIMES OVER. THE ALTA HAS THE ACTUAL ORE. Write to us for a copy of our prospectus and of our Magazine, "The Alta Nugget." It won't cost you anything. WIN. J. MORGAN & H. Financial Agents, The Alta Mines Co. Pabst Rheumatism Cured Trial Box Free. Also book telling all about your case. Address JOHN A. SMITH, 77 German a Bld., Milwaukee, Wis. 100 improved farms in St. Croix Co., Wis. 60.00 acres in So. Minn. and Eastern So. Dakota. Write or call ADAMS & GLOVER FARM LAND CO., Herman building, Milwaukee, Wis. TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES The Milwaukee County Hospital Training School for Nurses (Incorporated) offers superior advantages for the training of women between the ages of 23 and 35 years who desire to become graduate trained nurses; diplomas given on completion of course; monthly cash allowance and no tuition or board expenses, all furnished free by the school. For announcements, application blanks, etc., address E. C. Grosskopf, M. D., Superintendent, Milwaukee County Hospital, Wauwatosa, Wis. WANTED: Managing agent in each county. Big profit. No experience necessary. Write today. Enclose stamp. MARINETTE SPECIALTY MFG. CO., Marinette, Ia. BARGAINS in So. Dak. lands. 480 acres adjoining Mitchell at $22.50 per acre; 160 acres 5 miles south of Raymond, Clark Co., $12 per acre. CENTRAL ADJUSTMENT CO., 424 Fourth street, Sloux City, Ia. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS please say you saw the Advertisement in this paper. PISO'S CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS Best Cough byrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Sold by druggists. CONSUMPTION are restricted and only In a recent letter he says: Hon. H. W. Ogden, Congressman from Louisiana, in a letter written at Washington, D. C., says the following of Peruna, the national catarrh remedy: "I can conscientiously recommend you Peruna as a fine tonic and all around good medicine to those who are in need of a catarrh remedy. It has been commended to me by people who have used it, as a remedy particularly effective in the cure of catarrh. For those who need a good catarrh medicine I know of nothing better."—H. W. Ogden. Treat Catarrh in Spring. The spring is the time to treat catarrh. Cold, wet winter weather often retards Respectfully yours, Bread and Butter Missing. When he questioned his mother as to why father went to an office and what he did there, his mother said: "Father goes to the office to make bread and butter for us, dear." Last week mother and son went down to that wonderful office. While the mother was talking busily the child went on a tour of investigation. Not a box or drawer within his reach escaped his bright eyes. At each pile of snuffy, dusty papers which he discovered the child's face grew more disappointed and perplexed. A little sharply father said: "Tommy, what are you after in those boxes and drawers?" "I was looking for the bread and butter mother said you made," replied the child in a tearful way, "and I didn't find one slice."—New York Evening Sun. 1.213 Bus. Onions Per Acre. Salzer's New Method of onion culture makes it possible to grow 1,200 and more bus. per acre. f onion culture makes and more bus. per acre. There is no vegetable that pays better. The Salzers annually distribute nearly one eighth of a million lbs. of onion seed, selling same at 60c. and up per lb. For 16c. and this ```markdown ``` For 16c. and this Notice John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis., will mail you their mammoth catalog, together with 150 kinds of flower and vegetable seeds. Market gardeners' list, 2c postage. C.N.U. —Sleeping after eating is condemned by a German physician, who has shown experimentally that stomach movements are lessened and acidity is induced. DAN. A. GROSVENOR. FARM LANDS FOR SALE Reed Bros & Lennon GRAND AVE. & THIRD ST. Recognized Fashion Leaders in Cloaks and Suits. Wednesday's Blk Goods Sale Our sale of fine black dress goods the past two days was a wonderful success—Tomorrow we expect our Dress Goods Section to be crowded to standing room only. The bargains we quote here are exceptional—and we would urge those who are interested to call as early as possible—and avoid the afternoon crowd—thus getting every possible benefit. These for Wednesday only Black All-wool Granite—the hard twisted fabric for summer wear, very serviceable and stylish—quality sells everywhere at 75c. One day.... 49c 25 pieces New Figured Black Goods—neat tasty up-to-date styles in silk and wool, mohair and fine worsteds—$1.25 and $1.50 grades. Wednesday.... 85c See our new Fancy Silks and Waistings. Specials in the k Department Suit and Cloak Department New Walking Skirts, in unlimited variety of latest styles, elegantly tailored. One lot of Meltons in black and blue. New Jackets-A most beautiful showing for women, misses and children, nearly every new style, color and material, prices ranging from See our $1.00 P. N. Corsets. Wash Goods Extra To start the month with a big crowd we offer the two following special bargains: 5000 yards Percales in dots, stripes, checks and figured effects, in blue, red, and black and white, 10c kind, at..... 5c New Linen Colored Batiste and French Lawns in Persian stripes, scroll and figured effects, stripes, etc., 12½c values, Wednesday at..... 9c WITTE'S NEXT MOVE. Having Failed in His Attempt t Disgrace German Ambassador, What will be His Next Step. THE MAYOR OF BOSTON Washington secret service authorities are wondering what will be the next step of Emil Witte, the discharged German embassy employee, who recently attempted to revenge himself on the German ambassador by charging him with conspiracy against this government. A Suggestive Combination. I overheard a rather good story the other day in which Bishop Doane figures. The bishop was standing in front of a drug store in Washington avenue nearly opposite the capitol, talking to a well-known surgeon of this city and the proprietor of the drug store. Nearly in front of the drug store was an undertaker's wagon, which the owner had left there for a few moments while he went into a store to make a purchase. At this juncture, as the novelists say, along came a prominent Albanian who was well acquainted with the bishop, the surgeon and the druggist. He was about to stop and pass the time of day with the group, when he happened to be struck with the peculiar combination. Turning to the bishop, he said: "Doctor, druggist, priest and undertaker's wagon—that combination is a little too suggestive to suit me. I'll pass." And he passed along on his way, followed by the hearty laughter of the bishop and his friends.—Albany Press Knickerbocker Animals with Three Eyes. Nearly everyone has heard of the tuatara, the curious, iguanalike-looking creature, now found on only one or two islands off the coast of New Zealand, and supposed to be the oldest living type of animal on the face of the globe. One of the most curious features is an organ on the head, which at one time was spoken of as the pineal gland, but which 39c 69c New Blouse Suits, just received, made of broadcloths, in tans, blues and reds—blouse made with new sleeve, moire or velvet collar, satin or taffeta lined, elegant fitting, skirts with deep flounce. Special price $12.00 New White Goods 50 pieces Madras and Lace Striped and Checked Dimities, special price Wednesday, a yard.....15c 25 pieces Mercerized Striped Dotted and Lace Effects, for waists and dresses, various weaves, regular 35c goods, Wednesday special, a yard.....29c Northwestern House APPLETON, WIS. JOHN A. BRILL, - Proprietor. Terms $1.00 Per Day. Accommodations the best in the State. When in Appleton stop at the NORTHWESTERN WHEN IN MADISON Call at the Avenue Hotel... M. J. REGAN, Prop. $2.00 Rate..... TAKEN FROM LEE: OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted). This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation of the world that makes kinky or early hair straight as shown above. It nourishes the scalp and prevents the hair from falling out or breaking off, cures dandruff and makes the hair grow long and silky. Sold over forty years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonials free on request. It was the first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of taints. Get the original organized Ox Marrow as a genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet hairstyle for ladies, gentlemen and children. Elegantly perfumed. The great advantage of this wonderful pomade is that by its use you can straighten your own hair at home. Owing to its superior and lasting qualities it is the best and most economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation够 to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by druggists and dealers or send us 50 cents for one or $1.40 for three boxes. Mail all express charges. Send metal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. $3.48 Spring Millinery Women's Nobby Hats--in ready-to-wear styles, made of Tuscan and fancy straw braids, trimmed very "chic" $3.75 and up-to-date, Wed.. Silk and Velvet Roses--six in a bunch--all colors-- Wednesday, bunch.....19c $1.25 KidGloves for 79c Women's two-clasp soft finish Kid Gloves in all shades of tans, modes, gray, browns, reds, green, including black and white, selected from our $1.25 lines, Wednesday a pair..... 79c New "Gibson" Belts Black Silk Taffeta, Moi Belts, tucked and plain, the newest styles of buckles, Wed'day special. 48c Center Aisle. 15c Wash Laces for 9c 6000 yards fine Point de Paris, Normandy Val., Duchess, Platt Vals. and French Torchon lace edgings and insertions, regular 15c values, Wednesday, a yard..... 9c Remnants Allovers 500 Short Lengths—a manufacturer's sample line of silk and lace allovers—1/4 and 1/2 yard in a piece, worth to $4.00 a yard, Wednesday, apiece 25c Dress Shields Best Stockinet Peerless brand, all sizes, 2, 3 and 4, the regular 121c and 15c qualities Wednesday, all sizes..... 7c Ribbon Extra Novelty and plain all-silk Ribbons in the new spring colorings, 3-in. wide, values 15c. Wednesday a yard Dr. Dendy discovered to be in reality a third eye. His paper on the subject caused the greatest interest in the English scientific circles, and, as an illustration of the way in which research is specialized nowadays, it may be mentioned that while Dr. Dendy devoted himself to the study of the third eye one distinguished English biologist is "working out" the skeleton, another the kidneys, and so forth. In a short time, therefore, our anatomical knowledge of the tuatara ought to be complete. More recently Dr. Dendy has discovered another New Zealand creature possessing a third eye. This is the New Zealand lamprey, a favorite article of food among the Maoris. The third eye is situated right on top of the head and is covered with a thin coating of skin. It is doubtful whether it is now of any practical use for seeing, but Dr. Dendy believes that at one time, far back in the world's history, there were two eyes on the back of the lamprey's head. He is further of the opinion that at one time the tuatara also had two eyes where now only one remains. In the tuatara it is the left eye which has survived, while in the lamprey it is the right one.—Melbourne Argus. WINTER LIFE IN INDIANA Guessing Matches that Find Favor with Enterprising Hostesses. Something new in entertainments is always welcomed by the hostess who is planning to keep "open house." The two plans here given have been tried with success, and they are adapted to groups of persons of various ages. The musical entertainment does not require musicians to play it, as the knowledge of music needed is such as almost every person possesses. Here are a few sample questions which will serve to show the general character of the first contest: What miss is alone? Amiss. What miss was at fault? Remiss. What miss met with disaster? Misfortune. Other words may be used in this same manner. Those ending in "Kate," as indicate, delicate, masticate, are readily made out; and there are still other endings equally good. The second entertainment might be termed a musical comedy. The hostess requests each guest to carry or wear some article which shall represent a musical term. Some of the guests at an entertainment of this kind wore or carried the following: A diminutive key, the word of and a picture of a drum major.....Key of A major Picture of an apartment house.....Flats Advertisement of sarsaparilla.....Tonic Torn bit of cloth, picture of a clock..... ....Rag-time Photograph of the wearer.....Mi (one) Kentucky's Queerest Citizen. We have near this place a man who is 60 years old, was in the Civil war, and has every dollar of his war money, has the suit of clothes he wore the day Lee surrendered, has slept in a bed but four nights in six years, and has had a coat on but once since 1890, and that was five years ago, the 11th of last October, when William Jennings Bryan spoke in Elizabethtown. He has never been married, and was never known to go to church. He is a man in good circumstance. neighborly and honest.—Elizabethtown (Ky.) News. TEMPERANCE TALKS. THE RUM TRAFFIC SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED. Dangers that Always Lurk in the Flowing Bowl-How Bright and Influential Men Have Been Dragged Down by the Demon Drink. The Indianapolis News of recent date tells the following singularly effective story, the truth of which, the News says, is vouched for by Oliver D. Loucks, a well-known millwright of North Indianapolis, as a genuine page out of his autobiography. He is a man who has rescued himself from the drink, and his climax of the fight with his appetite is here described: It was two years ago the 7th day of June coming, my little girl Esther's birthday. I was getting ready to go to my work, when she came into the room where I was. "I am 10 years old to-day, papa," she said. "Yes, I know it, little girl, and I've got just 15 cents in my pocket. What will I get you?" "I don't want you to get me anything, papa." "Oh," I answered. "But I want you to promise me something, papa," she said. "Well, go ahead; let's hear it." "I want you to promise me you won't drink any more. That will be my birthday present," she said. "Oh, run along, little girl," I answered; "your mother has been talking to you." I heard her go outside, and I slipped into the kitchen where my wife was and asked her why she had been talking to Esther about my drinking. She said she had not, and burst out crying. Then I got a little rattled. I never suspected that my children knew I drank. It is true that I reeled home many a night and that I scarcely ever drew a sober breath, but they were in bed, and by morning I was always over the worst effects of the liquor. I do not know how she learned it; possibly by instinct. But it was a shock to me and unnerved me. I went back into the sitting-room and began to choke up. I tried to clear my throat by swallowing, but couldn't do it. My eyes were filling with tears, although I couldn't cry. I threw myself full length on the lounge and blubbered out a sort of prayer: "Lord, if you'll help me, I'll never touch liquor again." In a little while Esther came running in, saw me and said: "Papa, you've made up your mind to promise, haven't you? I know it." "Yes, I have, little girl. I am going to try never to drink again, and, more than that, I am going to put a penny in your bank for every time I refuse a glass." Do you know that in seven weeks I had two hundred and seventy-seven pennies in that bank? But election time came on, and one morning I found that some one during the night bad rolled a keg of beer to my door. "That settles the penny proposition. Esther," I said when I saw it. "I guess there are more glasses in that keg than I have pennies. Children, roll it over there on the commons." They did so, and it remain there a couple of days, but was gone the third morning. My old boon friends have given up trying to get me to break my promise. When I saw that man there in a saloon, last April, one of the men at the bar, to test me, put a $10 gold piece in the bottom of a glass and told the bartender to fill the glass with beer. "Do you mean it?" he said. "Of course I do. Go ahead." He did, and then my friend turned to me and said: "O! drink the beer and keep the gold." "Not if you filled my pockets with gold," I answered. Not long ago my five children were attacked with diphthera. I lost a sweet little 6-year-old girl. Before she died she threw her arms around my neck as I sat at the bed and said: "Papa, you kept your promise, didn't you?" The story, sir? why, really, I haven't much to say; If you had called one year ago, and then again to-day. No need of any word to tell,' for your own eyes could see Just what the Temperance Pledge has done for Jim and me. The pail that holds the milk, sir, we used to fill with beer, But we haven't spent a cent for drink for now nearly a year. We pay our debts, we're well and strong, and kind as men can be, That's what God and the Temperance Pledge has done for Jim and me. We used to sneak along the street, feeling so mean and low— We look the world now in the face, and step off bold and free; That's what God and the Temperance Pledge has done for Jim and me. -National Advocate. Will Weed Out Drunkards. Drunkards in Germany will for the future be sternly looked after by the State. Each town must keep a record of all the hard drinkers, and the city medical men are bound to report those who habitually imbibe to excess, so that the authorities may weed out the black sheep and subject them to a strict course of treatment. An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.—Howell. And Jobber in Catsups, Mustards, Olives and all kinds of Country Produce. Cor. Third and Wells Streets The New York 322 WELLS ew York Tailor 2 WELLS STREET New York Tailoring Co. ELLS STREET The New York Tailoring Co. 322 WELLS STREET (Bet. 3d and 4th Sts.) Ladies' and Gents' Suits Made to Order. We also Clean, Press, Repair and Dye All kinds of Ladies' and Gents' Garments. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . . . TRADE-MARK. HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS ALL Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn. Harsh, Curly Hair. HARTONA makes the hair grow and glossy. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, Scalp Diseases. Prevents Falling in a picture Baldness. HARTONA POSITIVE KINKIEST HAIR. Guaranteed by receipt of price—25c. and 50c. per bottle. HARTONA FACE BLEACH will black or dark person five or six shades of a mulatto person almost BLEACH removes Wrinkles, Dark Scalp heads, and all Blemishes of the hairless. Sent to any address one per bottle. Hartona Remedies are absolutely positively refunded if you are not us, and we will send you free a book one hundred people in your own use using Hartona Remedies. SPECIAL GRAND OFFER we will send you three large boxes AND STRAIGHTENER, two large BLEACH, and one large box of HLEACH, and all disagreeable odors cause Arm-Pits, &c. Goods will be sent securely sea your name and post-office and express Money can be sent in Stamps or be enclosed in Registered Letter or by Address all orders to— A makes the hair grow long, straight, be Cures Dandruff, Baldness, Itching, Eczema. Prevents Falling Out of the Hair. HARTONA POSITIVELY STRAIGHT HAIR. Guaranteed harmless. Sent a price—25c. and 50c. per box. A FACE BLEACH will gradually turn black person five or six shades lighter, and manulatto person almost white. HART moves Wrinkles, Dark Spots, Pimples, Free all Blemishes of the Skin. Guaranteed sent to any address on receipt of price— Remedies are absolutely guaranteed, and refunded if you are not perfectly satisfied. Will send you free a book of testimonials of people in your own State who have had aa Remedies. AL GRAND OFFER. Send us One mention this you three large boxes of HARTONA HAIGHTENER, two large bottles of HARTONA and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMALL disagreeable odors caused by Perspiration. Will be sent securely sealed from observance and post-office and express office address be sent in Stamps or by Post-Office More registered Letter or by Express. All orders to— HARTONA REMEDY CO. 909 E. 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Write to us, and we will send you free a book of testimonials of more than one hundred people in your own State who have used and are using Hartona Remedies. SPECIAL GRAND OFFER. Send us One Dollar and mention this paper, and we will send you three large boxes of HARTONA HAIR GROWER AND STRAIGHTENER, two large bottles of HARTONA FACE BLEACH, and one large box of HARTONA NO-SMELL, which removes all disagreeable odors caused by Perspiration of the Feet, Arm-Pits, &c. Goods will be sent securely sealed from observation. Write your name and post-office and express office address very plainly. Money can be sent in Stamps or by Post-Office Money Order or enclosed in Registered Letter or by Express. AGENTS WANTED in Every Town and City. Liberal Salary Paid. THE MOST PERFECT Hair Dressing EVER DISCOVERED. Guaranteed Perfectly Harmless, ELEGANTLY PERFUMED. NELSONS STRAIGHTINE TRADE MARK THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY. KINKY. CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT. BEFORE AFTER Nelson's Straightline Not only isishing out, removes dandruff, cures itching, irritating and beautiful head of hair. It is used by people in all sections of this country. We from all injurious chemicals, and cannot in make the hair sticky or gummy, and will sell at all drug stores. Price, 25 cents your druggist does not keep it he will get it securely wrapped, on receipt of 30c. in stock. NELSON MANUFACTURERS Agents can make big money. Writ MILWAUKEE... GAS STOVE CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Not only straightens the hair, itching the roots, prevents bruff, cures itching, irritating scalp disease, and head of hair. It is used and highly endorsed of this country. We guarantee Straight chemicals, and cannot injure the hair. Strighty or gummy, and will not become rancid stores. Price, 25 cents a can (one month) is not keep it he will get it for you, or we will on receipt of 30c. in stamps. Address, NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., make big money. Write for terms. Not only straightens the hair, but, by nourishing the roots, prevents it from falling, itching, irritating scalp diseases, and gives a hair. It is used and highly endorsed by the best country. We guarantee Straightine to be free and cannot injure the hair. Straightine does not stay, and will not become rancid. Straightine is like, 25 cents a can (one month's treatment). If she will get it for you, or we will send it by mail, of 30c. in stamps. Address, MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond, Va. Money. Write for terms. ishing the roots, prevents it from falling out, removes dandruff, cures itching, irritating scalp diseases, and gives a long and beautiful head of hair. It is used and highly endorsed by the best people in all sections of this country. We guarantee Straightine to be free from all injurious chemicals, and cannot injure the hair. Straightine does not make the hair sticky or gummy, and will not become rancid. Straightine is sold at all drug stores. Price, 25 cents a can (one month's treatment). If your druggist does not keep it he will get it for you, or we will send it by mail, securely wrapped, on receipt of 30c. in stamps. Address, NELSON MANUFACTURING CO., Richmond, Va. Agents can make big money. Write for terms. PERFECTION Fond du Lac, Wisconsin PERFECTION GAS RANGES AND SPECIALTIES Instantaneous Cleanable Star Burners, Adjustable Needle Valve, For Natural, Artificial or Gasoline Gas. 139 Burrell St., Milwaukee, Wis. Inseparable.—"Now then, Willie," said Uncle John, "aren't you tired looking at the monkeys?" "All right," reluctantly replied the boy who was on his first visit to the Zoo. "Now let's go to the place where the organ-grinder's cage is." Philadelphia Press. --- --- --- TERMS CASH. A. BAIRD, Cutter. ADE-MARK. BEFORE USING KARTONA AFTER USING Telephone Black 9343. Milwaukee, Wis. Do not rain your hair by using dangerous and worthless preparations when you can get this reliable remedy. Whittelsey Dry Goods Co. Come to this wide-awake city! Visit our fine store! We were here since 1856! Modern store and selling goods of the most reliable character. It will be quite easy to find us as our location is central. Whittelsey Dry Goods Co. 492 MAIN STREET AFTER USING HARTONA ```markdown ``` TRADE-MARK. BEFORE USING HARTON