Wisconsin Weekly Advocate

WISCONSIN WEEKLY ADVOCATE DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE NEGRO RACE [Portrait of a man in formal attire, with a full beard and a serious expression. The background is plain and dark, emphasizing the subject.] J. G. END. SHEBOYGAN. Candidate for Republican Nomination for State Treasurer. VOLUME IV. J. G. END. Candidate for Republican No. We announce the candidacy of Mr. J. G. End of Sheboygan city for the office of state treasurer. Mr. End is a representative German and one of the most prominent and oldest merchants in that fair city. His place of business has been conducted by him continually for over thirty years. This fact has brought him into close relations with the business men of Sheboygan and other cities, who concede him a very competent person for the position. Mr. End has never been an office seeker and was loath to push himself forward, but the constant urging of his friends who recognize his qualifications and fitness at last prevailed upon him. That his candidacy is generally endorsed can be seen in the following testimonials of our most prominent business men: Julius Kroos, cashier of the Bank of Sheboygan, said today: "Mr. End is a very able business man, a successful citizen, who enjoys the confidence of the people here and the people all over the state where he is known. We want him for treasurer, and shall do all we can to bring about the nomination and election. He is just the type of man that conservative business men all over the state would like to see in that position. We would like to see him in politics, but we don't take very kindly to the idea of losing him as a factor in business interests of the city. He is peculiarly adapted to the work that would devolve upon him as state treasurer, as he is a man experienced in business and thoroughly conversant with matters of finance and accounting. We will do all we can for his candidacy." "Joseph End is deserving of the support of every citizen of Sheboygan county," said Harvey Klotch, chairman of the Republican county committee. "He is a man that every Republican can endorse for any office, and his candidacy for the nomination for state treasurer will find favor with the people generally throughout the county. He enjoys the confidence of all who know him, has a host of friends and should make an ideal candidate." G. W. Leberman, secretary of the county committee, said: "Sheboygan county will be solid for Mr. End. He is a business man of high standing and recognized ability and enjoys the confidence of the people." "The sentiment here is practically solid to Mr. End," said E. B. Mattoon, county clerk of Sheboygan county. "He will get the delegation from here without opposition, for no one will raise a finger against him. I have talked with several prominent politicians from the county and they are all for End and will work for him." "Mr. End is a thorough-going business man, and in politics he is one of the ablest men we have. I believe that the city and county will give him a united vote," said F. J. Armstrong, city clerk of Sheboygan. Judge Paul T. Krez of the probate court of Sheboygan found much to admire in Mr. End as a man, though he did not agree with him in politics. The judge is a Democrat, but he remarked earnestly that "Mr. End is a man of sterling qualities. I think the community without regard to politics would like to see him nominated for treasurer and it would feel pardonably proud of him in that capacity. He is well thought of by everyone who knows him. His reputation in business has always been that of a man who sells all wool goods for all wool goods, and half cotton for half cotton. He has never been a seeker for political office, though he has been mentioned for prominent positions before this attempt to secure for him the nomination for state treasurer." Joseph G. End is the proprietor of one of the largest general stores in Sheboygan or Eastern Wisconsin, and has been continually in one place of business for thirty-one years, first entering the business as partner of his brother and later purchased the entire interest. He is 53 years old and has lived in Sheboygan ever since he was 12. He was born in Milwaukee, and the house where he first saw the light of day still stands at the corner of Michigan and educated in the public school of Milwaukee and later attended the St. Francis Jefferson streets in that city. He was College. His father, Alois End, was for many years a merchant of thta city. He is a brother-in-law of former Mayor Joseph Phillips of Milwaukee. During the thirty-one years of his life in Sheboygan, his business has brought him into close relations with many business men of other cities along the lake shore. It is from among these that he has been assured support in his candidacy for the nomination for treasurer. If he is to have any opposition in the state convention it will not come from the eastern part of the state. He has friends in other sections who have written him, assuring him that they would work for him. C. A. Sercomb. One of the shrewdest and clearest-headed men in the city, and perhaps in the state, is in our opinion the gentleman whose name heads this paragraph. The reason of this opinion of ours is the fact that his advice is eagerly sought by many men who are thought to be more in the swim than he. He is respected by all, from the governor of the state and the mayor of the city to the constables of the different districts. This state of affairs can only be attributed to the fact that his personality is such as to command the respect of all, and his counsel proved by experience to be wise and to the point. For ourselves we have to thank Mr. Sercomb for his many valuable suggestions to us in the conduct of our business. He has invariably been our friend, always willing to listen to both sides of a story, never eager to give calumniators all the advantage. Mr. Sercomb deserves the thanks of all the colored race for the stand he has always taken on their behalf. It seems to us a pity that Mr. Sercomb's services could not be secured for the public benefit. Mr. Sercomb is president of the company of that name, who are manufacturers of the noted Magnetic Puritan Soap. City in an Extinct Crater. There is no more interesting or curious sight on this earth than the interior of the extinct crater, Aso San, about thirty miles from the city of Kumamoto, in Japan. It is inhabited by 20,000 people who live and prosper within its vertical wall 800 feet high. The inhabitants rarely make a journey into the outer world, but form, as it were, a little nation by themselves. --- CREAM CITY NOTES. We will be glad to publish news of local and race interest if left at the office, 729 St. Paul avenue, before 6 o'clock Wednesday evenings. We would respectfully ask our readers to bestow at least a share of their custom upon those who advertise with us. Anyone desirous of private tuition in the ordinary or higher branches without publicity can hear of a competent teacher at reasonable rates by applying at the office of the Advocate. ★★ The various remedies and hair restorers advertised in this paper can be had at the advertised price at the office of this paper. * * * The Advocate is in a position to place an unlimited number of female colored cooks and general servants in the smaller cities of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. Wages from $6 to $7 per week and comfortable homes guaranteed. For further particulars address 729 St Paul avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. N. B.—Help is furnished only to subscribers to the Advocate. Mr. Thomas Flynn, from Manistique, Mich., called at our office Saturday in search of colored help for his hotel and was accommodated within two or three hours. Nearly three years ago we sent this same gentleman a cook who has remained with him up till the present time and only leaves to undertake similar work in a branch establishment. We are informed by Mr. Flynn that she is able to "lift" her accumulation of that time to the tune of over $600. This is what can be done in the small cities of the state. *** Mrs. Mildred Toals, who has been a resident of Milwaukee for the last six months and is well known in church circles, left the city last night for Manistique, Mich., to fill the above mentioned position. We wish Mrs. Toals good luck and the same success as her predecessor bad. * * * That persistent office seeker and would-be constant sucker at the public tit has again popped up, this time as a candidate for state honors. He aspires to the state treasurership. But we guess that John won't be in the race, so long as there are aspirants such as Mr. J. G. End of Sheboygan in the field. * * * Mr. D. W. Howie says he is not a candidate for the congressional nomination for the Fifth district. Mr. Howie is wise; he knows that discretion is the better part. The constituency will not be sorry at Mr. Howie's self-abnegation. He is much better occupied in his natural business of selling coal than he could be as legislator. The eleventh floor worthies have committed many and huge blunders, but their latest, that of having Senator A. M. (commonly called "Long") Jones in constant consultation is a confession of their weakness. We wonder if "this is how they do it in Illinois?" Wisconsin ways should be good enough even for such poor politicians as Messrs. Pfister, Starkey and Bissel have proved themselves to be. Long Jones is again to the front as a candidate; it is even whispered he has gubernatorial aspirations. That he will get the knife is a foregone conclusion. * * * Miss Lizzie Bruce of Sheboygan, formerly of this city, who has been very coy and hard to please, and felt "how happy could I be with either?" was safely married at last on Sunday last. She is now Mrs. Lizzie Holmes. When the other fellow comes around now Mrs. Holmes sings "Why don't you get a girl of your own?" THROUGHOUT THE STATE Wanpaca. The editor was pleased to have a very pleasant interview with the recently-elected mayor of this city. Alfred R. Lea, who deserves the honor that his fellow citizens has bestowed upon. Mr. Lea is a progressive business man and entirely free from any race prejudice. We wish him all good fortune during his mayoralty. * * * We had also a talk with Postmaster Olfson, who was glad to become a subscriber to our paper. In our conversation with him we elicited his opinion in regard to state politics. Mr. Olfson is all for harmonizing the contending factions is such an end could be attained. Another enterprising business man of this city is to be found in the person of A. M. Penney, who carries on an extensive wholesale business in agricultural produce. Mr. Penney is very courteous and agreeable, a strong politician—a stalwart at that. We were pleased to add his name to our list of subscribers, and are indebted to him for courtesies received. * * * We also had an interview with the county clerk, Mr. R. I. Burbank, who is a horse of a different color. In conversation he was very outspoken in his opinion as to the conduct of the big wigs on the eleventh floor of the Herman building, Milwaukee, and placed at their door all the trouble which is now splitting the ranks of the Republician party. He was glad to add his name to our subscription list. * * * We were very agreeably surprised to find an exceedingly prosperous business colored man in this city in the person of Mr. J. M. Paris, who has been a resident there for forty years. He is one of the most respected citizens of the place. We refer to him more at length in another column. New London. The editor paid a pleasant visit to this thriving city in the latter end of last week. One of the prominent citizens is Mr. E. H. Ranner, whom we had the pleasure of meeting and having a political gossip with. In his opinion, this coming fight will be the most bitterly contested since that of 1890. A similar result is to be feared if things are not arranged between the contending parties. ☆ ☆ ☆ In our visits to the smaller cities of the state we meet with many of our race and invariably find them thriving and contented. As we have often said, it would be very much to the advantage of many of our people if they would take a tumble to themselves and get into those places. In New London we met with Mr. E. Cooper, who conducts one of the finest barber shops, has accumulated property, built a fine residence and raised a family which is doing him credit. Mr. Cooper is a high Mason, and that he is much respected by his fellow citizens is evidenced by the fact that he is being asked to run for an aldermanic chair next spring. We wish him good luck and only wish many more would emulate him and follow his example. * * * We also met there Mr. B. C. Carter, who was formerly a resident of Milwaukee but is now employed in New London. He says there is room for plenty more. Readers, take the hint! Manitowoc. Visitors to Manitowoc desirous of first-class accommodation should stop over at the Central house, corner Eighth and Commercial streets, conducted by Charles McCulley. His guests may be sure of the very best treatment and entertainment. Everything in the house is done in first-class style—the rooms, meals and attendance—leaving nothing to be desired. ```markdown ``` The new street railway from Manitowoc to Two Rivers, owned and operated by ex-Mayor Higgins of Neenah and Mr. Thomas Higgins, formerly of Marinette, will be formally inaugurated today. The initial trip over the road will be made by the Hon. Mayor Rahr, all the county and city officials, former Lieut.-Gov. Emil Baensch, Mr. John Schuette, president of the Savings Bank, and other bankers, Mr. Thomas E. Torrison, candidate for the congressional nomination, and other prominent gentlemen. The editor was invited to join the party, but was unfortunately called to Madison on important business. This is the second railroad owned by the brothers Higgins, Mr. Thomas Higgins having only recently sold his Marinette road to Mr. I. Stephenson for $100,000. P. A. M. ALD, J. M. PARIS, WAUPACA We have pleasure in presenting to our readers the portrait of this enterprising Negro. Mr. Paris has been a resident of Waupaca for the last forty years, and is one of its most respected citizens. He has just been elected alderman for the second time and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the mayor, of whom he was a classmate. Mr. Paris has one of the most elaborate barber shops in this city and has by strict attention to business accumulated property to the amount of at least $15,000. Mr. Paris has a very happy household. Besides his wife, his family consists of two sons, the elder of which is on the eve of graduation from the high school and proceeds from there to Lawrence University, Appleton, to study for the ministry. This is a record of which any man ought to be proud. We observe from the mayor's committee appointments that Mr. Paris was appointed chairman of two of the most important committees. Mr. Paris is a Mason of high degree. The Wisconsin Advocate congratulates him upon his success and points him out to his Milwaukee brethren as a man who, although not living in the metropolis of Wisconsin, is in many respects years ahead of them. Mr. Paris was born at Louisville, Ky., in 1842. KRUS HON. WILLIAM H. FROEHLICH. "No one in the history of Wisconsin has administered the office of secretary of state with a stricter regard for business principles than William H. Froehlich." Such is the opening sentence of a sketch of that gentleman's career in Thomson's "Political History of Wisconsin." That such a statement is made in such a high-class work should be ample proof that Mr. Froehlich's political record stands very high indeed. He is classed among the many men who have made Wisconsin noted for the production of men prominent in all the different walks of life. This being so, it seems very unfitting that he should be characterized as a mere figurehead with the innuendo that all the work which he has performed for the state could be equally well done by any person able to attach his signature to the documents brought before him, as was done in a recent article in the Milwaukee Daily News. And during the two years which have elapsed since the words we have quoted were written Mr. Froehlich has given only further proof of his ability and fitness for the office to which he was re-elected in 1900; and for any further honors even the very highest, which his native state can bestow upon him. Mr. Froehlich is a man in the very prime of life, having been born in Jackson, Washington county, in 1857. His education was received in the various schools of his birthplace and at the Spencerian Business College of this city. After gaining some mercantile experience, he established himself in Jackson, where his business and private records were such as to merit the several honors and offices to which his fellow citizens advanced him. As postmaster for twelve years, justice of the peace, member of the assembly and town clerk he so gained the esteem and confluence of his constit- COUPLE OF SCOTTISH STORIES A certain Scottish minister in a West Highland parish has never yet been known to permit a stranger to occupy his pulpit. Lately, however, an Edinburgh divinity student was spending a few days in the parish, and on the Saturday he called at the manse and asked the minister to be allowed to preach the following day. "My dear young man," said the minister, laying a hand gently on the young man's shoulder, "gin I lat ye preach the morn, and ye gie a better sermon than me, my fowk wad never again be satisfied wi' my preachin; and gin ye're nae a better preacher than me, ye're no' worth listening tae!" * * And another, perhaps even more characteristic, is told by Dr. John Kerr as follows; Robbie, the beadle of Kilwinning, once had to dig a grave for the wife of a well-to-do, but niggardly, farmer. When all was over the farmer assured Robbie that he was obliged to him for the trouble he had taken. "Oh." said Robbie, "there's nae sense in that, ye ken. It's just four and saxpence." "Four and saxpence! I thought you beadle did this for nothing." "Oh, faith, no. I just ay get four and saxpence." "I'll not give you four and saxpence. I'll give you half a crown." "Faith, I'll no tak it." "Well, if you'll not take half a crown, you'll get nothing." "Very weel," said Robbie, digging his spade into the grave, "Dod, up she comes." Robbie got his four and saxpence. uents that he was put forward as the Republican candidate for secretary of state in 1898 and elected by a very large majority. In 1900 he was unanimously renominated and re-elected. During Mr. Froehlich's administration of his high office he has taken the initiative and established precedents which are far-reaching and beneficial to the citizens of Wisconsin. His first innovation was to refuse to sign orders for county fair premiums for more than 40 per cent. of the amount actually paid, when it had hitherto been the custom to sign orders for the same percentage on the advertised premiums, which were found to be exactly twice the actual amount paid. Again, before Mr. Froehlich's tenure of office it had been the custom of his predecessors to levy taxes to meet any deficiency in the appropriations made by the Legislature. Mr. Froehlich could not see things in that light and maintained that the Legislature could not relegate the powers which it alone possessed to anyone else and refused in spite of great pressure to arrogate to himself any such right. These two instances are sufficient to show how confidently Mr. Froehlich can be trusted to safeguard the interests of his fellow citizens. He is a man who has a mind of his own, and has clearly shown that he will not be dictated to in exercising the powers of his office, but is running such not to suit any clique, faction or even the supreme power of the state, but for the best interests of the community who intrusted him with it. Such a man, we repeat, seems to be marked out as fitted in every way to be the standard bearer of the Republican party in Wisconsin, and one who would surely gather to its ranks all who are for good and pure government of the people, for the people and by the people. One Girl's Pride Humbled. A certain "woman's magazine" has a "character-reading-by-costume" department. One sends a description of one's clothes accompanied by a coupon cut from the magazine, and one's virtues and faults are pointed out by the seeress. The other day said seeress received the following letter from a schoolboy: "My sister has got a new party dress, but she is going to write and tell you that it is a ball dress, 'cos it's a little bit low neck, and it's got some flowers on, but that's rot becos she's only 17, and it's only a party, though she pretends it's a ball. She's going to have her character taken by you. But just you tell her the truth, and don't say she's not stuck up. She thinks she's everybody now with her new black hat and feather and carrickle jacket and she has got her hair up. She was a jolly sight more of a girl with her Tam o' Shanter and short dresses. Now she's the young lady! She thinks she can jump on me. I'm 15 and I wear long trousers, but I'm not stuck up. Just you say what I say in the paper, not what she wants. She goes in for love rot now, and wears openwork stockings and a ring which the mater doesn't know about. I've bagged this coupon, so she'll have to buy another paper for her letter. She's going to call herself —. Piease say something nice about me, just to bust my sister. "SOCKER." -Platinum is being extensively used for neck chains. NUMBER 31. SINGING WOOD. (Upon Hearing a Girl Play the Violin.) If with a kinsman's finger you could fret The vital cord in any clod or stone, Would there not bubble to the air a tone Of that one central music hidden yet? Would there not sound in ears that still forget. Notes of the dumb, pre-natal antiphone Strains to unlock the sense from that long swoon Which holds us till we pay the bounden debt? So, with this wood today you touched to song In it there slumbered all a season's sweet; The moonlight and the morning and the wheat And crocuses and catbirds—one low, long Sweep of the bow, and there a year you draw As lies a landscape in a drop of dew. The Disarming of Damaris. Damaris was standing before her bureau, dressing by the light of a branch of candles which were burning on a small table behind her. She had come to the end of her toilet. Her long white gown was perfectly adjusted, her hair shimmered in a satisfactory soft mass about her head, but still she stood, swaying undecidedly in her high-heeled slippers, before putting on her cloak. What color to wear in her hair! She had ribbons and roses to select from. The roses had been picked for her this afternoon out of the garden, for it was balmy spring weather—small white roses, very sweet; a few pink ones, a large red one. Her choice naturally favored the pink, but he had admired her in pink and declared for it as her color so often that it seemed like a direct compliment to him should she select it. She had particular reasons for not wishing to compliment him directly this evening. She thought this with a flush and smile, putting a bunch of the white roses against her hair. Her costume was too white; she needed color. She tried the red; it was too effective. The pink buds were beautiful, suitable. She fastened them in, put her cloak about her and went downstairs. In the carriage, every moment bringing her nearer to him, she sat, smoothing her white gloves over her fingers and wondering if any girl had ever been so sure beforehand that she was going to be proposed to during the course of a ball. That morning she had met him in a crowded street car. He had come and stood before her. He had on a light spring suit and a look of expectation and happiness in his face. "You know that I have often apostrophized my uncle as an unappreciative person who would keep me subordinate for years, very likely?" he asked her. "Well, he has done the great magnanimous deed about a quarter of a 'century before I dared look for it. I'm junior member of his law firm; but that's the insignificant detail which opens before me a very great opportunity. Perhaps you remember what I said about this thing, should it ever come to pass?" She did remember so perfectly that she turned her head away and felt her face tingling. "It seems to me I've heard you say something about following the foolish example of Benedict when you could afford it," she replied with assumed frankness, realizing that he knew she remembered. "I suppose," she added audaciously. "that we shall soon hear that you have embraced your opportunity?" "Are you going to Mrs. Wentworth's tonight?" he asked, irrelevantly. "Yes," she replied, with a little spasm of fright, for there was another girl whom these things might interest. But he looked down at her in such a way that the throb of jealousy passed almost before it was realized. "I shall embrace it tonight—if I can," he whispered. Then she arrived at her corner and got away. Damaris, sitting in the carriage, knew that she had dressed with great care, that she had spent the day in restless excitement, that now, approaching nearer him each moment, she was uncomfortable conscious of the motion of her hearts but in spite of all this, womanlike, because he had let her know frankly that she had no reason to doubt, she pretended to herself that he had shown too much assurance, and even made a pretense, in her own mind, of taking, a critical tone toward him. Perhaps this was a trick to fortify her pride. At any rate, she got herself into this mental atmosphere, so that when she saw him in the hall, as she was on her way to take off her wraps, she bowed to him coolly and made an engagement with Jimmy Scudder for the first dance. If he had danced with the other girl he would have had no trouble with Damaris that evening, but he did not think of that, and stood by the wall, biting his lips and waiting for a chance to get possession of her card. She waltzed very near him several times, looking straight into Jimmy Scudder's eyes and smiling. When the dance was ended he went to her. He held out his hand for hers "Damaris," he said, "may I look at your card?" Damaris gave him the card, but with held her hand. "I've seen you before," she asserted, with a smile. "No, not this evening." "Why, yes, in the hall!" "Not to shake hands," reproachfully. "I've shaken hands with so many people," she exclaimed, laughing, "I really thought I had with you. You needn't look so earnest about it; of course, I believe you. Here's my hand, then." She looked away at once, and began talking animatedly with her next partner. Presently their dance came round. He came to her again, and stood looking intently at her until she turned to him. She was conscious of him standing there for some time, before she pretended to be aware of him; then she turned with wide open, smiling eyes, and brows raised, plainly in the lightest mood. He looked into the wide eyes earnestly. "Damaris," he pleaded, "would you mind sitting this out—on the piazza? It's awfully hot in here." "I never sit out a dance in the first part of the evening," said Damaris positively. He ignored policy. "Oh, Damaris, that's a rule you can break. Please come; I hate this hot room. I want to talk to you—by yourself." "Why should I break my rule?" murmured Damaris. She tapped her foot and swayed a little as the waltz grew full and strong. "La Paloma!" she exclaimed. He stood still, looking at her, and she kept her profile turned to him, intently watching the dancers. She felt his gaze, and her heart was beating very hard; suddenly she smiled to keep her mouth free from trembling. He saw the smile and a look of humor in her eyes; his own face stiffened. "Let's dance," he suggested abruptly, and she had barely time to catch up the tail of her gown before he whirled her into the crowd on the floor. He was very angry. Damaris knew it by the immovable stiffness of the arm he held about her, and by the business like quality of his dancing; he gazed straight over her head, and though she could not see them, she knew the flash that was in his eyes. Presently a soft voice came to him: "You are not feeling well tonight, are you, Maurice?" The smiling eyes looked up, the grave ones down. After a pause: "I'm fearfully bored by THE LADY OF THE ROOM MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT. What Frances Hodgson Burnett Townsend illustrates in her heroines as to clothes and surroundings she practices on herself. Few writers perhaps have spent more on their gowns and few are more sensitive to their environments; it is impossible for her to write at ease, whether at home or on shipboard, unless surrounded by an atmosphere of refined luxury. A story is told that Edmund Russell, of Delsarte memory, was once consulted by the author of "That Lass o' Lowries" regarding a certain gown. The material chosen was a large figured brocade, which on her short person did not promise results that were al- a thing of this sort. Crowded, hot—I can't see why people want to give dances after Lent." "Why, what sort of entertainment would you like?" with sympathetic interest. "Oh," as if it were not worth talking about. "just none at all." "But it's such a beautiful season of the year, Maurice. Surely it's not natural for young people to wish to seclude themselves all the spring and summer," with a world of attentive interest in the tone. "Is it, in your opinion?" "I can't talk and dance in this melee," impatiently. "I like—" But he was interrupted by a determined: "Oh, I beg your pardon." "Beg my pardon—for what?" "For trying to make you talk while we are dancing," very sweetly. "It is hard to guide in a crowd like this." After a moment, meditatively: "The only objection to not talking is that when people see a couple waltzing and never saying a word they always say they've quarreled or are in love." "Oh," with great bitterness, "deliver us from either suspicion!" He frowned at the soft knot of hair that almost touched his chin. that almost touched his ear. She gazed at him wide-eyed for a moment, and then ventured in an uncertain voice: "Why, Maurice, you—you're in a temper!" He wiped his forehead and made no answer. Presently he admitted, looking away: "You're an excellent observer." "You didn't: incredulously. "Yes, I did; but I'm sorry." Something in the voice made him look at her to make sure that this contrition was unaffected. She had turned pale since he looked away from her. Her little white face and lowered eyes were touching and feminine. "Damaris," he exclaimed, in contrition, "I was rude to you!" She shook her head, "It was my fault; I began it!" "As if you couldn't be allowed to joke. Besides, I shouldn't have spoken as I did this morning in the car—that offended you. I was so full of it, Damaris, I couldn't help it—but I had no right to say what I did." "Oh, yes you had." eagerly. "Do you mean it. Damaris?" "There's the waltz." She put her hand on his shoulder, and in happy silence he guided her among the crowd. The cool rose petals in her hair touched his cheek. "People will be saying things about us," he whispered presently: "one of those two dreadful things." She looked at him with a smile that revealed a tender dimple in her cheek. "That depends upon our expression." New York Commercial Advertiser. Young Woman will Walk from New York to South Dakota. It's a pretty long walk from New York to South Dakota, but there is a pretty young woman who says she will do the walking though the heavens fall. Her name is Helena von Schoewenberg, and she is a bonafide countess, too. It is not for pleasure or to win a bet that the pretty woman proposes to take the tramp. She desires a divorce from her husband, Count Jacob von Schoewenberg, for abandonment, and being bereft of money, she sees nothing in prospect but the pedestrian tour to where divorces may be obtained on any ground, from cold feet to cruelty. The countess has no fear of distance. "When," she said, "my husband deserted me once in Philadelphia I walked to New York from Germantown, and it did me good." According to her story her husband is a millionaire and descended from the Dutch nobility. She was born in Schenecty and met the count while on a visit to Beaumont, Tex. They were married in 1896. The count disappeared in 1901. Exening Funerals Favored. It is alleged that the undertakers' trust is in favor of evening funerals. There is perhaps some ground for questioning this item of news pending confirmation, though if there is an undertakers' trust, and it wants evening funerals, probably evening funerals will soon be the only real thing. "Funerals are now in the evening," the fashion journals will declare, in that decided way they have, leaving no ground upon which an objector may take his stand. Post-prandial funerals undoubtedly appeal to the imagination, though it will probably be maintained in some quarters that the idea is not new, being merely a revival and expansion of the wake.—New York Post. "Oh. I beg your pardon." "There's the waltz." luring. "Which is the right side of this fabric?" asked Mr. Russell. "This," said the novelist, indicating it to him. "You are mistaken, madam," rejoined Mr. Russell. "That side is prose, the other is poetry." His hint or suggestion, however, was not heeded, and the dress was made up with its right side turned outward to the world. Mrs. Burnett is now in a private sanitarium at Peekskill, N. Y., as a result of overwork. She is not insane or in danger of becoming such, but her constitution has become completely undermined by the order with which she applies herself to her literary labors. COLTER'S WONDERFUL ESCAPE An Experience from Which a Noted Hunter Never Fully Recovered. One of the most remarkable instances of the escape of a white man from the Indians was that of John Colter, a famous hunter and trapper. On the day in question he and his companion were surrounded by 600 savage warriors. The companion was instantly killed and Colter was captured. His foes had no intention of saving his life, however; they wanted the sport of putting him to the torture, or at least of playing with him as a cat plays with a mouse. The chief asked if he could run. He said, "Not much." He was released and told to save his life if he could. Colter darted away at high speed, and most of the 600 savages set off after him. There was a plain before him six miles wide, bounded on the far side by a river fringed with trees. Colter had always been famous as a runner, and his practice now stood him in good stead. He made straight across the plain for the stream, and the yells of his pursuers lent him wings. His foes had removed every shred of clothes from his body and the plain was covered with prickly pears, so that his unprotected feet were lacerated at every stride. Half-way across the plain he glanced back and saw that only a few Indians were following him. Again he ran on, and soon realized that one of his pursuers was nearing him. He redoubled his efforts and blood gushed from his nostrils and flowed down over his breast. The fringe of trees was near, but a hasty backward look showed him the pursuing brave close upon him with spear raised. Moved by a sudden impulse Colter stopped, turned and faced the savage with outstretched arms. The Indian was so taken aback at this unexpected movement that he stumbled and fell. This was Coulter's opportunity. He ran back, seized the spear, and pinning his antagonist to the ground, ran on. Other savages came on, fiercer then before at the death of their comrade; but Colter reached the trees, plunged into their midst and then into the river and swam to a pile of driftwood that had lodged. He dived beneath it and stuck his head up between two logs covered with smaller timbers and brush. The Indians came up and searched for several hours, but failed to find him. Again and again they walked over the driftwood. Luckily they did not fire it, as he feared they would. At last they went away. Then Colter swam out and fled through the forest. Seven days he went on, living on roots and berries, with no clothing, until at last he reached a trading post on the Big Horn river. He never fully recovered from the effects of this terrible experience.—Youth's Companion. NO UNCLAIMED MILLIONS. London Paper Renews Warning About Tales of Fortunes in Chancery. Untold millions are popularly believed to be hoarded up in the court of chancery waiting for next of kin as yet ignorant of their good fortune. But in spite of the legends assiduously propagated by so-called "unclaimed money agents," the popular belief, says a London paper, is baseless. From a document just issued from the supreme court it appears that the aggregate amount of these funds is a beggarly £1,050,000, and that this sum represents more than 3200 separate accounts, one-half of which do not exceed £150 in value. Only about one-twentieth exceed £1000. Looking to the fact that many of these funds have been lying derelict in the inaccessible court of chancery for more than a century, this particular gold mine hardly seems worth digging in. The court itself assures us with judicial frankness that "proof of title might involve expense quite out of proportion to the amount recoverable," and solemnly warns everybody longing to explore this treasure house not to be led away by the "gross misstatements and exaggerations" of the gentlemen who issue lists of "heirs to unclaimed money." Naming Japanese Girls. It is not uncommon for a Japanese girl to bear the name of a flower. On the other hand, however, many girls in Japan bear the names of some domestic utensil, as frying pan or dust brush. Doubtless this results from the custom common among some people of naming a child from the first object that strikes the eye after the little one has come into the world. EVANS ACCEPTS A RICH POSITION. Compensation of Consul General at London Pays About $30,- 000 Per Year. Washington, D. C., April 30.—Henry Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions, has been promoted to the most lucrative post in the service of the United States. He is to be appointed consul general at London, to succeed William McKinley Osborne, cousin of President McKinley. Mr. Evans has accepted. The position of consul general at London pays a salary of $5000, notarial fees, which amounted last year to $8397, and other fees, which bring the total compensation up to $30,000. AMERICANS MUST STAY IN PRISON. Italian Court Has No Power to Release Officers of United States Cruiser. Rome, April 30.—The officers of the United States cruiser Chicago, who were arrested at Venice, remain in prison there. An application for their discharge has been rejected. The Italian law does not allow the court to grant pardon in cases of assaults on the police. Some of the newspapers mention the lynchings of Italians in the United States as sufficient reason for a refusal of royal clemency. It is considered probable, however, that the prisoners will be released, by order of the King, June 1, the date of the fete of the constitution. Bourke Cockran Says British are Ready to Supply Boers with Money. New York, April 30.—W. Bourke Cockran, who has just returned from a trip to Rome, Egypt and London, said that in his opinion, if the Boers will make an oral concession of defeat, the English will pay them almost any sum to restore their destroyed homes and repair the ravages of the war. In other words, he said, England is ready and anxious to pay a large sum of money to bring about peace in South Africa. London, April 30.—There is no truth in the report circulated in the United States today that Gen. Delarey, with three Boer commands has surrendered to the British in South Africa. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Company Trying to Buy Wiggins Ferry. St. Louis, Mo., April 30.—M. A. Low, general attorney of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, stated today that his company, embracing that property, had purchased the St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado railroad, operating between St. Louis and Union, Mo., and had authorized the Mercantile Trust Company to negotiate for the purchase of the Wiggins Ferry stock at $500 a share. With the purchase of the St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado railroad, the Rock Island secures right-of-way into St. Louis and with the acquisition of the property of the Wiggins Ferry Company ample terminal facilities will be SEIZED BY REBELS. President of District of Cumana Venezuela, Falls Into Hands of Revolutionists. Caracas, Venezuela, April 30.—Gen. Gonzales, president of the District of Cumana, was made a prisoner during the fighting of April 23 near San Antonio, when the government troops sustained a bad defeat and Gen. Castillo was mortally wounded. The revolutionists are marching on the city of Cumana. A panic prevails at Carupano and Barcelona. Cape Haytien, Hayti, April 30.—Dominican revolutionists are at present in the vicinity of Cotuy and Santo Domingo, which cities, it is reported here, they contemplate attacking tomorrow. All the Cibao region, except Puerto Plata on the north coast, is in the hands of revolutionists. Another uprising has broken out in the South of the Dominican republic. The position of the Dominican government appears to be very critical. Telegraphic communication by land has been cut by the revolutionists and news is difficult to obtain. Vice President Vasquesis is at the head of the revolution General Joins the Rebels. Cape Haytien, Hayti, April 30.—Gen. Navarro, who was sent to reinforce the government troops at Guayuban, joined the Dominican revolutionists and marched on Monte Cristi, whereupon Gov. Garcia abandoned the place and took with him the Dominican troops and munitions of war to Puerto Plata. A revolutionary outbreak has also occurred at San Cheese, on the Bay of Samana. A battle was fought yesterday at Sosua. The agent there of the United Fruit Company, an American concern, was obliged to leave his house and with his family take refuge on some rocks along the coast. The local governor has sent reinforcements to Sosua. American Ship Held. The governor of Puerto Plata Santo Domingo prevented the departure from that port for Samano of the Clyde line steamer Cherokee (from New York April 23 for Turks Island, Santo Domingo city and other ports). Her commander protested. She will leave later for Santo Domingo direct. The Cherokee is an American vessel. Rio Hucha Captured. Panama, Colombia, April 30.—The report that the Colombian revolutionists have captured Rio Hucha is confirmed. Gen. Foliaco, who was in command of the garrison, made an erroneous move, in order to attack the revolutionary forces, leaving the town unprotected. CORRIGAN IMPROVING. Archbishop's Physician States that He is Comfortable and Much Stronger. New York, April 30.—There was no consultation of physicians over Archbishop Corrigan's condition this morning, Dr. E. L. Keyes, his attending physician, being the only one who saw him. Dr. Keyes said: "The archbishop is progressing nicely. Today is the most comfortable he has had in three days. He slept well last night, though his rest was somewhat broken by restlessness. He is partaking of solid food and has had roast beef, cereals, milk and coffee. Yesterday he had two glasses of champagne and he will have the same number today. He is stronger today, but cannot yet sit up to take his meals." HOLLAND IS REJOICING WILHELMINA IS GETTING WELL The Hague, April 30.—The morning bulletin issued from Castle Leo regarding the condition of Queen Wilhelmina says she passed a quiet night and that the feverless periods were more frequent. Because of the favorable symptoms the bulletins issued by her majesty's physicians will hereafter be limited to one daily. Both chambers of the States General on receipt of today's bulletin from Castle Loo charged their presidents to convey to the Queen an expression of joy at the glad news of her majesty's improvement. WAR ON PRESIDENT. The Trust Captains are Sore Over the Attitude of Mr. Roosevelt. Washington, D. C., April 30.—James J. Hill, president of the Northern Securities Company and the Great Northern railroad, has been in Washington for several days in close conference with several senators. The object of his visit to the national capital is not made public. He has conferred with Senators Hanna and Spooner and ex-Senator Carter among Republicans and Senators Clark and Gibson of Montana on the Democratic side. Mr. Hill has ceased to talk for the public about the Northern railway merger, and he has remained away from the white house, where he was a frequent visitor during the McKinley administration. To Oppose Rossevelt's Remomisation. The hostility of the men behind the railway merger to President Roosevelt because of the proceedings against the Northern Securities Company in the United States courts, and Mr. Morgan's efforts to merge the Atlantic steamship lines to offset the effects of these proceedings, have given rise to the rumor that the trust magnates are planning to array the captains of industry against the President in the next campaign. The idle talk of those engaged in various trusts is in a large measure responsible for this rumor, for some of them have said that organized capital will oppose the renomination of the President. Small Contributions Predicted. They have also predicted that there will be small contributions to the Republican campaign for Congress this year, with the intimation that they will not assist in the re-election of a Republican House. The wiser heads in Congress have advised the captains of industry to go slow in antagonizing the President, for such antagonism will only show their antagonism to law and strengthen the President with the people, because he is seeking to enforce the law without regard to classes treating offenders alike. The President has shown no disposition to embarrass the great financial interests where they have confined themselves to enterprises within the meaning of the law. He has directed the attorney general to enforce the anti-trust law, as he would any other federal statute, and proceed against those who have violated that law. Republicans in Congress are with the President, and predict a great increase in his popularity with the people if the trusts undertake to go into politics against him in the next campaign. GIRLS RUSH TO DEATH. Panic in a Cigar Factory in Philadelphia Kills Five and Injures Others. Philadelphia, Pa., April 30.—Five girls are known to have been killed and more than a score injured during a panic at the cigar factory of Harburger, Homan & Co., Tenth street and Washington avenue, at 12:15 this afternoon. The company employs over 600 girls. At the hour above named a deaf and dumb boy employed in the building was slightly injured by being caught in an elevator. Some person cried "Fire" and immediately there was a rush for the stairway of the building. The crush was so great that many of the girls turned back and rushed for the windows. Before they could be restrained from jumping, a score or more had hurled themselves to the street, several being crushed to death. Ambulances were quickly on the scene and the dead and injured were hurried to the hospitals. That section of the city where the accident occurred is densely populated and nearly all the employees lived in the neighborhood. The families of the dead and injured were quickly on the scene and the screams of the mothers and sisters of supposed victims were heart rending. The police officials say that those who were killed were crushed to death in the jam on the stairway as they made a mad rush to gain the street. Hundreds of girls were packed in the hallway leading to the street and those who were killed fainted and were tramped and crushed to death by their excited comrades. Already there have been twenty girls and one man admitted to the Pennsylvania hospital, where the physicians say several are fatally injured. Ten more girls were taken to the Hahnemann hospital, but none is believed to be fatally injured. At 1:45 p. m. the police report that seven girls are dead as a result of injuries received in the panic, three are dying at the hospitals and twenty are under treatment for injuries. They say that 1200 girls were employed in the factory. During the excitement the fire alarm in the corridor of the factory building was struck and the arrival of the engines on the scene added greatly to the terror of the panic-stricken girls. MORTON AT REST. Body Buried at Nebraska City, His Old Home. Nebraska City, Neb., April 30.—The remains of the late J. Sterling Morton, former secretary of agriculture, arrived in this city from Chicago early today on a special train. Gov. Savage and his staff came from Lincoln on an early train and a large number of former associates and friends of the deceased are also here from Omaha and other parts of the country, to attend the services. Rev. A. E. Knickerbocker of this city officiated at the funeral service. Murder Angel of the Tenderloin Murder Angel of the Tenderloin. Portland, Or., April 30.-Miss Faith Stewart, a rescue worker among the denizens of Portland slums, is in a dying condition at her home as the result of a brutal and murderous assault made upon her Sunday night by five men. Mrs. Tiffany Gets Divorce. New York, April 30.—Announcement was made today that Mrs. Marie H. Tiffany had been granted an absolute divorce from Perry Tiffany yesterday at Riverhead, L. I. PROFITABLE MEXICAN INVESTMENTS. A. S. Witherbee's Success In Developing the Resources of that Rich Country. The development of the rich, natural resources of Mexico has opened up to American capital what is undoubtedly the most attractive field for investment in the world today. This country, of which the famous Humboldt said that it was vast and rich enough to "produce all that commerce now collects from the rest of the world," is a land where fortunes are being and will be made more rapidly than anywhere else. An American who has been conspicuous both for the number and success of Mexican enterprises which he has promoted is A. S. Witherbee of Milwaukee. Mr. Witherbee was formerly in the insurance business, but for a number of years Mexican interests have claimed his attention and he has come to be regarded as one of the best authorities on investments in the Republic. Mr. Witherbee launched the Company which owns and operates the now celebrated Quebradilla mine, which is one of the largest producers in the State of Durango. Those whom Mr. Witherbee induced to invest in this property have received rich returns. The Quebradilla is capitalized at $5,000,000. Mr. Witherbee also formed the Don Carlos and Eureka Copper and Silver Company with $2,500,000 capital. A corporation with a wide range of operations is the Mexican Mining and Development Company, which was organized by Mr. Witherbee and of which he is secretary. This company, with a capital of $1,000,000, has offices in the City of Mexico, Chicago, Detroit, New York, Boston and London. It has acquired, through purchase, denouncement and government concessions, a number of very valuable copper, silver, lead, gold and tin mines, and besides has working bonds and options on a good many others. Dealing in Mexican lands and investments is also an important part of the company's business. There is no water in the stock of this company, and the satisfaction of those who invested in it at organization may be inferred from the fact that the shares (par value $1) are now held at $1.15. The Mining and Development Company has a liberal charter and proposes to foster and develop any legitimate enterprise in Mexico which its officers deem it profitable to take up. Another of Mr. Witherbee's enterprises is the San Toy Mining Company, whose mines La Fortuna, La Trinidad, Independence and Bustillos are in the famous Santa Eulila District, Chihuahua. Adjoining properties are owned by such well known Americans as Hon. Williams C. Whitney, Oliver Payne, Heart estate, Standard Oil Co., Kansas City Smelting Co., and Moore & Schley. Although Mexico is a new country in the sense of having great undeveloped mineral resources, yet the nation is old in mining experience and as a matter of fact investments there are hedged about with exceptional safeguards. The mining laws are just and wise and to the credit of the country it can be said that the history of Mexico is singularly free from the record of wildcat swindles. His knowledge of the country and his confidence in the security as well as the profit of capital invested there, has led Mr. Witherbee to freely advise the purchase of stocks in legitimate Mexican enterprises—a course which the success of his own companies has amply justified. Associated with him in the companies which he has forced are men of prominence and high standing on both sides of the Rio Grande. Mr. Witherbee manages his various interests from his office in the University building. Milwaukee. Narrow Pabst Hotel to be Torn Down. After two years of successful but tempestuous existence the tall, thin spike at Forty-second street and Broadway, in New York, known as the Pabst hotel, is to be torn down to make way for a station on the rapid transit road. The hotel was so cramped the manager had to violate a city ordinance to make room enough to keep his fat patrons from scraping pictures on the wains when they moved about. Suit was brought by the city to compel the removal of the portico which covered the sidewalk, and which really was part of the building proper and extended to the roof. The city won and the obstruction was ordered removed some time since. The sale of the hotel site was a great surprise, as the public had no knowledge of the deal. Everything in the hotel will be sold at auction on Friday. From an Authority. The gentleman from Indiana smiled an unbelieving smile. "This story of a lot of oysters being drowned off the Virginia coast by fresh water floods sounds fishy to me." The gentleman from Kentucky shook his head. "An oyster is not a fish, suh, if you will allow the correction," he said, "but there is nothing surprising in the statement. The foolish oysters, suh, probably endeavored to drink the water, suh!"—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. —The highest of all navigable rivers is the Tsang Po, which flows for nearly 1000 miles at an elevation of from 11,000 to 14,000 feet. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Charles H. Fletcher. SLICKERS? WHY TOWER'S MARK OF FISH BRAND COURSE! THE STANDARD BRAND OF WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING YOU HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT. Made in black or yellow of the best materials and sold with our warrant by reliable dealers everywhere. A. J. TOWER CO., BOSTON, MASS. ESTABLISHED 1836. SURE MONEY! We now have ready our explanaory letter relating to PROFITABLE INVESTMENTS. 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Neither will this company be responsible for paid subscrip- tions unless given to duly-accredited agents, who, on request, wil! give the =, re- ceipt for same. Subscribers fai ing to re: ceive their papers regularly wil) kindly noti- fy the general office. Address all business communications te the general manager, 729 St. Paul avenue. Entered in the Postofiice at Milwaukee as Sanam. chanel wake . EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS, The Negro’s Relation to the Ameri- can Republic and the Republic's Helation to Him. Such is the caption of an exhaustive article from the pen of T. Gilbert Hazel, which appeared in the April number of the Colored American Magazine. The writer deals with his subject as one baving the very best interests of his race and his country at heart. It would be well if the average American citizen could read this able article and take its lessons to heart. The writer starts his plea with the broad and undeniable statement that the Negro is, an Amer- ican ditizen, not by reason of naturaliza- tion papers, but by birth. The writer then goes on to show that he is an American citizen by reason of toil and efforts, worked out by highways built, canals dug, boulders blasted and quar- ried, and in the cultivation of the soil, the sustaining power of the American people. He is also an American citizen through loyalty. No class of citizens, Mr. Hazel «says, has responded more readily than he to a call to defend Amer- ica’s honor, instancing his devotion dur- ing the Revolutionary war when thou- sands fought, bled and died; in the Civil war, where he was an important factor in the final vietory for the upholding of the Union; and in the more recent Span- ish war where his services were indis- pensable and where he covered himself with glory. Loyalty to the Republic's institutions is also a characteristic of the Negro race. The writer recalls the fact which cannot be too often called attention to that while his master was on the field of battle fighting to tighten the shackels of a base slavery, he was made the custodian of that very mas- ter’s home, who on returning found it as pure morally as when he left it. In concluding the first part of his argument by urging the members of his race to enter judiciously into all the Republic's industrial pursuits, and to become so interwoven in her commercial, banking, railroad and other enterprises that he might compel recognition as an integral part ofthe great commonwealth, In considering the Republic’s relation to the Negro the writer argues that it is the bounden duty of the state to pro- vide for his social development through a system of compulsory education indis- eriminately enforced throughout — the South. his he pleads for from an in- tellecfual, industrial and moral point of view. The Republic is obliged to pro- ‘tect him in the enjoyment of his nat- ural rights, and also his political rights ‘according to the constitution. The writ- er very trenchantly remarks that it be- comes the moral duty of the Federal government to see that “State Rights” are not usurped to the extent of openly defying Federal interference by enact- ing any law which makes yoid the Fed- eral constitution as disfranchising acts in several states most surely do. Mr. Hazel graphically compares the polit- jeal condition of the often times ig- norant naturalized foreigner with that of the native-born Negro in these states. The cry should go up thronghout the whole land, “‘No Representation, No Tax- ation.” No objection is made to an educational qualification for the exer- cise of the franchise if such be made to apply equally to all citizens as has been frequently advocated in these columns. Mr. Hazel conendes his able paper by sounding a note of warning:—that it need not be a matter of surprise perhaps at a critical time in the nation’s history to find the patriotism of the Negro over- shadowed by an indifference created by the Republic herself. Mayor Rose will soon gain for him- self more than a local fame if he goes on at this rate. According to the worthy mayor at Kansas City two years ago “Dying for principle was all rot.” At the pro-Boer meeting on Sunday last he proposes the absurdity of sending American troops instead of American dollars to assist the Boers in South Africa, who are “dying for principle.” His honor therefore would use Ameri- can troops to fight in a rotten cause if his definition of “Dying for -~incivle” is the correct one. “Consistency, thou art a jewel!” —_—_: The Fencing Fever. Very enrious is the coincidence that, at a moment when military men are almost one voice in declaring that the sword as a weapon of warfare is almost as obsolete as the battle-axe or the mace, when it would take two lunaties to bring about a duel with swords or es in England, when the irrational wickedness of the duel is beginning to be recognized on the continent, the study and practice of the art ef fencing shonld have be- come more popular than it has been for many years.—-Country Life. Tras i na” 2 a a=} OPUS 4 i \ 4 Tt ts . ‘ . ff NA (¥) 4, VELA ag HANS ieee PRO) ba hey eat \ tH i ‘pp o NA \ ‘We may also go further and prove ' i je i Nh in men “sent from God” the comn y 2 RNS place duties and cares of every day h es i i \ / Ny their proper and ennobling part in Ch CE S——— ony tian experience. Running a high <a Sa tition wall between the secular and & - jtual matters of our daily life is utt eee wrong: If Paul was right in theory MAN SENT FROM GOD. practice about it, so that “whether name was John. The same came for a wit- ness, to bear witness of the light, that all = through him might believe.—John -i,, The public ministry of John the Bap- tist was arr: like the public ministry of the Lord Jesus, and that of the great forerunner, like that of ®he great Mes- siah, was ended by a violent death, But to this plain and fearless preacher of re- pentance it was given of God to stir and sway the whole Jewish nation; “to turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God,” and “to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” There is great inspiration in the study of the sending of this man on his divine mission—this simple-minded, _ sincere- hearted, sublime-lived mau. He may, perhaps, have been a very ordinary and commonplace kind of a man—save that his ever-profound conviction of his divine sending concentrated every faculty and plan, every wish, word and act of his life upon his own great duty to “bear witness to the light.” He was so ordinary a man that God could use everything he had, and at any time, and just as he saw fit. He was humble and self-abased enough for God to exalt him to be the greatest of the prophets; he was fearless enough to tell his hearers, rulers and priests, soldiers, publicans and common people alike, the hard, but necessary, sacrifices and praec- tical duties which true repentance de- manded; he was modest and self-deny- ing enough to make himself less than the most menial servant to the coming Messiah, and to rejoice greatly over the Messiah’s increase, which must neces- sarily be accompanied by his own de- crease. Even his long confinement in the wretched dungeons of Machaerus (which must have been inexpressibly severe and galling to such a hardy and bronzed wil- derness dweller as he), shows him more anxious for the Lord's full self-revela- tion than for his own release from prison. Why may not we live as men “sent from God?’ You may say perhaps that Wwe are not so well qualified as John the Baptist for such an important mission. But, so far as merely human gifts are concerned, physical and psychical nature, heredity, temperament and educational privileges, any one of us would “average up” as well as John the Baptist. He, however, was wholly surrendered to his mission, and in this was the great secret; he was filled with the Holy Spirit; so he thought the thoughts of God after him, and he willed the will of God after him. Surely, then, all the special quali- fications John the Baptist had we might have. a But you may say, perhaps, that John the Baptist had a singularly important and unique mission, one necessary to be honored and fulfilled once in those early days for all time, as if there could fitly be but one forerunner for the one Great Redeemer of men. But John the Bap- tist was type and pioneer in that mission for each beliexing disciple. We know from the Gospel records that not only the twelve apostles, but aiso the seventy disciples, were used by the Lord Jesus as his special forerunners, going out by his express command to preach the gospel of the kingdom and to prepare his way before him, and prepare the peo- ple for him, in every city and town of the holy land, whither he himself would afterward come. _ And that specific mis- sion of those fourscore followers of Je- sus is no more significant and impressive as teaching our supreme duty to-day to | prepare the way of the Lord before him, than the single and specific mission of John the Baptist; for he was controlled by substantially the very same work that afterward commanded the whole time and life of the apostles and disciples. Surely we may live in our day and gen- eration. as men “sent from God!” Unless the Lord’s arm is shortened, that it cannot save us; unless his grace is weakened, that it cannot purify and exalt us; unless his light is dimmed, that it cannot be reflected from the dull sur- face of our poor, selfish lives; unless the crude natural men and women of to-day are of far coarser and meaner clay for the Divine Potter to shape than the men and women of twenty centuries ago; un- less the Great Master is less powerful now than then, less skillful now than then, less willing and merciful and ps- tient now than then—and who for a mo- ment could accept such a suggestion as any one of these’—surely it is certain, beyond all question, that God has a dis- tinct and honorable place for each one of us in his great plan and kingdom! He is no respecter of persons; this is his will for each one of us—our sanctifi- eation;,this is his acknowledgment of us—“Ye are my witness!’ This is the issue of the work of his spirit and provi- dence within us, that we shall “come into a perfect manhood, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ!” Now, if all this be true, for any one of us to talk in a contemptuous tone, or a despairing way, of our gifts, or privi- leges, or spheres of work, is simply sac- rilegious and wicked! All the breadth of love is before us, all the length of ffith is before us, all the depth of human need is before us, all the height of spirit- wal desire is before us, and all the full- ness of God is before us! And yet we trifle and complain because our gifts, or privileges, or means, or spheres, are so small, while men and women whose na- tive gifts, heredity, temperaments, or op- portunities may not have been one-tenth as favorable as ours welcome the infill- ing of the Holy Spirit and the outflowing of self, and press on to do a service and ‘We may also go further and prove that in men “sent from God” the common: place duties and cares of every day have their proper and ennobling part in Chris: tian experience. Running a high = tition wall between the secular and sp jtual matters of our daily life is utterly wrong: If Paul was right in theory and practice about it, so that “whether we eat or drink, or whatsoever we do,” we aré to “do all to the glory of God.” then nothing that belongs to daily care or duty can be'so small or mean that it cannot be done in such fidelity and such spirit as to make any one more pleasing te God. As men “sent from God,” the worth or success of our life depends accurately upon the degree of fidelity to the will of him who sends us, in bearing witness te the light. Notice clearly that bearing witness to the light by reflecting that light is the only way to become enlight- ened ourselves, as well-as the only way to enlighten others; and notice further that we bear the most. acceptable and convincing, as well as the only real, wit- ness to the light, not by neglecting and turning our backs upon the ordinary and commonplace cares and duties of our daily life, but by bringing down inte them, one and all, the strenuous fidelity and the sweet spirit of the other world. And so it is evident that there is ne man or woman too poor and ignorant too hard-worked and lowly to have a distinct and honorable place in God’s great plan and kingdom work; nor is there any drudgery so dull and wearing, nor any duty so burdensome and bitter but God ean make it, if we are willing, sweeter and nobler under our hands;~and also make that duty or drudgery a sweet and purifying influence to our souls. “With God all things are possible,” and . “we can do all things through Christ, whe strengthens us.” If, then, we are weak, we are simply nsing our own wisdom rather than his wisdom. When a man is “sent from God,” Jesus Christ goes forth with him, alway, “even unto the end of the world,” because the mee who knows and honors his divine misfion seeks first of all and most of all to bear witness to the light; and in return the blessed Light-Giver would deny himself, if he did not bear witness to the loving fidelity of that dis- ciple by adorning his daily life with brightness, beauty and fruitfulness. The blessed Elder Brother will graciously ap- preciate and acknowledge everything that we do for him, And his hundredfold reward is sure. CHALACTER TRUEST CAPITAL. By Rev. H. I. Rasmus. We are living in an age of intense com. mercialism. The question that throbs in the air, and which holds with all absorb: ing interest the attention of men, is cap: ital. The god of gold bids fair to be come a demon to men, The value of 4 man is counted by the possessions which he has accumulated or inherited. The creed of the commercial world is to harvest, to husband, to hoard. Is this the true measure of youth's capital? What is capital? Honor, faith, hope character—these are a young man’s tru est capital. Ancestry may be of value in transmit. ting hereditary talents. The heritage of physical strength may aid a man to carve his way through the forest of difficulties. The amount of gray matter a young man | may possess in the brain, rightly culti vated and directed, may win brilliant tri- umnphs and cause material enterprises te blossom into gold. . Brain is king to-day—except in some pulpits and occasional legislative bodies It makes the earth bloom with beanty and puts upon the young man who pos- sesses it in cultivated measure a pre- mium. But if wrongly directed it becomes 4 devil power to enslave. The city of Chi- cago is thronged with young men trying to live by their wits. Were they to exer- cise their mental powers in legitimate channels with half the energy that they do in the wrong, they might be kings in commerce, and the penitentiary and gal- lows would be cheated of their prey. ‘The young man who goes through life without a knowledge of divine truth has neglected the accumulation of invaluable capital. He forgets two mighty truths. First, that the grosser wealth of the world is but borrowed capital, and inevit- ably must slip from his neryeless grasp in time. Second, that the avaricious heart of old age stands like a bare rock in a bleak wilderness and no magic wand !ean smite it to the flowing forth of crys- ‘tal waters which quench the raging thirst for satisfaction. Divine truth is imperishable, invalua- ple in this world and priceless in the world to come. The knowledge of God in Jesus Christ and all that it means here now is to-day the young man’s <ru- ‘aad eanitel. z VALUE OF HOME RELIGION By Rev.ctugustus R. McCur r a See ee ks ee ae Our homes are nét what they should be. Very few good people come out of bad homes. The government, the train- ing, in our homes should be corrected. God’s order is reversed. Instead of par- ents training their children, many’ par- ents are led by their children. Nothing can be more important than the home training. The children should be taught Bible stories; parents should pray with them every day and teach them to read the Scriptures morning, noon and night. We should take more interest in our chil- dren's salvation. We teach them only a smattering of God’s Word, They attend the Bible class for one hour during a week of seven days. In other words, cut ef one hundred and sixty-eight hours one hour is given to the study of the Bible. We look little after their associates during the week. Much of their time is spent on the streets with bad boys. It is no wonder that many tares are sown jn their hearts; the wonder is ‘that they are good at all. Christ has taught us to bring the little children to him in order that he may bless them. He cannot bless them unless we bring them. Those who come to Christ early are usually far more consecrated. “Remember now thy Cre ator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them,” dD. Cc. ADAMS, GROCER And Jobber in Catsups, Mustards, Olives ana ali kinds of Country Produce. TERMS CASH. Cor. Third and Wells Streets zn LS, A. BAIRD, Cutter. Telephone Black 9343. a The New York Tailoring Co. S22 VVELLS STREET (Bet. 3d and 4th Sts.) Ladies’ and Gents’ Suits Madeto Order. 2 ideo eee, - Milwaukee, -Wis. Satisfaction Guaranteed, ... . Samad 4 SN a et RT 0 N | o. - ” ee Ae 5 ~ i _ QA ay Kiss aug Pr ¢ cNogeeak POSITIVELY STRAIGHTENS x he Rie ar —ALL— a o, A ey og . “way Nags Seewe- Kinky, Knotty, Stubborn. S55 Beront vsine = . eranesine ao, EARTONA Harsh, Curly Hair. 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Price, 25 cents a can (one month’s treatment). 1! 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.$ 43-Agents can make big money. Write for terms. MILWAUKEE... GAS STOVE CO., | PERFECTION GAS RANGES 139 Burrell St., Milwaukee, Wis, Man’s Multitudinous Ailments. Man is said to be subject to 1212 dir- ferent diseases. Here, indeed, is work for the mental scientist as well as for the regular medical practitioner. Whittelsey . ° Dry Goods je (oS : Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Come to this wide-awakecity! 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 e - Dry Goods : OSS . 492 MAIN STREET Home-Made Clover Cutter. A simple device is here shown for cutting green food for poultry that are confined. The idea is clearly shown in the illustration, and little explanation is necessary. An old table that is strong and firm on its feet, is fitted with a square trough with a slot cut in it, as shown at figure 3, which guides the knife blade. Figure 1 shows how the end of the knife is hung to an upright piece so fitted that the end of the knife works in the slot as shown. Figure 2 is a handy little tool made of a block of wood six inches square with a handle of convenient length, the tool being used to push clover or other green food to be cut under the knife, and thus avoid any possibility of injury to the operator. The knife is fashioned from a piece of an old scythe blade ground sharp, and is fitted into a handle of convenient size and shape. Figure 4 in the illustration shows the manner in which 1 2 4 the slot should be cut in the board, and through which the knife is to work. This device may be readily fashioned at home by any one who is at all handy with tools, and by cutting the roots and clover for fowls the greatest feeding value is obtained. Spray Thoroughly. Secure a good substantial spraying outfit this spring and spray thoroughly Spraying half done is labor lost. The other half means possibly a little more invested in the outfit, and no more labor. A force pump in a barrel, which should be mounted on a truck or carried in a wagon, is sufficient for a small orchard. The cost will be about $5 to $6, without the truck. For large orchards wagon sprayers are made, where the wheels pump air to force the stream. Also steam outfits that eliminate the manual labor of pumping. These cost from $25 upward. If you have only a few trees a brass bucket sprayer will be sufficient, cost about $3. For a few bushes there is nothing better than the small hand sprayer or atomizers, costing 50 cents to $1, or on a larger scale the compressed air hand sprayers costing from $4.25 to $6.25 each. These sprayers can usually be obtained from dealers in hardware, agricultural implements, seedsmen, etc.—Up-to-Date Farming. Convenient Fly-Wheel. A fly wheel on the farm is a great convenience at times for such purposes as helping keep the churn in regular motion, or the hand separator, or the grindstone, where one must grind by using a treadle for foot power. In the latter case, a fly wheel will cause the stone ```markdown ``` to run very evenly. Our sketch shows a cast-off, heavy farm cartwheel, mounted and ready for business. Small strips of hard wood screwed to the rim keep the band from coming off. The plan of setting up the wheel is plainly shown. Where the rim of the wheel used is of sufficient thickness, the old iron tire can be removed and a very thick, but narrow, tire put upon both edges of the rim, leaving a chance for the band to run between them. In the case of a cast-off cartwheel this plan would answer admirably.-C. G. Hill, in Farm and Home. Profits in Strawberry Growing. Quite in line with the more approved methods of culture is the idea that to get the best results from the strawberry plantation some care must be given to the preparation of the ground long before the plants are to be set. The old plan is to set the plants on any land they happen to have no immediate use for, and pick the fruit the first season. The best land for strawberries is that which has been in sod, and to prepare such land it should be planted to some hoed crop like corn for two years before strawberry plants are set. This is necessary in order to rid the soil of the white grub, the greatest enemy of the strawberry plant. Alfalfa in Favor. Montana has the alfalfa fever. The Northwest Live Stock and Wool Growers' Journal says: "The large number of prizes carried home from the international live stock show at Chicago by Minnesota is proof that stock can be grown and fatted at a profit outside the corn belt. It has been contended for years that this was impracticable, and that the corn belt had a monopoly on the feeding business. However, States outside the corn belt have found other feeds that are quite as cheaply grown and are quite as efficient in beef-making as corn. We are doing well here with alfalfa, and ought to do much better. Utah is making rapid progress with lucern, and Minnesota of late years, after being told by the railroads what to do, is now carrying the war right into the cornfield and wins honors that are entirely convincing that Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota may all prove feeding a profitable business. A Feeder's Practical Way. In general, early feeding is the most profitable. The quicker you can mature an animal the more money it will make. It is not profitable to feed after cattle are ripe and ready for market. I have made cattle gain five and one-half pounds per day for sixty days, but after that not nearly that average. I have had much more success in feeding ground feed than I ever had in any other way, and I have tried almost every way and have come to the conclusion that to grind corn and cob together, rather fine, is much better than to feed clear meal. I have never had so good results as when I have fed five times a day, but I never feed so the cattle leave the least bit in their boxes. Cattle will not eat any more when fed five times a day than when fed all they will eat three times, but the advantage is that you do not overload their stomachs, and therefore the food is more easily digested and they fatten faster on the same food. I have had better success in feeding cattle kept in their stalls than in any other way of keeping them. I am a great advocate of feeding bran and middlings and think they are nearly or quite as good as the same weight of corn. I am greatly in favor of dehorning cattle, as you can feed them in a much smaller space and they will do much better.—Farm and Home. Crops with Small Fruits: Crops with Small Fruits. As a rule it is the better plan to keep the small fruit plantation free from other crops, although, if one has fertilized the soil reasonably heavy, hoed crops may be grown between the rows of raspberry and blackberry plants the first season after the plants are set. Beans, potatoes or peas may be thus grown to advantage, but, as stated, only when the soil has been fertilized so that the hoed crop will not use the plant food that should go to sustain the small fruit plants. The plan, so common in sections where these two small fruits are grown with the greatest profit, of plowing the space between the rows, throwing a furrow toward the rows of plants, is an excellent one, provided the plowing is not too deep. After pruning the plants properly and doing the plowing suggested, if a heavymulch of coarse manure is placed around the plants the yield will be very much increased and the berries be larger. Feed for Dairy Animals. Never feed fattening foods to dairy animals. The tendency to lay on flesh should be discouraged. Feed peas, oats, clover hay, pea hay, bran and the like and avoid so far as possible corn, barley and other highly carbonaceous foods. To Each Subscriber For Chicken Cholera. A correspondent in the Ohio Farmer claims that grated calamus root mixed with bread crumbs and made into small boluses is a sure cure for chicken cholera. Force the boluses down the throat of the sick fowl. Dairy Notes. Cheap salt in butter is an expensive economy. A cow that will not eat abundantly will not produce liberally. The less water there is in butter, the fewer odors it will take up. If you have a cow that keeps fat and sleek on little feed, keep her heifer calf. Butter is bitter because of impure foods or from holding the cream too long. Cows will give more milk and of better quality if fed and milked regularly. One important item in building up a reputation for butter is uniformity in the quality. Butter underworked will be striped; overworked, it will have the appearance of lard. A loss of appetite and a drooping head are among the first symptoms of cow sickness. PARTIES With the dairy cow there should always be a due proportion of concentrated and bulky food. Do not put the calves on skim milk too soon. Give them the rick milk for ten days or two weeks. The heifer calf does not need fattening food, but plenty of bone and muscle-forming food should be supplied. A cow is a machine for reducing feed to milk. She consumes the raw material, eliminates the waste matter and furnishes a finished product. Cows differ in their capacity to consume food and in their power to produce milk, both as regards quality and quantity. To be a profitable dairy cow she must convert her surplus food into rich milk rather than fat or flesh. A good dairy cow rarely gets fat while producing milk, no matter how well fed. RAMMELSBERG BATH HOUSE, Straightens Kinky, Curly Hair OZONO TRADE MARK KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS. 50¢ BEFORE. AFTER. BE WARNED IN order to protect the public from the numerous quack nostrums now on the market, which claim to straighten and cause the hair to grow long, and which are simply put up by a lot of quacks, charlatans, and fakirs, who have no chemical skill, with the sole idea to get your hard-earned cash and give you nothing in return for your money but a dirty, sticky mass of worthless greases, which injure the hair and cause it to fall out, we have placed our trade-mark, granted to us by the Government of the United States of America, on every box of OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers and Hair-Straighteners. This trade-mark consists of two heads, as shown in this advertisement—one head showing short, curly hair, the other showing long, flowing hair. Any preparation showing the heads with the hair done up in a coil, or showing features different from the faces shown in this advertisement, is not OZONO. Seeing our marked success with the true hair-straightener, OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers, numerous firms are now widely advertising spurious compounds, and trading on the reputation that we have made for OZONO. Do not be fooled by these flaring advertisements, which are all promises. Buy the genuine and only original King of all Hair Tonics, OZONO. Two hundred and fifty thousand colored people bought OZONO in the last twelve months. OZONO is sold in every State in the Union, all over Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, also in Cuba and the West Indies. Its fame has travelled around the world, because it is a true Hair Tonic, that straightens without any outside assistance. No hot irons are used; nothing but OZONO. It not only straightens the hair, but produces a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious growth of soft, fine hair. To neglect your hair is more than foolish, when you can increase its beauty by a few applications of OZONO. We can send OZONO to any place that you may live in, no matter where you may live. The price of OZONO is 50c. a box, sent to any point on receipt of price. Four boxes is a complete treatment. In order to introduce this great Hair Tonic, we will send to you, on receipt of only $1.00, the following grand aggregation: Four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which softens rough skin and brightens black skin, making it several shades lighter, worth 50c.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, Nature's cure for all skin diseases, such as Pimples, Tan, Acne, Itch, Eczema, and Boils. It also removes Wrinkles, and makes the skin soft and pliant. We will also include a one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, arm-pits, &c.; also one bar of our PURITY SCALP SOAP, made expressly for the human scalp. This grand aggregation offer is made to introduce honest goods. Cut out this coupon and mail to us, with $1.00, and we will send the goods the same day we receive the money. If you send $3.00, we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send you three lots. If you have a friend who wishes to take advantage of this lot, let them pin their name to this coupon, and the goods will be sent promptly. If this offer is read by some one who does not own this newspaper, they can get the goods by simply sending $1.00 and mentioning the name of the paper in which they saw our advertisement. Parties who desire one of our MAGNETIC COMBS, which aids materially in the straightening process, can obtain same by sending 50c. extra. Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to make it grow long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. To make the hair grow out again on bald spots, especially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on earth one-half so good. The Boston Chemical Company holds a charter granted by the State of Virginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va., and to the Southern Express Company. Register your letters; it protects you. Address your letters plainly to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. Alfred A. Grunitz DEALER IN OF ALL KINDS. Fresh Fish and Oysters in Season MAIN 6253. 502 WELLS ST. ES B. BRADFORD 422 BROADWAY PIANOS Pianos from $150 up in Monthly Payments and Easy rms, and also Rent Pianos. Piano House in the City. Established 1872. AND GET MY PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY ELSEWHERE. THE ARTIST ART Parlor While in city visit .... STEPHENS' HOTEL and RESTAURANT I Sell on Monthly Payments and Easy Terms, and also Rent Pianos. CALL AND GET MY PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY ELSEWHERE. --- --- ```markdown ``` To the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate the editor will present a handsome souvenir in the form of an elegantly gotten up portrait of the late President McKinley. Those wishing a First=Class Meal at Any Hour are Cordially Invited to Call at the 519 Weils St., Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Lee Woodard, Prop. SUNDAY 5 O'CLOCK DINNER A SPECIALTY. intending to visit Hot Springs Ark., this winter, should patronize the MARK SARGENT, Manager. 21 BATHS $3.00 Fresh, Salted & Smoked Meats First-Class Accommodations Home Cooking a Specialty... No. 2832 State St., CHICAGO, ILL. OSHKOSH HAS BAD FIRE. Two Firemen Have a Narrow Es- cape from Death. DRY KILNS DESTROYED. Radford Brothers’ Big Plant Saved by Hard Work on Part of the Department. Oshkesh, Wis., April 30.—[{Special.J]— The Radford Bros.’ dry kiln was com- pletely destroyed by fire this morning, causing a loss of $20,000. The fire was the hardest which-the lo- cal fire department has had to contend with for a long time. A brave fight was made and the main building, which is located. only forty feet from the kiln, was saved fromidestruction. The fire- men were obliged to fight the fire from behind doors, which they used as shields. When the; south all of the building fell, Capt. Lanctop and Pipeman Emil Prong were caught underneath the fall- ing walls, but they managed to crawl out without any serious injury. The walls of the engine house nearby pre- vented the two firemen from being crushed to death. _ Mayor Mulva stated after the fire that it was the hardest fire the department has met, and that the fight was a good one. The building which was destroyed was 75x100 feet. The insurance carried amounted to $15,000. f y Sty THUNDER NOT DEAD. Chief of the Winnebago Indian Tribe Returns to His Home Again. Galesviile, Wis., Aptil 30.—[Special.] —In spite of the reports which have ap- peared in the newspapers over the sen- sational account of his tragic end, Tom Thunder, who claims to be chief of the Winnebagoes, is not dead. Thunder ap- peared in this city today, and was not aware that he had been sent to the hap- py hunting grounds until he was shown a full account of his accidental drowning in the Mississippi river. Thunder is indignant. He seems to think that people believe him to be dead anyhow, in spite of his appearance in flesh and blood. With much earnestness he assured your correspondent that he was 10 ghast, saying, “Feel of me; I nin’t dead.” He declared that Roddy, the Chicago Irishman who was named by old Chief Black Hawk as chief of the tribe, is re- sponsible for the report of his death, and he swears vengeance. Just how the story got into the press reports is a question, as Thunder has not been near the Mississippi for the past two weeks. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED. ee Mutilated Body of Charles Heide- man Found In Mississippi Near La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis., April 30.—-[Special.] —The body of Charles Heideman was found in the brush near the bank of the Mississippi river five miles below here. The corpse had evidently floated some distance and was badly decomposed. On March 26 Heideman left this city for his farm across the river. His boat was found later but he had disappeared. The coroner will hold an inquest, as it is sus- pected he was murdered. He had some oe and the body was mutilated. Charlies Brown, who found the corpse, was attracted to it by a number of tur- tles that were perched 6u the floating body. DEATH ENDS DIVORCE. Wife Dies on Day Husband was to Make Answer to Com- plaint. Marinette, Wis., April 30.—[Special.] —The unexpected death of Mary Haa- genson today ends a divorce suit between an aged couple. Mrs. Haagenson had commenced an action against her husband, George Haagenson, a well-known farmer, alleg- ing non-support. She claimed that he had given her only 50 cents in sixteen years, Both of the parties were over 75 years of age. The defendant was to make answer today, but the death of his wife, which came suddenly and unexpectedly, made this unnecessary. ‘ 7. x MAY SELL RAILROAD. See eee Federal Court Grants Permission to Advertise Bids for Sale of Road. Madison, Wis., April 30.—[Special.]-- Receiver Frost of the Washburn & Bay- field railroad was given permission in the federal court this afternoon to ad- vertise for bids for the sale of the road, This means in effect that the offer of $145,000 from the Northern Pacific wall be accepted and approved and that the interposition of the state to restrain the destruction of the road will be dropped. GAME WILL BE PLENTIFUL. New Laws and Persistent Efforts of Sportemen the Canse. Two Rivers, Wis., April 30.—[Spe- cial.]—Through the efficient and persist- ent efforts of the sportsmen, backed by the game laws of the state, game is be- ginning to prove more plentiful in the county than it has been for years. This is especially true since spring shooting has been stopped. More ducks and other wild fowl have beén seen in this vicinity this spring than for many years previous and the indications are that a large num- ber will breed here during the summer, which will afford the best kind of shoot- ing ia the fall. PROF. ELY HAS RETURNED. Made a Trip of Exploration from At- lantic to Pacific. Madison, Wis., April 30.—Prof. Rich- ard Bly has just returned from a trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. In speaking of his observations he said that he found the country in a very pros- perous condition and that from all. ap- pearances it would continue so for years to come. Bad financiering is the only thing to be feared, according to Mr. Ely. MITCHELL TO SUCCEED ADAMS. Milwaukee Chemist to be Appointed Dairy and Food Commissioner. Madison, Wis., April 30.—It is report- ed here that the governor has decided to appoint Dr. A. S, Mitchell of Mii- waukee, state chemist, as dairy and food commissioner, to succeed H. C. Adams, who resigned a month ee. but whose resignation has not yet mn accepted. It is expected that the appointment will be announced today. The salary of the position is $2500. BADLY BURNED WHILE SAVING HIS BOOKS. Store of A. J. Cunneens at Stevens Point is Entirely De- stroyed. Stevens Point, Wis., April 30.—{Spe- cial.}—During the temporary absence of the proprietor this morning A. J. Cun- neen’s furnishing goods store caught fire and was destroyed. In an effort to save his books Mr. Cunneen was_ painfully burned. The loss on stock is $5000, with $2500 insurance. The building was owned by I’. A. Engberry. BUER WAR MAY CAUSE MURDER. ———_—_—_- Discussion at West Superior Re- sults in Stabbing—Canadian Seriously. Cut. West Superior, Wis., April 30.—[Spe- cial. ]—Discussion over the Boer war be- tween Collins Ross, a Canadian, and an unknown man, resulted in the stabbing of Ross in the stomach. and he may die from the injuries. Both men were drink- ing. The discussion became so heated that Ross invited his companion to fight, and the man drew a knife and stabbed Ross and then ran. He has not been apprehended. x RATES ARE REDUCED. Milwaukee Road Announces a Cut on Cheese Shipments in Southern Wisconsin. Madison, Wis. April 30.—The Milwau- kee road yesterday notified G. L. Rice, the state railroad commissioner, that the company had reduced the freight rates on cheese from all points between Janes- ville and Platteville, including the New Glarus branch. The L[llinois Central is the competing line, and it is expected that this company will follow suit and reduce the rates. The exact reduction has not been ‘de- cided apn, but it is expected to be from 10 to 20 per cent. With these reductions the cheese dealers in Southern Wiscon- sin will be able to compete with Eastern dealers and there will be a saving of thousands of dollars each year. It is éx- pected that the Illinois Central will an- nounce the reduction of rates on its line within a day or so, Commissioner Rice is quite gratified at the outcome of the matter, The principal stations on the Miiwau- kee rvad that will be benefited by the reductions are Hanover, Orfordville, Broadhead, Juda, Monroe, Browntown, Gratiot, South Wayne, Darlington, Shullsburg, Mineral Point, Belmont, Cal- amine, Platteville, Albany, Monticello and New Glarus. If the Illinois Central makes reductions as expected the principal stations to be benefited are Madison,, Fitchburg, Belle- ville, Monticello, Schultz, Stearns, Mon- roe, Clarno, Martintown, Woodford, Ar gyle, Blanchardvyille, Hollandale, Jones- dale and Dodgeville. WILL NEED MORE FUNDS S. A. Cook, President of St.Louis Fair Board, Looks for Another Appropriation. Madison, Wis., April 30.—S. A. Cook, formerly congressman frota Wisconsin, was in the city yesterday. He is the president of the board of managers for the St. Louis fair and when asked about the arrangements made for the Wiscon- sin building he said that in view of the postponement of the opening of the fair for a year, nothing would be done for some time to come. He added that the $25,000 appropriated by the state would not go far and an additional appropria- tion will be asked for. The next meet- ing of the board will be held in Milwau- kee next Tuesday. TOSECURESWAMP LANDS eg Title to Several Thousand Acres of Land will Depend Upon Court Decision. Madison, Wis., April 30.—The state land department is trying to get a reaf- firmation of an old ruling of the interior department holding that the character of alleged swamp land must be determined by the field notes of survey. If it can secure such a reaffirmation the state hopes to regain possession of several thousand acres of valuable land in the northern counties held uader homestead and cash entry titles. It is erp’ ee the point in ques- tio will de decided in the case of the state against Joseph Rietz, which is to be heard at the federal! land office at Wausau Thursday. NEW INSTRUCTOR AT RIPON. 4H, G. Shearin will Succeed Prof. Saun- derson in Literature Department. Ripon, Wis., April 30.—[Special.]— President R. C. Hughes announces ‘that Hubert Gibson Sheurin has accepted the chair of English language and literature at Ripon College, and will enter upon his duties at the institution in pon ste He will succeed Prof. G. W. Saunder- son. Mr. Shearin is a graduate of Cen- ter College, Danville, Ky. After some time spent in England and on the conti- nent, he taught for two years, entering Yale Graduate School in 1899. He will take his degree in June. HAD A NARROW ESCAPE. Two Racine Boys Badly Injured in Street Car CoHision. Racine, Wis., April 30.—[Special.]— La: rence and Martin Nelson, aged 10 and 14 years respectively, had a uarrow escape from being killed this spore While crossing the car tracks in a mil wagon an electric car struck the wagon, throwing the boys to the pavement. Both boys were badly injured by flying glass and by the fail. HUGH ALLEN A CADET. Milwankee Boy Successful in Passing Examination for Anzapolisa. Annapolis, Md., April 30.—The recent examinations of candidates for admission to the Naval Academy, which were held in the various cities before civil service commissions as designated by the navy aehartnent, show that thirty-six have passed and will be admitted as cadets. Hugh Allen of Milwaukee is one of the successful candidates. WILL SUE NORTH-WESTERN. Brakeman Failsto Awaken Him When Station was Reached. Racine, Wis., April 30.—Ira Comstock, a government employe, has started suit against the North-Western railway for damages received while lpaying a mov- ing train. He had been in Chicago and he fell asleep on the way. He failed to wake up until the /train had started again, The brakeman advised him to ‘ump, which he did. His jaw was broken and eight teeth were knocked out. Editor Going to Europe. Appleton, Wis., April 30.—Ralph Pom- eroy, city editor of the ee Cres- cent, expects to sail for England and France the middle of next month. ENFORCE THE GAME LAWS, ‘Wisconsin Wardens are Beootning a Terror to Violators, A VIGOROUS CRUSADE. Legitimate Shooters and Leading Sporting Clubs are Aidimg War- dens in Their Fight. Madison, Wis., Avril 4.—There are now forty-five game wardens in Wiscon- sin, all paid a salary, aud they have be- come a terror to the hunters who break the law. The other day a man who had violated the fish statute caught sight of one of the wardens, rushed off to a jus- tice, pleaded vuilty and had paid a fine of $25 before the warden got in speakiug distance. The fish wardens confiscated a net, and Waoue they were at dinner the owner stole it. He was chased to a lumber camp. arrested, brought back and nued $1 and costs, the latter amounting to $49.64. The wardens have broken up unlawful fishin-. on Lake Winnebago. Where formerly 125 barrels of tish a week were shipped from Oshkosh, there are now less than five barrels. Some illegal shipments of game have been found in egg cases, the game con- cealed by the eggs, and in like manner the deception has been practiced in but- ter tubs and in barrels of turnips. Chief Deputy Nelson says game _ has been shipped in every way save in a coffin. Great aid has been rendered the wardens by legitimate shooters and shooting clubs. This winter has becn favorable for natural fish propagation. There has been no spawning in the marshes from which the water recedes, leaving the fish to die. The upland birds pave fared well, having been protected by both the favorable weather and the warden. Henry Overbeck, Jr., state game and fish warden, is preparing to issue new hunting licenses July 1 for the coming season. They are printed on cloth so they «ill withstand any amount of wear. Last year the resident licenses taken out amounted to .0,000. suere were 229 deer licenses, against clei ins in 1900. Of the 229 licenses 15 were taken out in the woods after the hunt- ers had started in ou the game. The wardens had followed them up and de- manded their authority to shoot, forcing them to take out the license or leave the state. The wardens drove out no less than 100 Indians who had come in from Kansas to hunt, and they forced the lumber camps to stop shooting deer to be reedeas food. . RAILROAD IS SOLD. Ea Deal Consummated Whereby North ern Pacific Secured Control of Bayfield System. Ashland, Wis., April 29.—The deal whereby the Washburn, Bayfield & Iron River railway was sold to the Northern Pacific was consummated at St. Paul on Saturday. The consideration in the pur- chase is said to have been $145,000. The Northern Pacific has tried for years to get possession of this system, in order to get an inlet into Bayfield and Washburn and thus secure some of the lumber trade. But the freight business will not be the entire feature of the new road, as it has been decided to put on *good passenger service. The Washburn, payee & Tron River railway was built in 1895 and ever since that time considerable interest has been taken in the road. When the question was first_proposed the county bonded it- self for $245,000 to aid in the construc- tion and maintenance of the railway sys- tem. The legality of the bonds was passed upon by the state supreme court, which decided that $30,000 of the bonds were illegal. The court held that the county had bonded itself for more than it was able to shoulder. ee the road was being constricted, considerable trou- ble was experienced as there was no money on hand and the workmen went out on strikes on several occasions. After its completion the road was op- erated for about a year, after which a receiver was asked for. The receiver, Mr. Frost, representing to the federal court that the road was not a paying in- Stitution, secured an order to dispose of the line in its entirety and advertised to sell_it at public ‘sale for the sum_of $275,000. No bidders appeared. The court then ordered him to sell the road piecemeal and he proceeded to do so. ‘This caused trouble at Washburn and brought the ease into the state supreme court. The reeivership is now pending in the federal court at Madison, where it was ordered by a state court a month ago. Receiver Frost was also restrained from dismantling the road until the proceed- ings were decided. Three weeks ago the receiver moved for a dissolution of the in- junction, but the hearing after having been postponed several times will come up for consideration tomorrow. FRAUDULENT CHECKS PASSED. Beloit Merchante are Victimized by an Unksaown Man. ! Beloit, Wis., April 29.—[Special.J—A number of local business men were vic- timized yesterday by an unknown man who passed several fraudulent checks. At each of the stores where the worth- less checks were passed the man made a small purchase and then presented the check in payment, From the description given it looks as if it was the same-man whb passed worthless checks at Baraboo last week. DIICH DIGGERS CO-OPERATE. Profits of All Contracts to be Equally Divided. Appleton, Wis., April 29.—The ditch diggers of this city have formed a union, the members of the association sharing ‘all the profits in all digging contracts. The new organization is known as the J. Dettmann Company, John Dettmann being the president. The workmen will try the plan of equal sharing and the outcome will be closely watched by stu- dents of political economy. x . OBITUARY MENTION. Mrs. Howard Goff,_A pollonia. Apollonia, Wis., April 29.—[Special.] —Mrs. Howard Goff, wife of H. Goff, a prominent farmer and sawmill man, re- siding two miles south of town, died sud- denly last evening of heart disease. She was 35 years of age and leaves her hus- band and six small children. Mra, Saxe, Whitewater. Whitewater, Wis., April. 29.—[Spe- cial.]—Mrs. Saxe died here at the ago of 92 years, Sunday morning. She leaves four sons and four daughters, She was the oldest lady in the county, having resided here for many years. Mose Jordan, New London, New London, AprZ oe Geely — Mose Jordan, aged 17, died Monday of conentepnay of the bone, cue to injuries recel over a year ago. CHIPPEWA FALLS IS AFTER ENCAMPMENT. ——— Committee will be Appointed to Attend Stevens Point Meet= Ing In.June. Chippewa Falls, April 29.—[Special.] —The citizens held a mass meeting last night to consider the advisability of sending a delegation to the G. A. R. State Encampment at Stevens Point on Jnue_ 11-18, to secure the encampment for Chippewa in June, 1903. The mat- ter will be further discussed at a meeting of the Progressive League’ on Wednesday evening. THOUGHT DROWNING MAN WAS FOULING. Ss John Greemore Falis Into River While In a Fit—Companions See Him Dis. Prairie du Chien, Wis., April 29,— [Special.]—John Greemore, a veteran, aged 55 years, was drowned at noon to- day, in the Mississippi river, seven miles above this city, while in a boat Baltes for pearl button shells. He was seized by a fit and fell over board. Oth- er fishers close by thought he was fool- ing and before they were aware he was drowned. A wife and seven children survive the drowned man, YOUTH LOSES EYE BY EXPLOSION OF GUN. 5 parece Sheboygan Young Man Meets with Serious Accident While Out Hunting. Sheboygan, Wis., April 29.—[Special.] —Ralph Miller, a young man employed on Fred Koeppler’s farm seven miles west of this city went htuning for goph- ers Sunday. His gun exploded and a SH of the barrel struck him on the head, making a Ra 2 gush and putting out one eye, and probably destroying the sight of the other. His companion picked him up in an unconscious condi- tion and carried him to the nearest farm- house, where a physician was summoned. ‘The young man has probably received fa- tal injuries. RANKS HIGH AT U. S. NAVAL SCHOOL. sh gp ee Earl P. Finney of Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Stands Sixth at Annapolis. Annapolis, Md., April 29.—[Special.} —The relative standing of the graduating class at the United States Naval Acad- emy has been determined with their percentages as declared by the several instructors. Cadet Wallace of Denver heads the class with a_ percentage of 685.18. The remaining five of the first six for star men of the class are: Klyce, Arkansas; Sterling, nee Woodrnif, Michigan; Richardson, Texas; Land, Wyoming; Earl P. Finney, Winnebago county, Wis. The graduates number 53, with a percentage of 538. MANITOWOC COUNCIL FAILS TO ISSUE BONDS. —— City Is Without Funds and Some- thing Must be Done at Once. Manitowoc, Wis., April 29.—[{Special.] —The question of bonds or no bonds which has vexed the city council for many months and which has resulted in no end of trouble, was discussed in all its phases for nearly three hours at the council meeting last night, and still the city is without funds to pay its mining expenses. City Atty. Kelley read a lengthy ovinion that bonds could tegally be issued for improvements — already made. The council resolved itself into 2 committee of the whole to discuss the matter,’ No vonds were issued. and there is no telling whether there will be. ‘the trend of opinion seemed to be in favor of the issuance of 825,000 worth of bonds for the present. Still no bond issue was authorized, all that was done was the authorization of the city attor- ney ¢o draw up an ordinance in blank for the issuing of bonds, giving the form of bond desired. The matter will be decided at the next meeting ot the coun- cil to be held Monday evening. The probability is that. bonds wil be issued and the Gity relieved from its present financial embarrassment. a rv MR. STONE’S CONDITION. He Passed a Restless Night and Continues as Weak as Ever. Watertown, Wis., April 29.—[Speeial.] —Lieut.-Gov. Jesse Stone still continues quite weak and his physicians think he will be able to hold on for several more weeks. He passed a restless night. The relatives from Waterford, N. Y., who have been here for some time have _re- turned home. Ex-Goy. Edward Scofield was here yesterday and called upon Mr. Stone. DIED AT GOLDEN WEDDING. Mrs. Legler Expires While She is Cele- brating Fiftieth Anniversary. Fond du Lac, Wis., April 29.—In the presence of 200 guests who had assem- bled at noon yesterday to celebrate her olden wedding anniversary, Mrs. Ulrich fester of Elmore was stricken with par- alysis and lapsed into unconsciousness, dying three hours later. Mrs. Legler was 79 years old and had resided ‘in this county fifty years. Mr. Legler is 85 years of age and very feeble. Both are among the best-known people af the county. DUCKS KILLED BY STORM. Severe Hail and Electric Tempest Causes Death of Birds. Eau Claire, Wis., Apri! 29.—[Special.] —During a heavy rain, hail and électric storm last night there was a shower of wild dueks at Altoona City, near Eau Claire. A dozen ducks were picked up near the Altoona depot. They were dead put still warm. It is thought there were forty or fifty in all picked up. It is supposed the hail beat them down against the wires and buildings. Do You Know The time draws near for the State Sunday School Convention at Portage, June 2-4, The state otficers are arrang- ing a-splendid programme. Everything indicates that this convention will be one of, if pot the best, ever held in the state. International workers with many years of experience will be there. Some yery able workers from our sister states nearby are engaged and a host of our own state workers, tried and suc- cessful will be there on the programme and ready to take part in the discussions of the important questions, of means and methods to be considered. If your dele- gates ,jhave-not yet. beev named, do not delay any longer. BAD FIRE AT GRATIOT. Citizens Work Hard to Save the Town from Destruction. MANY BUILDINGS BURN Mysterious Blaze oe ah Con- flagration—The Loses is $15,000 with $5000 Insnrauce. Gratiot, Wis., April 29.—[Special.]— A disastrous fire broke out in this vil- lage about 4 o'clock this morning be- tween the millinery shop of Miss Kate Troy and the meat shop of: Brennan & Kerwan and for a time it looked as though the entire business portion would be destroyed, but by the good work of the citizéns it was finally gotten under control, after ae five buildings and damaging several others. The following is a list of losses and insurance .as far as can be obtained at this hour: Ganshirt Brothers, furniture and harness, store building, a total loss and contents qargely destroyed, the loss Is about $7500 and the insurance is $3500, carried by the German Insurance Company. Kate Troy, millinery, buliding and con. tents, a total loss of about $2100 and in- surance of $900 carried by the Northwest- ern of Milwaukee and the Phoenix. Brannan & Kerwan, meat market, bulld- ing and contents total loss of $1000, with insurance of $300 on the stock but no In- surance on building. John Marriot, drug store; building and $isoo* burned, inss $3000, insurance Masonic lodge in same buflding, loss $1000, no insurance. C. M, Lund. general store building, dam- ape about $550, fully insured in the Phoe- nix. J. P. McCully, saloon building, damaged $100, fully insured In the Phoenix. Collins & Son, hardware, damaged to building and stock, bores fully insured in the Northwestern of Milwaukee. Collins & Son, agricultural, Tepiementt machinery shed is-a total loss of $200 with $100 insurance in the Northwestern of Mil- waukee. The lack of fire protection is largely responsible for the large loss involved. No cause can be given for the fire, as no fires had been had in the buildings for several days. “THIRTEEN” HOODOO. —_—.-——. Archie Wallace, Who Died of Ulcer- ated Tooth, was Followed by Fatal Number. La Crosse, Wis., April 29.—[Special.] —Since the death of Archie Wallace, who died from an ulcerated tooth, some remarkable coincidences have come to light. When Wailace, who was an iron- worker on the Milwaukee railroad’s new steel bridge, received his last check from the company it was No. 13. On the pay roll he was the thirteenth man and it was just thirteen days after-the receipt of the check that he was taken ill with the tooth. It was also thirteen day after he was taken ili that he died at the hospital. NEKOOSA MILLS RESUME. ee Nonunion Help Has Been Imported from the East to Operate Machines. Appleton, Wis., April 29.—The paper and pulp mill at Nekoosa is in operation again, nonunion men having taken the places of the strikers. Three machines are now in operation and it is expected that the fourth will be started in a few days. The mill has never been entirely shut down. A number of mill workers were imported from the East on Satur- day. They were taken out in the coun- try over Sunday so that the union men would not be able to see them. WILL FIGHT BEEF TRUST . edibles West Superior Organization Takes Steps to Help Meat Dealers in the Struggle. Wert Superior, Wis., April 29.—[Spe- cial.]—At a meeting of the One Hundred Thousand Club held last evening it was decided to fight the meat trust. The plan of the eompany is to help the butch- ers, by having cattle driven into the eity and used for market purposes. Com- mittees were appointed to look into the matter. ‘ GAFFNEY BOUND OVER. Oshkosh Man Who Shot Dr. Hansen of Neenah Is Held for Trial. Oshkosh, Wis. April 29.—Charles Gaffney, charged with attempting to kill Dr. O. C. Hansen ‘of Neenah, was giv- én a preliminary hearing before Judge Goss yesterday, being bound over under bonds of $5000. His bondsmen are Wil- liam Aylward and Henry Higgins. The ease will be tried on May 9. ELECTRIC LINE IS ASSURED. Experts Examine Ronte Between La Crosse and Black River Falls, Black River Falls, Wis., April 29.— [Special.]—The board of experts whg are to go over the line of the proposed elec- tric railroad between this city and La Crosse to pass upon the feasibility of the route are in this city and will be shown over the route under the direction of Mayor H. A. Bright of this city. ‘The building of the line is an assured fact according to the most reliable infor- mation. The new railway is meeting with a hearty co-operation all along the line, which is an assurance of success from the start. WENT FOR WALK, FELL ASLEEP ‘Mrs, Carl Math of Baraboo Found on . Bank of River. Baraboo, Wis., April 29.—Mrs. Carl Muth of this city was found on the river bank about 9 o'clock yesterday ‘morning clad only in her night clothes, where she had lain all night and almost dead from ee She awoke her hus- ‘band about 11 o'clock the night before, ‘saying she could not sleep from nervous- ness and would get up and read. It is supposed she left the house about that time. SAW HUSBAND KILLED. Chippewa Falln Woman Sees Him Crushed to Death. Chios Falls, Wis., April 29.—[Spe- cial.J]—The remains of William Hogan, who was killed on a Great Northern freight in Washington, were * brough‘ here \yesterday for interment. The widow, who accompanied the body, wit nessed the killing of her husband. To- gan was a canductor and had made the end of the division where his fan) ily resided, when for some reason hy ae between two cars and wa: crushed to death while his wife looked on from a window of her home. 75,000-BOXES FREE John A. 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TO INVESTORS Our mining expert in Colorado Predicted this slump in Elkton, and says now it is a good buy. Those who could not be induced to sell Isabella at $1.80 ought to be willing to buy now around 25c. Those who refused to accept $3.50 for Portland should be glad to buy under $2.00. But those who are frightened at the expense of mining in Cripple Creek should consider carefully the remarkably easy mining enjoyed by the Helena Co. in Oregon, that has paid dividends almost from the start. And those of a more venturesome mind should figure out the possibilities of profit before those of us who are interested in some placers near Nome. They are allowing me to sell stock at 6c (about 700,000 issued). They own 8 claims and out of the one near Anvil Creek they hope to get $75,000 this year, and think three other claims are richer. They are Wisconsin men of known integrity. For details ask FRANK T. 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HAIRINE GROWS HAIR Cures dandruff, stops falling hair, $1 post paid. Trial treatment, 10c silver. We will ship $1.00 worth for 50c to agents. A money maker. All readers write for free booklet. Address HAIRINE MFG. CO., Dept. 4, Waterbury, Conn. "Faugh! Use your nasty decaying kalso- mine? No, sir! ALABASTINE is what I asked for and what I want." ALABASTINE COMPANY. AMBASSADORS AT PLAY. They Beat Tambourine and Drum at Constantinople. A few days ago there took place in the Turkish capital a great "international bazaar," under the patronage of the German ambassadress, in and of the "Union des Amies de la Jeune Fille." The ladies of all the embassies assisted, and it was one of the most brilliant and successful metings of the sort ever held in Constantinople. In spite of a heavy snow storm that raged all day the rooms were full both in the afternoon and evening. The first receipt was a donation of £100 from the Sultan, and money poured in from all directions, the total results being about £600. An amusing incident occurred in the evening. M. Zinovief, the Russian ambassador, having purchased a tambourine, began playing on it in the real Circassian way, upon which M. Constans, the French ambassador, discovered a drum and joined in. Unfortunately, contrary to usual expectations of Russo-French alliances, there was no harmony, and the duet only produced mirth among the visitors. The other powers did not assist, so this grand opportunity of renewing the concert of Europe was lost. London Telegraph. Vermont, Mo., April 28.—If what Mr. J. S. Tillery of this place says is true—and none who know him doubt his honesty—the new remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills, is a wonderful medicine indeed. Mr. Tillery says: "I had Kidney and Liver Trouble for years. I had used many medicines, but could get nothing to cure me. "I heard of a new remedy called Dodd's Kidney Pills and began a treatment, with the result that I was very soon on the mend. "I kept on using the pills and am now entirely better. I honestly do believe that they are the greatest remedy the world has ever seen. "I am always willing to help a good thing, and I cannot say too much for one that helped me so much. "If I didn't know that Dodd's Kidney Pills would do all that is claimed for them I wouldn't say a word of praise for them." Painters Cost 10 Cents a Day. The 2500 inmates of the New York almshouse last year were fed at a per capita cost of about 10 cents a day. These persons lived on bread and coffee for breakfast, bread and stew for dinner and bread and tea for supper, without sugar, butter or vegetables. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, price 75e. Hall's Family Pills are the best. —Experts predict that 1,500,000 visitors may be expected to appear in the streets of London during coronation week. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. It is asserted that canaries have nested and bred in the open air at Osborne, and at Welling, in Kent. Some Russian railways employ only members of the orthodox church. The first iron vessels were boats for carrying grain on English canals. A Durable Wall Coating Forms a pure and permanent coating and does not require to be taken off to renew from time to time. Is a dry powder, ready for use by mixing with cold water. TO THOSE BUILDING We are experts in the treatment of walls. Write and see how helpful we can be, at no cost to you, in getting beautiful and healthful homes. Grand Rapids, Mich. MARY AND THE MEAT TRUST. Mary had a little lamb. With mint sauce on the side; When Mary saw the Meat Trust's bill, It shocked her so she cried. Mary had a little veal— A cutlet, nicely broiled. Her papa, for that veal to pay, All morning sorely toiled. Mary had a little steak— A porterhouse, quite small. And when the bill came in, she sighed, "No dress for me next fall." Mary had a little roast— As juicy as could be— And Mary's papa simply went Right into bankruptcy. Mary isn't eating meat; She has a better plan; She vows it's ladylike to be A vegetarian. IN GAY NEW YORK. Scenes and Incidents of Everyday Life in the Paris of America. Dr. Theodore Walser of New Brighton, S. I., a widely-known expert in contagious diseases, is dead. He was born in Switzerland seventy-seven years ago. In accordance with the instructions of the Rapid Transit commission, the chief engineer, Mr. Parson, will begin at once to consider plans for an underground railroad up the east side of New York city. Emil Paur, leader of the New York Philharmonic Society, will soon go abroad to accept one of several recent offers from European cities. Walter Damrosch probably will succeed to the leadership of the society. Plans have been filed for an eleven-story brick office building, to be erected at the northwest corner of Fourteenth street and Fifth avenue, which corner was formerly occupied by the Old Guard armory and Delmonico's. The building is estimated to cost $500,000. It is reported that Henry Siegel, who bought the northwest corner of Broadway and Thirty-fourth street, had surrendered his property to R. M. Macy & Co. Mr. Siegel paid $375,000 to Alfred Duane Pell for the parcel, and is said to have disposed of it at no advance in price. The will of Dr. Joseph Adrian Booth, a brother of Junius Brutus, John Wilkes and Edwin Booth and of Asia Booth Clarke, the widow of the English tragedian, has been filled for probate. The estate in New York amounts to $35,000. The value of the property which Dr. Pooth owned in New Jersey is not stated. A rug 209 years old and known as Empress Eugenie's "prayer rug" has been purchased in this city for $5000 for F. N. Finney of Milwaukee. The rug is of Persian manufacture, 6x4 feet, and has a precept from the Koran woven in its entire breadth. It was sold to its former owner in Paris three years ago at an auction of the Empress' effects. With an alleged capital of $100,000 there is to be open for business in New York city a concern called the Union Amusement Company. Its chief aim will be to engage "stars" of the stage for theaters that need them. The company has been incorporated at Albany, and it is said that the "angels" are five Wall street men. Two "stars" are already under the "union" flag, report has it. Dorothy Morton, engaged by the Sire brothers to sing the part of Dolores in "Florodora" at a salary of $200 a week at the New York theater, was a plaintiff in court, suing for $800 for alleged breach of contract. Miss Morton alleged that they wanted her to sing on Sundays. She would not, and was discharged. "No cause of action has been made out," said the court. "I must dismiss the case." Work is being rapidly pushed on "The Ninety and Nine," which Frank McKee will produce at the Academy of Music early in October. The play is by Ramsey Morris, who has taken the theme of the famous hymn as basis for a story. There is said to be intense heart interest in the play, and a young man who "strayed from the fold away" is redeemed by the love of a beautiful girl. Another old landmark is doomed. This time it is the last home that Aaron Burr had, and which since 1820 has been known as the "St. James Hotel." It is on Staten Island, and is as old as the Revolution. It was there where he died. On one of the window panes, carefully preserved, is his name, which Burr scratched with a diamond ring. The building was sold today. It is to be replaced by a modern mansion. Gen. J. S. Clarkson of Iowa has taken the oath of office as surveyor of customs of the port of New York before Collector Stranahan. Col. Swords, deputy collector, in charge of the public stores, escorted him to the custom house, and a son of the general and two or three friends also were in the party. Gen. Clarkson's bond for $5000 will be sent to Washington immediately, and as soon as it is accepted he will assume office. "The best way for a go-ahead business man to advertise his goods and be sure of profitable returns," said the Center street court magistrate the other day "is to advertise in a good newspaper." The magistrate was commenting upon the nuisance of men carrying big signs over their heads while they trumped on Broadway. Six of the sign bearers had been arrested by the police. "You fellows will have to find some other way of making a living," said the judge. Then he turned to the policeman and told him to summon the employers of the men, and he would fine them. Junius S. Morgan, who brought from Europe the jewel-incrusted manuscript Bible of the Eighth century, which is now in the New York custom house awaiting government appraisal, said that the existence of the Bible has been known since 1803, and that it is of extraordinary value. He refused to give a further account of it, except that it was obtained from a monastery in Italy, but said he had a pamphlet which gives a full history of the book, and this he will give out for publication later on. He added that the book belongs to his uncle, J. P. Morgan, and that he was not able to give its destination. Milka Terma Ternina, the Croatian dramatic soprane, and Marcel Journat, the French basso, who were both members of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company, captured in America this season something besides the routine large number of dollars and cents. Milka is said to have found a husband—or the man whom she will accept as such—and Marcel has captured a wife, or the promise of one. Several friends of Journet's say he admitted to them before sailing that he had won from a rich young New York widow the little word which is said to carry with it unbounded happiness and other possibilities. Dame Grundy couples Ternina's future with that of a Boston physician. Through a movement on foot to tender a theatrical benefit to Mrs. Wallack it has become known that the widow of the famous actor-manager has lost what fortune was left her by her husband, and is only just recovering from a serious illness brought on by worry. She is now at the home of her son, Harold Wallack, at Long Branch. Although Mr. Wallack enjoyed an income in the neighborhood of $100,000, he spent his money lavishly, and on his death only a moderate fortune was left for his widow and children. Mrs. Wallack was successful in speculation for a while, but later she lost everything by bad investments. Mrs. Wallack is 77 years old. One of her sons is an actor. The other two are in business. Mrs. Arthur Kemp, who is well known among the younger women of New York, is preparing to make her appearance on the professional stage. Mrs. Kemp is at the outset of her theatrical career, as her efforts have so far gone no further than the preliminary arrangements for a meeting with one of the most prominent of the local theatrical managers. "It is true," said George C. Tyler, "that a friend of Mrs. Kemp's came to me to ask if I would make an appointment to talk with her in reference to her stage career. I told him that I would be glad to see her at any time. I have not yet heard from Mrs. Kemp, or her friend, and am waiting her answer." Mrs. Kemp is a daughter of Mrs. Fred Nielson. She was married five years ago to Arthur T. Kemp. Since that time she has been one of the most popular young matrons in society here and at Newport. She is tall and handsome, and is in the twenties. She is a niece of Frederick Gebhard. The Blackwells Island bridge, although it was begun much later than the other two bridges now under construction, is being pushed so rapidly that, if the appropriations are forthcoming promptly, it will be finished a close second to the Wilhamsburg bridge, which was started several years ago. The vast improvements planned and being carried out by the Pennsylvania railroad will build up in a very few years, an enormous population of homeseekers to Queensborough, which has room for cottage homes for 5,000,000 people. Over the bridge will pass hundreds of market wagons, bringing garden truck, fresh every day, from Long Island to Harlem and other uptown markets. The total estimated cost of the great structure is $12,548,500. MAKING BASEBALLS. Description of the Process, Which is Said to Take About six Weeks. The opening of the baseball season calls attention to the fact, not generally known, that Cincinnati supplies practically the entire Middle West with baseball, and that something like 125 people earn a living in the baseball factories of the city. The process of making baseballs on a wholesale plan is a rather interesting one, consuming in a single season something like 8000 skins. The scrappings from the shoe factories, of which the "raw" balls are moulded, are stored in cellars of about one acre area, and from this material the balls are shaped by hand. According to quality, the ball is bound by a few or several dozen rounds of cord. The "raw" balls are placed in automatic molds, shaping the ball, and at the same time pressing out all moisture, to the tune of 300 gross a day. One employee will shape as many as 4000 of the raw balls in a single working day. The newly pressed balls are then sorted and allowed to dry out for a period of from three to four weeks, when their weight is reduced to perhaps five ounces. Something like 200 of these twine-bound leather balls can be found in the bins at all times. In the meantime the skin covers for the balls have been seasoned and dressed on the floor below, and, as a last stage in the process, rubbed back and forth against an upright blade, to take out all kinks in the skins and also whiten them. The covers are cut from the skins by hand and sewn around the balls by women. Each woman is expected to finish fifteen dozen balls daily. From every skin from fifteen to thirty pairs of covers are obtained. All in all, it takes about six weeks to turn out a baseball, and the prices of the product will vary from 3 cents to $1.25. The largest sales are of the 5-cent balls. About twenty-eight varieties of balls are now turned out. Within the last five years the baseball trade in Cincinnati is said to have exactly quadrupled itself. In addition to baseballs the local factories turn out a considerable number of footballs. The skins for these are cut according to pattern and sewn by machine. The stuffing and lacing is the work of girls. Each ball passes through seven pairs of hands in the course of manufacture, while the boxing gloves, also a Cincinnati product, pass through about forty. An average of 150 pairs of gloves is the daily output. Some 35,000 bats are made in Cincinnati every year. All but the cheapest grade, which is of poplar, are cut from ash timber, of varying sorts.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. GREATEST OIL SPOUTER It Pours Out 2,000,000 Gallons of Petroleum Before it Quiets Down. The Russians assert that they struck the biggest oil sputter in the Baku petroleum fields last fall that was ever tapped. They sank a new well in the Bibi-Eibat district about three miles southwest of Baku and reached a depth of 1800 feet before they struck oil. Then it went to spouting and is said to have been the largest producer for the first two or three days that was ever struck. It is accredited with 180,000 barrels a day for nearly three days and then the flow diminished a little; but it continued flowing until it had produced over 2,000,000 barrels. This happened in November last. Before the well stopped flowing another big one was struck in the Romani district about ten miles northeast of Baku. This spouter produced nearly 1,000,000 barrels and was still flowing at the rate of about 25,000 barrels a day on January 31 last. These were the two great spouters of the Russian oil fields last year. Remarkable as it may appear, it is said that the owners of the big well which produced more than 2,000,000 barrels is a little over thirty days lost money by this extraordinary outpouring. This would seem impossible without explanation, but the sad reason for it is clearly set forth in Consul Chambers' report that has just been published in Washington. In the first place the well could not be controlled. High winds were blowing nearly all the time and every house near the well as well as all the buildings in the village, more than a mile away, was deluged. It is said that the owner of the well must pay for repainting all the houses in the village. The owners had to pay the government a royalty of 214 cents for every five gallons of oil, and they could not sell the oil they saved at a profit of more than about a quarter of a cent per five gallons above the royalty and their expenses. It is said that this meager profit did not even pay the heavy damages that had to be disbursed to the aggrieved property owners. This is not the first time that the village mentioned has been damaged by a flowing well. Some years ago a well in the same district sent a spray of oil to this village and the owner of the well had to pay damages amounting to $50,000, as he was compelled to repaint the entire village, including a fine Russian church New York Sun. APASTOR'S WIFE CURED OF PELVIC CATARRH She Suffered for Years and Felt Her Case Was Hopeless —Cured by Peruna. She Suffered for Years and Felt Her Case Was Hopeless —Cured by Peruna. MRS. ANNA B. FLEHARTY, recent Superintendent of the W. C. T. U. headquarters, at Galesburg, Ill., was for ten years one of the leading women there. Her husband, when living, was first president of the Nebraska Wesleyan University, at Lincoln, Neb. In a letter written from 401 Sixtyseventh street, W., Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Fleharty says the following in regard to Peruna: "Having lived a very active life as wife and working partner of a busy minister, my health failed me a few years ago. I lost my husband about the same time, and gradually I seemed to lose health and spirit. My daughter is a confirmed invalid, and we both felt great need of an invigrator. "One of my neighbors advised me to try Peruna. A bottle was immediately secured and a great change took place in my daughter's as well as in my own health. Our appetites improved very greatly, the digestion seemed much helped, and restful sleep soon improved us, so that we seemed like new women. "I would not be without Peruna for ten times its cost."—Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty. What used to be called female diseases by the medical profession is now called pelvic catarrh. It has been found by experience that catarrhal diseases of the pelvic organs are the cause of most cases of female disease. Dr. Hartman was among the first of America's great physicians to make this discovery. For forty years he has been treating diseases peculiar to women, and long ago he reached the conclusion that a woman entirely free from catarrhal affection of these organs would not be subject to female disease. He therefore began using Peruna for these cases and found it so admirably adapted to their permanent cure that Peruna has now become the most famous remedy for female diseases ever known. Everywhere the women are using it and praising it. Peruna is not a palliative simply; it cures by removing the cause of female disease. Dr. Hartman has probably cured more women of female ailments than any other living physician. He makes these cures simply by using and recommending Peruna. Mrs. E. L. Brown, 329 Elliott street, Memphis, Tenn., writes: Get in on the A new company is being formed. Lead mine in Mexico under a very a six months' working bond on same ores and products during the life of theerty at the end of the six months pay one-half the purchase price, or $ in which to determine whether we will have had this property examined by they pronounce it a BONANZA MINE working the property for two months referred to, and the development shot out very high grade ore, running and sides being rich in Lead and show of all of the experts is that the mine in a year. Our plan is to sell fifty of the following plan, $50.00 cash, and five months. This will provide a mine for six months. If at the interest to purchase, each stockholder per share to make the first payment year we cannot pay ourselves back any part thereof, by the proceeds put up his or her proportionate amount. Under this plan we can easily period if we want to purchase. If we amount ($300.00), especially on a mine. On the contrary, we will have one that will make everyone comfortable. Does this interest you? If we wish to subscribe for, to the under PECTUS, but have told the who for subscriptions, but as we antic we reserve the right to return and is an unusually rare opportunity. Subscribers, address A. S. WITHER Get in on the Ground Floor A new company is being formed to operate a very rich Silver and Lead mine in Mexico under a very favorable plan. We have secured a six months' working bond on same at $50,000, with the right to sell all ores and products during the life of said bond, provided we take the property at the end of the six months' period, at which time we have to pay one-half the purchase price, or $25,000. We have another six months in which to determine whether we want to make the final payment. We have had this property examined by the very best experts obtainable, and they pronounce it a BONANZA MINE. We have also had our men working the property for two months before we would take the bond referred to, and the development shows up wonderfully. We have taken out very high grade ore, running as high as $500 per ton in Silver, besides being rich in Lead and showing good Gold values. The opinion of all of the experts is that the mine should more than pay for itself in a year. Our plan is to sell fifty shares of one thousand dollars each on the following plan, $50.00 cash, and $50.00 each month for five consecutive months. This will provide a fund of $15,000, for the working of the mine for six months. If at the end of six months we find it to our interest to purchase, each stockholder will be obliged to put up $500.00 per share to make the first payment of $25,000, and if at the end of a year we cannot pay ourselves back all monies previously advanced, or any part thereof, by the proceeds of the mine, each shareholder will put up his or her proportionate amount towards making the final payment. Under this plan we can easily determine during the six months' period if we want to purchase. If we lose at all, it is a very small amount ($300.00), especially on a mining deal, but WE WONT LOSE. On the contrary, we will have one of the best mines in Mexico, and one that will make everyone connected with it VERY COMFORTABLE. Does this interest you? If so, send $50.00 for each share you wish to subscribe for, to the undersigned. WE HAVE NO PROSPECTUS, but have told the whole story here. Books are now open for subscriptions, but as we anticipate an OVER-SUBSCRIPTION, we reserve the right to return any subscription we may elect. This is an unusually rare opportunity. Where can you find another like it? Subscribers address A. S. WITHERBEE, Secretary, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. —Dickens' Great White Horse inn at Ipswich, whose winding corridors led to Mr. Pickwick's embarrassing adventure with the middle-aged lady in yellow curl papers, has just been sold at auction for $75,000. The European Medicine Co. have completed arrangement to give away 50,000 samples of their TURKISH NERVE CURE to demonstrate its virtue as a cure for all nervous complaints such as Mental Exhaustion, Nervous Debility, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Tired Feeling, Pain in Back, Constipation, etc. Write today. It is free. European Medicine Co., Milwaukee, Wis. From Barcelona the Spanish government has received a petition praying that bullfighting may be excluded from the festivities in honor of the coronation of Alfonso XIII. 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 Ibs. $1.90; 100 Ibs. $3.00 Less Freight. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. C —Accidents due to the increasing use of wire fences have done much to cause a decline in the popularity of fox hunting in England. Piso's Cure for Consumption cured me of a tenacious and persistent cough. Wm. H. Harrison, 227 W. 121st street, New York, March 25, 1901. —London's tax levy amounts to only $38,000,000 a year. It has doubled in ten years. Thirty minutes is all the time required to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold by druggists. —Few inventions that have brought prosperity to those who made them were accidental. MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for Children teething; softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25 cents a bottle. —About 400,000 larks a year are sent from the continent to the London markets. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE $2,000 total bottle and treatie. DR. R. H. KLINE, 13d., 351 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. —A lion in a jungle will jump 25 or 30 feet from a standing start. Buy THE ROSWELLE HAT. Style, quality and finish always correct. Take no other. _____ —Every day 200,000 cigars are smoked in London. Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty. "I suffered for several years with headache brought on by nervous prostration. I was also afflicted with insomnia. I would get up in the morning more weary than when I retired and I used to dread the approach of night. Peruna came into my home as a welcome guest, and within three short months I was like another woman. I have now enjoyed perfect health for over a year, and those who have suffered as I did will know how happy I am."—Mrs. E. L. Brown. Mrs. Esther M. Milner, De Graff, Ohio, writes: "I was a terrible sufferer from female weakness and had the headache continuously. I was not able to do my housework for myself and husband. I wrote you and described my condition as near as possible. You recommended Peruna. I took four bottles and was completely cured. I think Peruna a wonderful medicine."—Mrs. Esther M. Milner. Congressman Thad. M. Mahon, of Chambersburg, Pa., writes: "I take pleasure in commending your Peruna as a substantial tonic and a good catarrh remedy."—T. M. Mahon. 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. Ground Floor used to operate a very rich Silver and y favorable plan. We have secured at $50,000, with the right to sell all said bond, provided we take the prop- s' period, at which time we have to $25,000. We have another six months ant to make the final payment. We the very best experts obtainable, and NE. We have also had our men ths before we would take the bond bows up wonderfully. We have taken is high as $500 per ton in Silver, be- ing good Gold values. The opinion line should more than pay for itself shares of one thousand dollars each on and $50.00 each month for five consecu- und of $15,000, for the working of the end of six months we find it to our er will be obliged to put up $500.00 at of $25,000, and if at the end of a all monies previously advanced, or of the mine, each shareholder will count towards making the final pay- y determine during the six months' we lose at all, it is a very small mining deal, but WE WON'T LOSE. e of the best mines in Mexico, and sected with it VERY COMFORT- so, send $50.00 for each share you insigned. WE HAVE NO PROS- e story here. Books are now open pate an OVER-SUBSCRIPTION. y subscription we may elect. This Where can you find another like it? BEE, Secretary, Hecht & Zummach's ... Reliable... Mixed Paints $100for $1.00 For every $1.00 worth of Hecht & Zummach's Reliable Mixed Paint you put on your house you increase its value that much. Pure White Lead. Pure Linseed Oil. Perfect Color Blending. Are the Three Graces of Hecht & Zummach's Reliable Mixed Paints. It lasts longer and looks better. than any other. Ask your dealer for it. Take no other. Hecht & Zummach Milwaukee, Wisconsin. JUSTTHINKOFIT 160 ACRE IN FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Every farmer his own landlord, no incum- brances, his bank account increasing year by year, land value increasing, stock increasing, splen- did climate, excellent schools and churches, low taxation, high prices 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 Building, Mil- waukee, Wis., Agent for Government of Canada. NO MORE DRINKING KILLS APPETITE FOR LIQUOR A hoine cure without patient's knowledge. Endorsed by leading temperance people. PROF. KOCH'S INTEMPERANCE REMEDY For sale everywhere. By mail $1.00. The Koch Pharmaceutical Co., Berlin and N. Y. THE A. SPIEGEL CO., Agts., Milwaukee, Wis. Beware of Impostors of different professions soliciting money in Wisconsin for purposes unknown to any person in that state and for use elsewhere. Driven out of other states they are overrunning this. We think it an imperative duty on us as being the only negro paper in the state, to protect its generous philanthropists. From now on, we shall warn the mayor and chief of police of every city in Wisconsin against such adventurers. NORTHERN WISCONSIN RAILROAD LANDS Are increasing in value from year to year. Railroads are the great civilizers, for they give the settler as well as the manufacturer equal opportunity to work in undeveloped fields, thereby rapidly settling the country and bringing forth its undiscovered riches. Northern Wisconsin is rich in iron ore, clay, kaolin, marl, timber and fine farm lands. It has made many a settler independent and added to the wealth of manufacturers who have sought this territory. Opportunities have not passed, as there is still a generous supply of land which can be obtained at low figures and on easy terms. THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL RY. Was one of the first roads to penetrate the vast Northern Wisconsin Wilderness which stretches across the State from east to west. It, also, has developed from year to year and today offers the best of transportation facilities, enabling all to ship the products of that section to any market in the world. Illustrated pamphlets and maps which are interesting as well as instructive can be obtained by addressing W. H. KILLEN. WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILWAY. TO AND FROM LEAVE ARRIVE St. Paul, Minneapolis, Iron Town, Ashland, Superior, Duluth, Pacific Coast ... *5:00 am *7:15 am *8:45 am *8:00 pm *5:00 am *7:15 am +12:01 pm *3:20 pm *8:45 pm *8:00 pm *5:00 am *7:15 am *7:35 am *10:15 am +12:01 pm *3:20 pm +4:35 pm *6:15 pm *8:45 pm *8:00 pm *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. E. F. POTTER, Gen'l Supt. JAS. C. POND, Gen'l Pass. Agt. Milwaukee, Wis. ```markdown ``` WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIFE: BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT. ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly 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, costimated by one woman. It will give first preparation ever sold for straightening kinky hair. Beware of imitations. Get the Original Ozonized Ox Marrow as the genuine never fails to keep the hair straight, soft and beautiful. A toilet necessity 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 away flowing to its superior qualities it is the best economical. It is not possible for anybody to produce a preparation equal to it. Full directions with every bottle. Only 50 cents. Sold by druggists and dealers or send us 50 cents for one bottle or $1.40 for three bottles. We pay all express charges. Send postal or express money order. Write your name and address plainly to 1 OZONIZED OX MARROW CO., 76 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Northwestern House APPLETON, WIS. JOHN A. BRILL, - Proprietor. Terms $1.00 Por Day. Accommodations the best in the State. Who in Appleton stop at the NORTHWESTERN Colored Sanitarium Why go to Hot Springs and suffer the disadvantages of the "Jim Crow" cars, when we have right here in Indiana, 5 hours ride from Chicago, the finest mineral water in the country? Baths, rooms and board all under one roof! Attendants from Hot Springs with fifteen years' experience. Write for further information to "Madam" is Correct. When writing a business letter to an unmarried woman, do not address her as "Dear Miss." "Dear Madam" is correct, whether the woman, addressed be married, or single. "Dear Miss" is not in good taste unless the name follows—as, "Dear Miss Brown." YOUTHFUL GRAY HAIR. A Hairdresser Gives Her View of Its Cause. "Have you noticed that so many young women have gray hair nowadays?" "Have I noticed it?" repeated the woman hairdresser in a scornful voice. "Maybe I haven't any eyes. And let me tell you," she continued, "if it wasn't for the enormous sale of hair dyes, I actually believe there'd be ten times as many gray-haired women as we see now. I laugh often over the regular announcements that women have quit using hair restorers (which are usually dyes) and have decided that gray hair is becoming. It is my experience, in a pretty extensive observation, that nine women out of ten dread gray hair, and fight its approach as they would a plague. Gray hair makes anybody look older, and we all know it. I admit, it is often charming, and softens a face wonderfully, but it adds years, all the same. When you see a fresh-faced, white-haired woman what do you think? Why, naturally, what a young face that old lady has. Not one observer in twenty-five reflects that there is a young woman with white hair." "But there are a great many?" "Oh, dear, yes. I have plenty of patrons whose hair is gray at 25. The reason of it is plain enough. Nervous prostration, overwork, overexcitement, worry, all those things are prime hair bleachers. Women now try to learn everything. And they are crowding into professions, where they overtax themselves. There isn't any need of it, either. A woman can work every day in the week, moderately, eat a wholesome luncheon, leave her cares at the down-town office, and grow young on it, as I do. Nerves are the cause of wrinkles, mind you, and gray hair, and about everything that destroys beauty. If a woman discovers that she is getting gray or hair is falling out, she must use her hair brush vigorously. The scalp must be kept healthy and full of blood by friction. Then she ought to have a tonic, something from the doctor, to put her system in order, and some local treatment from her hairdresser. There are plenty of good, reliable hair tonics, which do not contain a particle of coloring. Hair grows, you know, from delicate bulbs or roots. It is perfect nonsense to talk of doing anything for the hair as long as these are not in an absolutely healthy state. "Oh, well," said the doctor, "one reason that so many young-faced, gray-haired women are seen is that it is a peculiarity of some nervous diseases that they make people look younger. It's a fact. One of my patients, who is suffering from nervous prostration, appears ten years younger than she really is. The face is relaxed, the muscles are not tense, and the mind is unimpaired. The least exertion brings a spark to the eye and a bright color to the cheeks. At the same time the hair becomes quite gray. In fact, the woman is old enough to have gray hair naturally, but she doesn't look it. In the main, I think that women are becoming gray earlier than they used to, and I think it is caused by nervous strain." —Chicago Inter Ocean. DECLINED TO BE KING. Monument Marks the Spot Where Washington Spurned a Crown. Perched upon the brow of a hill, about two miles southeast of Newburg, N. Y., stands a plain, unpretentious rubble monument, erected by the Historical Society of Newburg Bay, which marks the site of a building within whose walls occurred one of the most dramatic events of American history. In 1782-83 a large part of the revolutionary army was encamped in the 溪 NEWBURG MONUMENT. fields around this hill, under the command of Gen. Washington, who had his headquarters for a time in the Ellison house, at New Windsor, and later in the Hasbrouck house at Newburg. The building whose site is now marked by the monument was a sort of meeting hall, or public building, for the use of the officers and soldiers, called the Temple. In 1782, owing to lack of pay, etc., discontent with their lot, distrust of a republican form of government had gained a formidable foothold among the rank and file of the army. Matters had reached such a pass, indeed, that a secret meeting was called, urging the army to appeal from the justice to the fears of the government, make demonstrations of power and determination, arouse the fears of the people, and so obtain justice for themselves. The outcome was a letter addressed to Gen. Washington by Col. Nicola, an officer of the army, which, after a recital of fulsome praise of the commander-in-chief, said, in part: "Owing to the prejudice of the people it might not at first be prudent to assume the title of royalty, but if all things were once adjusted we believe strong arguments might be produced for admitting the title of king." Of what avail would have been Bun- ker Hill, Concord, Yorktown, Valley Forge and the long, weary years of strife had there been a less determined man than Washington in command? Thus forewarned, Washington issued an order for a meeting of the officers at the Temple. Gen. Gates presided, and amid great solemnity the commander-in-chief arose and read his address, which was a masterly and eloquent plea for faith in the justice of their country, terming those who would overturn the government traitors, and finally emphatically declining to be made a king. WORLD POWER. The Moral and the Intellectual as Well as the Material. Whenever the little American Pessimist begins to weep fresh tears over the gross materialism and vulgarity of his country's prominence as a world power because Congress does not agree with his own economic views, two or three of those troublesome things called facts rise up to dam his tears into stagnation. American scientists are found to command the same attention in the London, Paris and Berlin circles of savants that American statesmen and financiers are commanding in Lombard street and in the bourse. In fact, they have been receiving this degree of respect for many more years than the statesmen and financiers have, only the newspapers do not say as much about them. American art, especially in landscape painting, appealed to European connoisseurs before the Chicago Fair of 1893, and the Paris exhibition of 1900 compelled the world to recognize us as a first-class power in that realm also, including the provinces of sculpture and architecture, as well as painting. Now it is announced that the exhibition of the Vienna Academy of Arts, which is the largest held there for twenty years, contains forty canvases by sixteen American artists. The world-wide recognition which is accorded to American learning is shown by the fact that our universities receive inbittations even to such faraway functions as the fiftieth anniversary of the University of Sydney, New South Wales. These details are not to be gloated over in any spirit of jingo bumptiousness, for it is quite as true that he who says, "What a brave boy I am!" is only a Little Jack Horner as it is true that he who excuses, accuses, or that he who belittles America belittles himself. But it is worth while to gain hope and courage from the fact that our moral and intellectual influence, which cannot be forced into being undeserved, grows apace with our material and commercial influence, which alone might be credited only to bigness and the fear of it, but which when so accompanied is a means to the usefulness and uplifting value of American excellence to the world.—New York Press. Sam's Choice of Brides. Former Lieutenant Governor John C. Underwood, of Kentucky, told a story at the Canadian Society dinner at the Arkwright Club Tuesday night about a negro in his employ who was married four or five times, every time receiving as a gift $5 from his employer. The sixth time the servant appeared Mr. Underwood said: "This thing has gone too far, Sam; this time you have got to get married in the regular form. I will get you a license from the County Clerk which will cost $1.50, which sum I will deduct from the $5 I am going to give you." Sam demurred, but finally consented to have the license procured. He came to Mr. Underwood's house in the evenind and when the certificate was read to him it contained the name "Mary Ann Jones," the name of a woman to whom Sam had been paying attention. "Land's sakes, Marser, Mary Ann Jones ain't de woman. It's Sarah Jenkins I wants to marry." Colonel Underwood replied that he would arrange it all right, says the New York Times, and would take out another license, costing $1.50, which sum he would deduct also from the $5. "This is getting too expensive," cried Sam. "I think you better leave de paper like it am. I did wanter marry Sarah Jenkins, but dere ain't $1.50 difference 'tween dem, so I reckon I'll take Mary Ann Jones dis time." Burmese Women and Girls. Burmese Women and Girls. Not long ago Lord Dufferin remarked that the Burmese are the only Eastern nation among whom women are publicly respected, honored and—obeyed. Woman in Burma has always had fair play; she has been bound by no ties, and she has had perfect freedom to make for herself just such a life as she thinks best fitted for her. She has been allowed to change as her world changed, and she has lived in a very real world—a world of stern facts, not fancies. Boys and girls grow up together, but with the school days comes a division. In great towns there are regular schools for girls; but in the villages, while the boys are in the monasteries, the girls are learning to weave and herd cattle, and drawing water and collecting firewood. The daughters of better class people, such as merchants and clerks, and advocates, do not, of course, work at field labor. An Irish Whisper. "An' sure, Dinnis, it's crazy Oi've been all day to hear ye till me that ye loved me." "Arrah Mavourneen, come close to me till I whisper it in yer ear." "Beggin' yer pardon, Dinnis, but it's hard of hearin' Oi am wit me ears, but ef ye'll jist have the koindness to fhisper it on me lips it'll rache me comprihinson in a jiffy, so it will."—Boston Courier. Eggs in Cold Storage The number of eggs in cold storage in the United States on Oct. 15 last was 720,000,000; in value about $10,000,000 worth. Reed Bros & Lennon GRAND AVE. & THIRD ST. GreatestSuitClearanceSale In the History of This Store New Tailored Suits, worth up to $22.00, made of splendid quality all-wool Venetian, also wool basket and cheviots, in black, blue, light gray, Oxford and brown, all beautifully tailored, jackets all silk taffeta lined, plain tailored and taffeta trimmed, regular price to $22.00. $9.98 Friday choice..... $2.50 Silk Waist Bargain, worth up to $5.00, made of fine taffeta silk, tucked and hemstitched, broad shoulder effect, spring shades, former price $5. Fri. Sateen Petticoat Sale,—a well made full size skirt of mercerized sateen, made with 14-in. accordeon plaited flounce, new spring colors, a bargain at $1.75, to close 85c Friday Dress Goods Clearance Bargains Dress Goods Clearance Bargains We have too large a stock and it must be reduced at once. Nothing like these goods ever offered at these prices. You know what you buy at Reed Bros. & Lennon is right and good. Lace Curtains and Draperies The Greatest Friday Bargain Sale on Record. The question we are asked every day is: Why do you sell your Curtains so much cheaper than other stores—they are much prettier and better in quality? Answer:—We want to make everybody feel and know that Reed Bros. & Lennon is the store for the people—to buy better goods at lower prices than elsewhere. Black Figured Dress Goods, neat designs for waists, skirts and entire dress wear, regular 39c and 49c qualities, for one day only, Friday, at a yard..... 15c New Wool Waistings, shades tan, old rose, light blue, pink, reseda, navy, turquoise, gray, cardinal and garnet, regular 35c kind, for one day only, Friday, at a yard..... 25c Lace Curtain The Greatest Friday Bar The question we are asked ever Curtains so much cheaper than prettier and better in quality? Answer:—We want to make ever Bros. & Lennon is the store for the lower prices than elsewhere. 10,000 pairs of Lace Curtains, we will put on sale Friday morning, at $2.50, $1.98, $1.49, $1.25, 98c, 75c and 39c 500 pair Ruffled Muslin Curtains at $1.50, $1.25, 98c, 75c, 49c and.....35c 1000 yards 50-inch Royal Stripe Tapestry, a yard at.....49c and 39c WHEN IN MADISON Call at the Avenue Hotel... M. J. REGAN, Prop. $2.00 Rate ..... Free 'Bus. WANTED--AGENTS We want 100 agents in every city, town and hamlet in the U. S. for the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. It will be devoted to the interest of the Negro race and will contain the news of their sayings and doings throughout the world. WISCONSIN WEEKLY ADVOCATE MILWAUKEE, WIS. WILLIAM T. GREEN Lawyer Notary Public Rooms 17-18 Birchard Block. 105 GRAND AVENUE. Telephone White 9214 MILWAUKEE. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &c. 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C. 54-inch Ladies' Cloth Pure Wool, best 75c quality, large assortment, choice colorings and black, for one day only, Friday, at a yard.....39c Black Cheviots, Storm Serges, Henriettas, Mohair Lustres, French Serge, Figured Mohairs, not one yard worth less than 65c, for one day only, Friday, at a yard.....48c s and Draperies margain Sale on Record. every day is: Why do you sell your on other stores—they are much everybody feel and know that Reed the people—to buy better goods at 1000 yards 36-inch Curtain Muslin, with white or colored figures (warranted to wash) 7c 1 case Brass Sash Rods—warranted not to bend— complete..... 2c 200 pair Reversible Royal Stripe and Figured Tapestry Portieres, at $4.98, $3.98, $2.98, $1.75 and..... $1.19 ...UN Laundry a No. 208 GEO. W ...ALL WORK C Lowest Prices and ...UNION... dry and New No. 208 Sixth Street E.O. W. SAYL WORK CAREFULLY Best Prices and Satisfaction Guar THE BAR ...UNION.... Laundry and News Co. No. 208 Sixth Street GEO. W. SAYLES ...ALL WORK CAREFULLY DONE... Lowest Prices and Satisfaction Guaranteed. A man talking on a telephone. ALL DEAFNESS OR ARE NOISE by our new invention. HEAD NOISES O F. A. WERMAN Gentlemen: — Being entirely cured of a full history of my case, to be used at you. About five years ago my right ear be my hearing in this ear entirely. I underwent a treatment for catarrh. ALL CASES OF PRESS OR HARD HAT WE ARE NOW CURABLE new invention. Only those born deaf are NOISES CEASE IMMED A. WERMAN, OF BALTIMORE, S.C. BALTIMORE g entirely cured of deafness, thanks to your treatr se, to be used at your discretion. Go my right ear began to sing, and this kept on g entirely iment for catarrh, for three months, without any long others, the most eminent car specialist of th child help me, and even that only temporarily, th ing in the affected ear would be lost forever. Advertisement accidentally fn a New York paper, and it only a few days according to your direction, my hearing in the diseased ear has been entire main Very truly yours, F. A. WERMAN, 730 S. Broad that does not interfere with your usu Gentlemen: — Being entirely cured of deafness, thanks to your treatment, I will now give you a full history of my case, to be used at your discretion. About five years ago my right ear began to sing, and this kept on getting worse, until I lost my hearing in this ear entirely. I underwent a treatment for catarrh, for three months, without any success, consulted a number of physicians, among others, the most eminent car specialist of this city, who told me that only an operation could help me, and even that only temporarily, that the head noises would then cease, but the hearing in the affected ear would be lost forever. I then saw your advertisement accidentally in a New York paper, and ordered your treatment. After I had used it only a few days according to your directions, the noises ceased, and to-day, after five weeks, my hearing in the diseased car has been entirely restored. I thank you heartily and beg to remain Very truly yours, F. A. WERMAN, 730 S. Broadway, Baltimore, Md. Our treatment does not interfere with your usual occupation. Examination and advice free. YOU CAN CURE YOURSELF AT HOME at a nominal cost. INTERNATIONAL AURAL CLINIC, 596 LA SALLE AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. Mention the Wisconsin Weekly Advocate when answering advertisements. Read This We have about twenty-five Ladies' and Misses' Mackintoshes. They are not strictly up to date in style—however they will shed rain. The former prices were from $1 to $2 each—Friday morning at 8 o'clock We offer them at your own price. Our Millinery Shop Has prepared for Friday's and Saturday's sale an immense variety of Trimmed Hats in all the new braids—Malines and Chiffons—trimmed with the new flowers, laces, ribbons and ornaments, in all the latest styles and designs. A table of Trimmed Hats and shirtwaist styles made to sell at $4, $4.50 and $5. a Friday bargain for..... $2.49 Those Nobby Street and Shirtwaist Hats, Turbans and Continental Hats, trimmed to sell at $6.00 and $7.00, at Friday's sale for..... $4.50 Untrimmed Hats—A large assortment of Women's, Misses' and Children's Fine Dress Shapes in all the new straws, regular $1.25 and $1.50 hats, go Friday at..... 98c A table of assorted flowers, French roses, foliage, lilies, poppies, apple blossoms, daisies and forget-me-nots, worth to 50c. Friday a bunch..... 19c Men's Half Hose 60 dozen Men's Fast Black Seamless Half Hose, double heels and soles, splendid 121c quality. Friday special..... $ 7 _ {2} ^ {1} C $ Notions Remnants, regular 5c, 7c and 10c Trimming Braid Remnants, regular 5c and 8c Velveteen Binding Remnants, regular 5c and 7c Brush Binding—Fri. special Waist Length (21/2 yards) of Warner Coraline Featherbone, all colors, 25c worth per waist length—Friday special..... 10c Children's Hose 1 case of Children's Ribbed Seamless Cotton Stockings, double heels and knees, all sizes 5 to 10, a splendid 15c stocking, Fri.specl. 10c $1 Kid Gloves for 48c 100 doz. women's two-clasp Kid Gloves colors tans, browns, modes, gray, red, white and black, a glove that sells at $1.00 a pair-Friday Bargain. 48c Ribbon and Laces 300 pieces Silk Ribbons in soft finish Wash Taffetas, and Louisienes in dainty style and colors, 31-inch wide, reg. 121c qual. Friday a yd LACES EXTRA—A large lot of Venise Galoons, in cream and ecru; also black silk lace bands and serpentine laces, all worth 25c a yard. Friday special a yard. 15c UNION... and News Co Sixth Street V. SAYLES AREFULLY DONE. Satisfaction Guaranteed. CASES OF HARD HEARING NEW CURABLE only those born deaf are incurable. LEASE IMMEDIATELY. OF BALTIMORE, SAYS: BALTIMORE, Md., March 30, 1901. fainess, thanks to your treatment, I will now give you discretion. can to sing, and this kept on getting worse, until I le for three months, without any success, consulted a num einent car specialist of this city, who told me th een that only temporarily, that the head noises wou ear would be lost forever. Finally in a New York paper, and ordered your tre is according to your directions, the noises ceased, a diseased car has been entirely restored. I thank y ly yours, F. F. WERMAN, 730 S. Broadway, Baltimore, Md. perfere with your usual occupation.