The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1898-19??
August 26, 1898

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r 4 *RfeWr7fii^ ^c. ^Rw ®MsoKl^ r VOLUME I. MAYOR AND THE TIGER No Complaints About Gambling Have Been Made to Him, His Honor Says. WON’T DECLARE HIS POSITION. Compared with Former Conditions, However, the Town is Now “Wide Open.” During the administration of Wi’Eam G. Rauschenberger as mayor a constant warfare was waged upon professional gamblers and these gentry had rather a hard time of it. Numerous conferences upon the subject was held between the mayor and Chief of Police Janssen and as a result the efforts of the police depart ment to suppress this evil were constant and in a large measure effective. Not on ly was the police department kept busy raiding gambling houses and carting green-covered tables, wheels and the like to the station, but the then City Attorney an Wyek had has hands full trying the cases. One of these cases went to the Supreme court and an important decision, favorable to the city, was obtained. This was in the Newman ease. The whole in fluence of the administration was direct ed against gaining evils, and an ordinance was passed by the common council and appn veil by the mayor which resulted in tin- closing up of the down town pool rooms in which there was betting upon foreign racing books. Since the Democrats took hold of the city administration things have been dif ferent. The gambling houses have been reopened, and a baseball poolroom is in full swing every afternoon ou West Wa ter street. It is hard to do Mayor Hose justice upon this matter, as he absolutely declines to make any statement for pub lication in regard to this point. He says that he l does not intend to have a newspa per dictate the policy of his administra tion. Further than that no complaints about gambling hortunity to show his ability as a jurist, as an honest and im partial arbiter and as a gentleman of hon or who delights to serve the people. There is no particle of doubt that the subject of this sketch, if elected, will give to his district and to the state one of the ablest mid most honorable terms that has ever bi i n n ndered to any district and state in our country. For these reasons it is earnestly hoped that Col. Bird will receive the vote of the convention and the best efforts of the electors of his district. We believe that competency, integrity and adaptability)are the essential elements in anyone who aspires to public position of any sort, and without these admirable qualities we believe that no one. regardless of party qualifications, should be honored by the people. We are glad to say. howev er, that Col. Bird amply and satisfactorily fills the bill in every particular and he deserti s all the honor and recognition that any people can bestow upon him. Ihe Ad'vocate heartily commends him to the delegates of the approaching convention and to the electors of his district and trusts that he will reap that reward that he so richly deserves. All honor to the worthy gentleman. May he receive the laurels of victory that properly belong to the true and the honest and the brave. Notes from St. Mark’s A. M. E. Church “For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet hath no honor in his own coun try”—St. John. 4th chapter, 44th verse. Such was the beautiful scripture lesson selected by the Rev. James Higgins, the devout pastor of St. Mark’s A. M. E. church on last Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock. The discourse was forcible and practi cal, and an abundance of good seed was sow n into the hearts of the hearers who sat quietly and listened to the gospel truths as they came pouring into their ears. The morning service was well at tended. and a lively response was made to the call for a collection in behalf of the claims of the church. The evening discourse was delivered by Rev. Stone of Milwaukee who selected his topic from the gospel of St. Luke. 13th chapter and 7th verse. The gist of the sermon evinced the importance of bearing good fruit as was. exemplified by the worthless tig tree, which was cut dow n because it had been but a burden to the soil. A good impression was pro duced and all seemed to have been some wh"t edified. Douglass Moore, the Al Hustler. Mr. Douglass Moore, the Al hustler and man about town, has gone to Wau kesha Beach, where he will continue busi ness at the “same old stand.” Mr. Moore is certainly a wideawake chap and it is doubtful if anyone has ever caught him napping. More (Moore) success to the gentleman. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, AUGUST 26, 1898. COL. W. J. BOYLE. The Genial and Popular Official of the C., M. St. Paul R’y Co. The Chicago. Alilwaukee St. Paul Railway company conducts, perhaps, a larger passenger and freight traffic than any other road in the state of Wisconsin. It has connections with other large trunk lines, and can, therefore, furnish accom modations to travelers throughout the states of M’isconsin, Alinnesota, lowa, Illi nois. Dakota and Missouri. The company has spared neither money nor labor to make everything pleasant for its patrons and those who contemplate toms throughout the states mentioned JI /S W A COL. W. J. BOYLE. cannot do better than to apply to and patronize this road, whose officials are al ways ready to impart any information and to render any assistance to travelers that are within their power. Among the entire corps of officials there is no one who stands higher or more popular than Col. W. J. Boyle, the genial ticket ami pas senger agent of Milwaukee. The colonel is a kind, generous and courteous gentle man. and is a great friend of the colored people. He has rendered the Advocate much timely assistance and he takes great pleasure in helping th*- “negro to work out his own problem.” We highly appreciate his kindness and wish him the grand suc cess he so worthily deserves. The Wisconsin Central Kailroad. The Advocate has been made the re cipient of some interesting pamphlets en titled “Vacation Suggestions.” from the Wisconsin Central Railway company. The Wisconsin Central is one of the lead ing lines in the state, ami it passes through some of the finest summer re sorts in the country. The officials of the road are all courteous and polite and they take the greatest pleasure in serving their patrons. Messrs. J. C. Bond and H. F. Whitcomb, the general passengt r agent and general manager respectively, are very efficient and popular gentlemen, and they delight to st rve the public. The “Vacation Suggestions* 4 is a neat little pamphlet, handsomely illustrated and furnished with excellent and in structive reading. It gives most s tlemlid th scription of the tow ns and cities through which the Wisconsin Centra! passes ami forms an excellent guide to travelers. [^^MarrYNorS?] All persons having news items for the local column of the Advocate will please send them to the office. 248 Fifth street, not later than Wednesday of each week. Mr. Jos. A. Gilcrease, who has been giving entertainments at Oconomowoc, Wis.. was in the city this week as the guest of Mr. Gus Holloway of 1015 Cold Spring avenue. Mr. Gilcrease will be at. his home in Racine for two weeks after August 24 and will be pleased to see his many friends at 1414 Grand avenue, Ra cine. Mrs. Marion White, the refined and ac complished teacher from Pittsburg, Pa., is still quite a welcome guest in the city of Milwaukee. By dint of labor ami per severance she has taken a course at the Boston Conservatory of Music and is now one of the most proficient teachers in the schools of Pittsburg, where she will soon return to take charge of her classes. Mrs. White is a teacher of nine years’ experi ence anm j any. has recently been promoted to the position of assistant inspector. The pro motion has been made solely on account of, the faithful and efficient services ren dered the company by Mr. Lurie and :t has fallen upon worthy shoulders. Mr. Lurie is a patient, honest and capable young man and the Advocate takes pleas ure in congratulating him upon his good fortune. Was Innocent, The Bookman tells this story illustrat ing the humors of a school examination: "It appears that at an elementary ex amination in English which was lately held in a school near New York two sen tences were given out to be corrected by the younger scholars. The first sentence was to be corrected as to its subject mat trresi»ondent of Harper's Bazar tells a story of M. Hanotaux and an American woman. It was at a dinner at the am bassador's in the early days of the war, when it still seemed over here like a thun derladt from a clear sky. "M. Hano taux.” said the American woman, think ing to curry favor with the French minis ter of foreign affairs. “I’m so ashamed of my country for carrying on fhis war. M. Hanotaux looked at her. “nhy. ma dam. vou are an American!” was a.l he said. (From Milwaukee Daily News, July 18th, 1808.) Ex-Mayor Rogers, of Madison, on Wisconsin Politics, Democratic Doctrine Tersely Expressed. Madison, Wis„ July 18.—Who will be the leading candidates and what will be the platform of the Wisconsin Democrats in the coming campaign, has thus far been chiefly a matter of mere speculation. A’ery few men as yet have talked or are willing to talk on the subject until matters have become more settled. It is rumored here, however, that Col. George W. Bird will be a candidate for Congress in this district, but he is unwilling to say any thing. and his friends are uncertain wheth er or not he will even consider it. Another (sditical possibility is Hon. W. H. Rogers, who was so prominently men tioned for governor two years ago. but gracefully retired in favor of Judge Sil vi ithorn. Air. Rogers may think some thing of being a candidate for the nomi nation of governor this year, but he will not say- whether lie would consider such a course or not. Nevertheless he intends to keep in close touch with the Democratic polities of the state. Mr. Rogers is an old-time jiersonal friend of William J. Bryan and wad the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Madison district in the last campaign and is now the law partner of Col. George W. Bird. In 1891 he was Gecteil mayor of Madison and was re elected without opposition, being the regu lar candidate of all political parties, some thing that has never occurred in Madison before or since. He is known and recog nized as a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school. In an interview today Air. Rog ers, when asked what was his opinion of the political situation in Wisconsin, he said: The prospects to re-establish representa tive government in Wisconsin are very bright. Wisconsin during the last few years has been known in politie-s as a machine-ridden state. During that period the corporations, trusts and syndicates have grown and fattened upon the people's substance. The peoply^rave now awak ened from their long sleep. The spirit of patriotism is fast overwhelming that of partyism. The declaration that all men are created equal is no longer a dream or a theory. An ocular demonstration is now to be made. The right to govern themselves- by a majority vote, the right to acquire* and hold property according each to his merits, the duty of each to pay only his share of the burden of supporting the government and the right to an equal op portunity to get on in the world, must all Ite restored to the people. The Demo cratic party, w hich in the days of Jeffer son and Madison. Alonroe and Jackson, was the party of the people, has now the opportunity of a lifetime. A dishonest party has no claims to the confidence of the people. Any party which makes ex pn ss promises in its platform and after riding into power thereon deliberately vio lates them, is not honest and is not worthy of confidence. This criticism is not intended to apply to the rank and file of the Republican par ty of this state, but to the machine and lobby, in whose firm grip the party now exists. Should the machine tactics domi nate the Republican stab' convention next month, the honest Republicans of the state w ill turn with a sigh of relief in support of a state ticket and platform constructed by a part.v untrammeled by machine and lobby influences. The machine politicians, having bolted the Democratic party two years ago. it is true, are now returning, like the prodigal son. but without any hope or expectation of sharing in the fatted calf, anil with becoming modesty, they as sume only the right to stand in the ranks. In reference to what the Democratic platform should contain. Mr. Rogers said: In answering that question. I assume to sneak for myself only. The platform should reaffirm the Chicago platform and recognize William J. Bryan as the great leader of the party: and endorse the ad ministration at Washington in its vigorous prosecution of the war; in state matters it should declare for the greater equality of taxation and more economy in adminis tration: tlie abolition of the pernicious us of corporation passes and franks by public officials: more stringent laws to stay the withering hands of the trusts and syndi cates; the purity of election and emancipa tion from bossism and machine rule, which can best be obtained by the nomination of candidates by the Australian ballot at primary elections: direct legislation by a majority vote of the people; uniform pas senger rate of 2 cents per mile. With such a declaration of principles and with candidates of known integrity and courage, the people’s cause is sure to tri umph. Ami when at the next session of the Legislature these principles are incor porated into the laws of the state, the |>eo ple shall have regained the right of self government and shall have destroyed, for all time, the influence of the machine ami lobby in the administration of state affairs. Many Good Words for Kogers. Ex-Secretary of State T. J. Cunning ham. who made a singularly clean record while in office, wholly escaping contami nation from the roster jobbers who at that time brought such everlasting dis grace upon themselves and dishonoring the party which put them in power, speaks thus of W. H. Rogers: “He is the only candidate who has thu-' far announced himself for governor oil the Democratic ticket that openly de clares for the Chicago platform and be lieves that it must remain paramount un til it is settled, and settled right. If nom inated he will make the campaign upon that issue. It is refreshing to find a Democratic leader who prefers a platform of prim iphs to one of spoils and who does not propose that the plutocrats shall en tangle and confuse our minds with for ign issues. We believe Mr. Rogers has NUMBER 17. the ability to make a splendid canvass and if elected an honest governor.” The Centralia Enterprise (gold Dem.) “The Democratic party will not lack for candidates for governor when it meets in state convention on the 31st inst. Among those who will aspire to lead the Demo cratic hosts to victory in the imiM-nding conflict is William H. Rogers of Aladison, who has this week announced his eandi dacy. We believe that Air. Rogers is a gootl friend of the ]a*ople and that through his directing care many of the abuses which seem now firmly fastened on the people will be corrected. He is comparatively a young man and was a classmate of County Judge J. A. Gaynor of this county. He was twice elected mayor of Aladison without opposition—a thing almost unheard of prior to his time in Aladison municipal affairs. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress in his district two years ago. On a prop er platform we do not see why he should not receive the cordial support of every Democrat in the state, as well as every Republican who is tired of being ruled by the bosses. Any candidate who receives such support will be elected by an over whelming majority.” The Fort Atkinson Chronicle (Dem.) “The ablest man so far mentioned for tin- Democratic nomination for governor is Hon. W. H. Rogers, ex-mayor of Madi son. Mr. Rogers is and always has been a man of the people. Born in the most humble circumstances on a farm north of the village of Waterloo, he succeeded by indomitable courage in gaining a collegi ate- education at the University of Wis consin. from which he graduated with honor. After being admitted to the bar he began the practice of law at Madison and has built up n large ami lucrative practice. His record as a citizen and a Jawytr is without a stain. The estima tion in which his fellow townsmen hold him is slwiwn by the fact that he was re clected as mayor of Madison without op ■icsition whatever after serving one term. He is a sincere Democrat and looks for ward to the eventual triumph of the great principles for which the patty is now bat tling. He is a man of solid worth, with a clean record, just such a man as mwht to lead the Wisconsin Democracy to a triumphant success m xt November.” Hon. Emil Giljohann. The Republican, candidate for insur ance commissioner, whose past career s> eminently fits him for the position he will soon occupy as a gift of the people. Emi! Giljohann. the nominee for insur ance commissioner, is a native Milwau keean. He wan born in 1851. He re ceived his education in the German and English academy and the public school. Hi learned the trade of cigarmakei and packer, which business he followed f-

HON. EMU, GILJOHANN twelve years, when he went on the road as a traveling salesman. Tiring of this, he onemsl a cigar store in Milwaukee. His health failing, he spent a year on a farm in the country and returning to the city he was appointed a United States gauger under Collector of Internal Reve nue Henry Fink, which position he held until President Cleveland’s hist adminis tration. Two years ago he was secre tary of the Republican county committee and w as appointed deputy insurance com missioner. w hich office he now holds and is so ably filling. The acquaintance we have with Mr. Giljohann leads us to be lieve that he will make an efficient insur ance commissioner. Better Stop Both Games. There are various kinds of gambling down in Wall street. The small lioys there have a new game which they call “Guessing.” One of them takes a cent, turns it over on its back, ami the other players guess its date. If any of them comes within three years of the date the hold* r pays the lucky guesser a cent. Those who fail to guess within throe yeas of the date pay the holder of the phee a cent. All the players in the game rub their fingers over the back of the cent. They say that if it is rough it has not long been coined, and if it is smooth it ought to be ancient. But there are tricks in all trades and the arabs ar not averse to using emery paper. The police are trying to break up the game. The other game goes on unmolested. Ferry—“ You say you have been visit ing your cousin up in Maine? How did they treat you up there?” Hargreaves— They didn’t.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.

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A Prophecy of the War. Poor Cuba had suffered at the very threshold of this grea and free country for more than a century before any ac tive intervention was undertaken by the United States. Outrage after out rage had been piled upon American citi zens who resided there or undertook to trade at her ports. The present war ought to have been fought fifty years ago, and it is a long, sad commentary on the too peaceful conservatism of the past that the first man killed in front of Santiago in June, 181&, was the grandson and namesake of the Secre tary of State who held back the hand of justice in 1870 when the Virginius af fair stirred the American people to in dignation. It seems to prove that, whether the war was deferred or not, it must come in spite of the conserva tism—in spite of the cost of life and money. The thought that it would come was present in the minds of many, and in one instance at least seems to have been developed into a basis for action. Many residents of our city have noted in the street cars among the advertising signs which are so prominently dis played a series of cards which refer to navai and military lines, and which have a double interest at the present hour. Although they were placed in the cars over a year ago, before the Spanish war was thought of, their text in not a few points seems to foretell with ac curacy some of the relations of the war. Q c— t-- 7----** clean nation has ever been a Fortify with SAPOLIO Is there not a certain prophetic touch in the suggestion, “A clean nation has ever been a strong nation,” with the further humorous advice to “fortify with Sapolio,” backed by a picture of Uncle Sam marching up and down be hind a rampart formed of cakes of that well-known article? Truly civilization and soap seem to go together, and the clean, well-tubbed, nicely housed Anglo- Saxon seems to have in that regard a great advantage over his soap-avoiding enemy from the peninsula of Spain. We realize the dread realities of war when these cards suggest to us that the proper ammunition with which to resist AMMUNITION with which to resist dirt, te SAPOLIO dirt is Sapolio. The campaign in Cuba has resulted in a loss of life on the battle-field of about one hundred and fifty, while every evidence points to the probability that double that number of deathswill result from the yellow fever scourge, which largely originates from the Spanish lack of cleanliness. No less a statesman than James G. Blaine stated publicly that one hundred mill ions would be a cheap price to pay for Cuba if by proper sanitary measures we could prevent the annual scare of yellow fever along our coast. >iwWW2s;w ^“^l x The advance of civilization fs SAPOLIO If, as these active advertisers assert, the advance of civilization is marked by the use of Sapolio, there should be a good market for their useful article in the Spanish possessions which have lately fallen under our control. Whether they were prophesying or not. their an nouncements are brisk and timely, and the advice they give is--like the Ameri can arms—lrresistible. “Only One Girl.” “I took out a living picture show once,” said the theatrical manager, “and 1 had several queer experiences. “We always had trouble getting suitable music, for one thing. I remember that we struck a certain town where the music was furnished by a seedy, freckle-faced young man, who officiated on one of those bangety-bang pianos. I asked him if he could think of music suitable to each pic ture as it was displayed. ‘Oh. yes.' certainly he could, ‘and do it impromptu.’ “The performance opened. He was seated at the piano, and he turned to look at the first picture. It was ‘Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.' “He didn't hesitate an instant. Like a flash he turned and began pounding out. ‘There's Only One Girl in This World for Me.’ —Chicago Journal. A Postmaster’s Problem. Here a sample of the “tough” prob lems a postmaster is frequently called on to solve, says the Maysville Bulletin. A letter was found in the Maysville office this week on which was scribbled the fol lowing:

i sick curck Kentucky ho ridge

Buck Goodman finally deciphered it. and forwarded it to Isaac Kirk at Tuck ahoe. THREAT of filipihos. Will Start Fresh Revolution if Guard is Withdrawn. AFRAID TO DISARM. Say They will be Butchered if Con trol is Given Back to the Spaniards. Manila, Philippine Islands, Aug. 24. At a conference today between the in surgents and the Americans the former declared emphatically that they were will ing to co-operate with the Americans and to surrender their arms promptly if as sured that the islands would remain either an American or a British colony or under the protectorate of the United States or Great Britain. Otherwise, the insurgent leader assert ed, they would not dare disarm, but must positively refuse to do so. They threaten a fresh rebellion within a month if the Americans withdraw. The natives assert that the religious or ders are instigating opposition to Ameri can supremacy. Many Spaniards assert that they are eager to invest their fortunes in new en terprises, but that they fear ruin if the Americans withdraw. A few monopo lists, fearing competition, are secretly in triguing against the new regime. Newspapers published in both the Eng lish and Spanish languages have already appeared. The United States transports Rio Janeiro and Pennsylvania arrived today, the former bearing two battalions of South Dakota volunteer recruits for the Utah Light artillery and a detachment of the Signal corps and the latter the Firt Montana volunteers and 300 re cruits for the First California volunteers. GUARD NEGRO MINERS. Men Imported from Alabama to Work at Pana, ill., were in Danger. Pana. 111., Aug. 24. —Sheriff Coburn as sembled 125 deputies at the city hall to day. swore all in and gave them instruc tions to reassemble armed with Win chesters and meet a number of negroes expected to arrive from Alabama to work here in the coal mines. The negroes arrived in Pana last night to take the place of white miners here who have been on a strike for several months. The negroes were escorted to the city limits by a committee of miners and induced to leave town. The strikers are being reinforced by union miners from over the state. The strikers to day assembled near the Illinois Central railway track in large bodies awaiting the arrival of negroes. During today a special train arrived in Pana from Birmingham, Ala., with 200 negroes. The train was rushed through the city to the Springside coal mine, out side the city limits, where the negroes were unloaded under the guard of deputy sheriffs. Several hundred miners were at the Union depot to meet the negroes and talk with them, but were unable to do so. All the miners at the Springside mine are un der heavy guard ami no citizens are per mitted to pass the lines. The strike lead ers have requested Gov. Tanner to take action regarding the mining efficiency of the negroes, and he has answered that he will send state mine inspectors to examine the men. DEFENDS THE CUBANS. Gen. Castillo Asserts that Shafter Broke Promises Made to the Insurgents. New York, Aug. 24.—Brig.-Gen. Joa quin D. Castillo, who accompanied Gen. Shafter to Cuba as the representative of the Cuban army, returned a few days ago on one of the government transports to Montauk Point, and he has submitted his report to the Cuban junta in this city. Gen. Castillo made a statement concern ing the disagreement at Santiago between Gen. Shafter and Gen. Calixto Garcia, in which he alleges that the American com mander voluntarily promised to turn over tbe city to the Cubans when it was cap tured, and then broke that promise. He says that all the trouble could have been avoided if Gen. Shafter had been less brusque in his manner. Gen. Castillo makes a denial of all the charges that have been made against the Cubans. BACK IN SPAIN. First of the Repatriated Soldiers Get Home from Santiago— Their Welcome. Corunna, Spain, Aug. 24. —The Spanish steamer Alicate. with the first of Spain’s repatriated soldiers, who arrived from Santiago de Cuba, reached here today. Enormous crowds gathered on the quays, but were not allowed to get near the vessel for fear of yellow-fever conta gion. AH the military and civil authorities were present. Some of the sick will be taken to the Osa lazaretto, where they will be quar antined. Others will be kept five days in hospital ships before they are dispatched to their homes. Those who are in good health will be promptly disembarked. FIGHTING IN CUBA. Reported in London that Spanish and Cubans Have Been in Battle. London. Aug. 24.—According to a dis patch from Madrid to a local news agen cy there has been serious fighting between the Spaniards and the insurgents in Cuba, in which the insurgents lost 500 killed and wounded. The report cannot be confirmed from other sources. Madrid. Aug. 24.—4 p. m.—The govern ment definitely denies that it has sent an order to Gen. Blanco instructing him to resume hostilities against the insurgents. Gen. Blanco has full liberty to act as occasion may require. MONEY FOR THE SOLDIERS. The Scandia will Take About $1,000,- 000 to Philippines. San Francisco, Cal.. Aug. 24.—About $1,000,000, mostly in "old and silver coin will be carried to Manila on the Scandia for the payment of the United States troops in the Philippines. The coin will be guarded by a detachment of soldiers. Owen Collan Sentenced. Gibraltar. Aug. 24.—Owen Collan, the solicitor who shot ami bludgeoned Hubert Birkin at the Bristol hotel. Tangier. Mo rocco. a couple of months ago. after Birkin had insured his life for £50.000 and had made a will leaving Collan £25,- 000 has been found guilt y of intent to murder and sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. PROTEST FROM PHILIP. Doesn’t Want to be Advanced at the Expense of Comrades and Friends. Chicago, 111., Aug. 24.—Commodore Philip has protested to the secretary of the navy against his own promotion because it is made at the expense of his comrades and friends, who, he believes, have per formed their duty as bravely and ably as he, says a corrt-spondent of the Rec ord. He cannot decline the promotion, for if he did so it would be equivalent to a resignation from the service. After the War of the Rebellion Lieut. Cassels was promoted ten numbers for extraordinary bravery. He returned, his commission to the secretary of the navy with a letter saying he could not accept an honor at the expense of his fellow-offi cers. several of whom had been his class mates at the naval academy Secretary Welles replied that before forwarding the letter and the commission to the President he felt it his duty to call the attention of Lieut. Cassels to the fact that his pro motion was practically an appointment to the service, and if it was declined Lieut. Cassels would no longer be an officer of the navy. Lieut. Percival Drayton had a similar experience. He too learned that any offi cer who defined promotion separated himself from the service permanently. For these reasons Capt. Philip does not decline the life reward offered him for “extraordinary bravery,” but he frankly and respectfully calls the attention of the secretary of the navy to the injustice suf fered by his fellow-officers when he and others are lifted over their heads. He also points out in his letter that brave and worthy men who did not happen to lie in the battles at Santiago and Manila have actually been punished by the effort to re ward those who had the good fortune to be on the fleets engaged. Commodore Watson, for example; Commodore Remey and one or two other officers are set back from three to five numbers, and every promotion down to the ensign affects sev eral worthy and efficient men just as if they had been tried by court-martial mid sentenced to be degraded in tbe service. No reply has been received to Commo dore Philip’s letter, but it is hoped that this frank and conscientious presentation of the case from a man whom no one will accuse of either envy or buncombe will suggest to the President the propriety of adopting some other means of rewarding bravery and good service. There is a good deal of humbug about these promotions, anyhow, particularly in the higher grades of the service. After the battle of Manila the President Ad vanced all the captain’s of Dewey’s fleet five numbers. This set them above most of the officers of Sampson's and Schley's fleets. Then after the battle of Santiago the latter were advanced in a similar manner, which put them back in their old places and actually degraded Dewey’s of ficers, while men of corresponding rank who were not so fortunate as to have an opportunity to distinguish themselves, but were quite as worthy and willing, suf fered in both cases. The net result is that Commodore Phil ip was advanced five numbers and pushed back three, Capt. Clark of the Oregon was advanced five and set back four, while the net result to Cook, Chadwick. Taylor. Evans, Wilde, Dyer, Lamberton and other captains was about the same. Their new commissions are. of course, very complimentary and highly prized, because it is written on the sheepskin that they are advanced five numbers for extraordinary heroism, but the statement is actually untrue and carries with it no increase of pay or emoluments. It would be very much better if our gov ernment should adopt the reward system that prevails in the European navies, and when an officer has distinguished himself give him some tangible recognition. The usual custom is to confer a decoration which carries with it an annuity for life from $250 to SIOOO a year. This would be appreciated by our naval officers, be cause the most of them are men of •small means and dependent almost entirely upon their pay; or Congress might pass an act authorizing them to draw full pay after retirement, which would be a bless ing in their old age. Naval authorities who have been figur ing upon the pecuniary advantages of the promotions thus far made find that Ad miral Dewey will be just $250 better off. Sampson and Schley will receive about $2500 more from the paymaster during the rest of their lives and Capt. Wilde of Dewey’s squadron has improved his fin ancial status by exactly $34. ADMIRAL SCHLEY BETTER. Is Again Able to be Up and Around Wants to Get Out. Westport. Conn., Aug. 24.—This morn ing found Rear-Admiral Schley greatly improved and everything now points to a speedy and complete recovery. The ad miral passed a very comfortable night and arose with the other members of the Wortley household at an early hour. The admiral announced today that he intends going to Washington tomorrow unless-his physician absolutely forbids it. After his afternoon visit, Dr. Gregory announced that the admiral might now be said to be convalescent. The physician, moreover, found his patient so greatly im proved that he deemed it safe to grant him permission to leave Saugatuck tomor row, provided the improvement continues. Accordingly, it is stated. Admiral Schley is making plans to go to New York to morrow, where he will report aboard his flagship, the Brooklyn, and later in the day proceed to Washington. It is added, however, that these plans are subject to change. THROUGH BURNING FOREST. Passengers on French Train Share Exciting Experience. Paris, Aug. 24.—The severe heat here still continues. A pine forest, twelve miles long, near Bordeaux, is on fire, as the result of carelessness on the part of a peasant who was burning some weeds. A more serious conflagration, threaten ing the forests of Luxey, Liportey, Ichoux and Labouleyere, in the depart ment of Landes, is in progress, and an excursion train, bound from Bayonne to St. Sebastian, was forced to turn back on account of it. After waiting for some time at Labouleyere, a second attempt was made to run through the fire. All the car windows were closed, and when the engineer found, on nearing the forest, that the sleepers were burning, he deter mined to make a bold dash at full speed. The train succeeded in getting through, but the passengers were half suffocated and many of them fainted. AUGUSTI’S ARM BROKEN. Had a Fall While on His Way from Hong Kong to Singapore. London. Aug. 24.—The Singapore cor respondent of the Daily Mail telegraphs that Gen. Augusti had his arm broken while on his way from Hong Ixong to Singapore, during the progress of a ty phoon. Gen. Augusti will proceed to Spain in a German mail boat. HELEN GOULD GIVeFS2S,OOO. To Buy Food and Delicacies for Sick Soldiers. New York. Aug. 24.—At a meeting of the M oman s National War Relief asso ciation it was announced that Miss Helen M. Gould had given $25,000 to purchase food and delicacies for the ill and wound ed soldiers in Camp Wikoff. RMSING OF OLD GLORY. Takes the Flace of the Ensign of the Island Republic. AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE. Tears Come to the Eyes of the Natives as They Saw Their Em blem Disappear. Honolulu, Aug. 16 (via San Francisco, Cal., Aug'. 22.) —A nation has ceased to exist. A flag has been blotted out. It was a solemn rather than a festive cere mony which marked the final transfer of the sovereignty over the Hawaiian isl ands. There were more tears than cheers. Even the many Americans present who had never lived under the ensign that was hauled down forever could not but feed a sympathy for the emotions and feelings of those who had lived under it that was too keen to make the cheers when the American flag went up either very ani mated or very rousing. The Hawaiian flag, with its eight stripes, alternate white, red and blue, with the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew in the corner, had been the flag of an independent nation for eighty-five years. Many who saw it hauled down for the last time were born under it and had lived under it all their lives. Asso ciations rich and dear clustered around it. And though they had given their votes and their influence, many of them the best efforts of their political life, in order that it might be superseded by the stars and stripes, which now float from ill the public buildings in Hawaii, when it ac tually came to the supreme moment of the change they could not suppress a tear and were in no mood for a vociferous salutation of the new emblem. The last day ion which the Hawaiian flag floated as a national ensign, Friday, August 12, opened cloudy and wet. This is the dry season in the northern tropics, but light showers are not unusual. An air of expectancy was observed in all parts of the capital. It was not an au thorized holiday, but the government offices were all closed, and so were the banks and many of the business houses. Witnessed by Large Crowds. As early as 9 o’clock crowds began to gather about the grounds of the executive building, where the flag-raising cere monies were to be* held. The crowds were principally made up of the poorer classes of Hawaiians, a good many Por tuguese, and generally the merely idle, carious elements of the population. Few of those who gathered thus early went inside the grounds, though the gates were open. The Hawaiians went about with an air of awed timidity, shame faced almost at being there, though un able to resist the influence and attraction of a public ceremonial, even when they knew that according to the feelings and sentiments the race was expected to hold, and the larger part of them did hold, they ought not to be there at all. At the barracks of the National guard there* was a bustle of preparation. Uni forms and accouterments were being bur uished up, though in this there was a good deal of the preparation for a fu mral. for it was the last day of the ex istence of rhe organization as the National guard of Hawaii. The guardsmen were tinder arms and in rank soon after 10 o clock, and by 11 they were marching down to the boat landing, a quarter of a mile away, to meet the American marines ami sailors from the United States ships Philadelphia and Mohican. A detail of police, nearly all of them na tive Hawaiians, led the march. Immedi ately following them was the govern ment band, the successor under the repub lic of the royal Hawaiian band and un der the same leader, Capt. Berger. Both staff and field officers were un mounted. The troops from the warships were already ashore when the National guard reached the landing, and the return formation was quickly organized. As before, the police led. the band followed and then came the National guard, and then the marines and sailors under their line officers, accompanied by the band of the Philadelphia, two field pieces bringing up the rear. ^The line of march was up Fort and King streets, the two principal streets of the city, and into the executive grounds through the main entrance. The platform on which the ceremonies was to take place had been built directly at the foot of the steps leading into the ex ecutive building, the old lolani palace of King Kalakaua. It was decorated with flags and bunting, principally in the American colors, though the Hawaiian flag had not yet been taken down. From the main tower of the building floated the Ha waiian ensign. The American troops were drawn up in company front formation, facing the building and the platform, and extending clear across the broad royal palm-lined avenue. The two battalions of the National guard in battalion front were to the right ami left on the circling avenue which surround ed the building. Back of the National guard were the citizens’ guard, the body which in the stormier days of the pro visional government included every white man in the islands capable of bearing arms, no matter what his age or social or financial position. MESSAGE TO MERRITT. Assured that Every Provision will be Made for the Health of His Command. Washington, D. C„ Aug. 23.—The fol lowing dispatch has been sent to Gen. Merritt at Manila: Merritt, Manila: The President Is giad to know you have ample force. Keep only such ships as you may require for trans portation purposes. Every provision will be made for the health of your command and the comfort of your sick. You are authorized to use any of the transport ships for hospital purposes and the naval hospital at Hong Kong can be utilizetl for the soldiers in case of necessity. The troops of your entire command should be put in camp or quarters as you decide. The ques tion of returning any troops can only be decided on after the ratification of the report of the peace commission, which cannot be for some weeks, even months yet. All transports not needed for the imme diate use of your command should be or dered to San Francisco as soon as possible. Scandia has been furnished as a hospital ship. The Arizona is the property of the govt rnment and may be retained by you as long as needed. MORE PROMOTIONS. For Eminent and Conspicuous Con duct in Battle. Washington. D. C., Aug. 23.—The Pres ident today made the following promotions in the navy for "eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle:” Lieuts. Benjamin Tappen and Thomas M. Brumby to be advanced five numbers in the list of lieu tenants. Ensigns Harry H. Caldwell and William P. Scott to be advanced five numbers in the list of ensigns. Naval Ca de' William It. White to be advanced five tubers in the list of naval cadets per- ming service at sea. The President also advances Acting Carpenter James I. Haley to be a carpen ter in the navy. ARMENIANS’ FATE. To be Driven from Russia Back Into the Hands of the Bloody Turks. Vienna, Aug. 24.—1 tis a matter of common report here in official and diplo matic circles that massacres of Armeni ans on an extensive scale are imminent in Turkey, and that Russia will have to bear the moral responsibility for any recur rence of the dreadful atrocities perpe trated in Asia Minor and Constantinople a couple of years ago. It seems that some 40,000 Armenians who sought ref uge in Russia three years ago in order to escape slaughter by the Sultan’s regular and irregular troops in Asia Minor are now about to be expelled from the Czar’s dominions. They were never welcome in Russia, and the Muscovite government insisted in vain in Constantinople that the Sultan should take steps for their repatri ation. The Porte declared that if they returned to Turkey they would foment fresh troubles, the true reason, however, being that the Kurds and the other Mo hammedan population of Asia Minor have taken possession of the property of all the Armenians, who were either massa cred or fled the country, and that the re turn of 40.000 homeless and penniless people would necessarily result in their attempting to claim their former prop erty. At length the Turkish government has been compelled to give away to the Mus covite demands, and the wretched Ar menians are about to be driven by force, that is to say. by Cossack whips and lance prods, across the frontier into Tur key, where the Kurds have already formed themselves into bands in order to receive them at the point of the sword. Indeed, the peculiar attitude of Russia in the matter and the knowledge now pos sessed by the Kurds that neither the Russians nor the Sublime Porte want the Armenians, but consider them as a source of trouble and nuisance, has already led during the past few weeks to a series of outrages perpetrated on the Armenians who had remained in the Ottoman Em pire. The Kurds and the Mohammedan population of Asia Minor feel, in fact, that from henceforth they will have a free hand in exterminating the Armeni ans and in possessing themselves of their property. The objection which the Russians en tertain with regard to the Armenians is that, like the Poles, they cling tenacious ly to their nationality and language, and cannot by any manner or means be con verted into Russians. The Sultan is now practically sure of meeting with no remonstrances on the part of the powers if he subjects his Armenian subjects to tire and sword, but the Czar will not in-* ter sere in their behalf, and France is too much bound up with Russia not to follow in her wake in such matters as these. The Kaiser is on far too warm terms of friendship with the Sultan to interfere on behalf of the Armenians, and England has her hands too full elsewhere to take any steps in behalf of these unfortunate Christian subjects of a Mohammedan ruler. OPEN CUBAN SCHOOLS. Gen. Wood and the Local Author ities at Santiago Arrive at an Agreement. Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 23, 6:45 p. m. —(Delayed in transmission.) —The confer ence between Gen. Wood, military gover nor of Santiago, and the local authorities with reference to opening the public schools has resulted satisfactorily and places will be ready for 4000 children on September 15. The salaries of the school commissioners have been fixed at some what reduced figures; the element of sec tarianism has been, eliminated from the management and an American basis of education has been proposed. The San Juan arrived today from Guan tanamo bay bringing two companies of Hood’s regiment and 107 bags of mail, delivered there by the Fern from Key West. It was the first mail matter re ceived for ten days. When the Fifth regiment arrives for garrison duty in. the city, taking the place of Hood’s regiment that will be transferred to San Juan de Porto Rico. Crane’s immunes will be as signed to guard the Spanish prisoners of war. The embarkation of the latter con tinues. Today 1200 sailed by the new transport Montevideo and 1000 by the transport Pedro de Satrustogui. Thirteen hundred will leave by the transport Leon tomorrow. The Spanish Gen. Linares, whom Gen. Toral succeeded in command at Santiago prior to the evacuation, left by the Pedro de Satrustogui. There was a great dem onstration by the Spanish soldiers on his departure. The United States transport Minne waska left today with ninety-five men of the Thirty-third Michigan volunteers, the Second regular cavalry, a balloon detach ment of the engineer corps and about 250 men of the First District of Columbia volunteers. POLITICS CAUSES MURDER. Legislative Nominee Assassinated in Georgia. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 24.—Thomas M. Adams. Democratic nominee for the Legislature. was assassinated at Giles, a country town in Chattahoochee county remote from here. The deed, was committed in a general row at a political gathering. A dispute between Jeff Davis, a negro school teacher, Democrat, and William Bagley, Populist nominee for the Legislature, precipitated a general fight, in which several shots were fired. Mr. Adams was a bystander and received a bullet in the temple and one in the heart. Mr. Adams was very popular. ARMOR PLATE SOUVENIR. Commodore Philip Gives One to the State of Texas. Washington, D. C., Aug. 24.—Commo dore Philip has sent a unique souvenir to the governor of Texas as a testimony of the loyalty and efficiency of the battleship which was christened after that state. He has taken one of the armor plates which was pierced by a 6-inch projectile from the guns of the Vizcaya and has framed it in handsome style to be hung as a memento in the statehouse at Aus tin. Another plate that was pierced in a similar manner the commodore has had framed for himself. TWO DAYS OF JUBILEE. Chicago Decides Not to Celebrate All Week. Chicago, 111., Aug. 24.—Important changes were made yesterday in the plans for the October peace jubilee. At a meeting of the executive committee, held at the Union League club, at 1 o’clock, it was voted to limit its duration to two days, instead of having it cover an entire week, as was previously proposed. This change was made at the urgent request of certain committeemen who were extremely desirous that the celebra tion should be strictly confined to the peace jubilee idea. —John Satterlund of Washburn, forty miles from Bismarck, is credited with having the biggest lignite coal mine in the North Dakota coal district. The quality is the best yet mined, and the vein of Satterlund’s mine is 15 feet thick, extending back into an immense cliff. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of WORK OF ANCIENTS. Distinct Traces of the Mound Build ers in Alaska. Dr. H. B. Runnells, an Alaska mining man of note, also more or less interested in archaeological research, has returned to Seattle from the Shorty Creek district, where, in his opinion, he found unmis takable evidences of mound builders. Of his discovery. Dr. Runnells said: "About, six miles west of Kah-Sha creek, on the side of the hill, I found the remains of a village of mound builders. The evidences are unmistakable. They are in the shape of mounds built of stone, ranging in height from 20 to 40 feet, and with a ditch surrounding each. Never before to my knowledge were such remains found so far to the north. "They are built of conical blocks of granite, and are perfect cones. What they were used for. whether dwellings or graves, I was unable to make out. "They are right on the slope of the hill, overlooking a large lake, which is about eighty miles long and which is not, so far as I have been able to ascertain, marked on the map. The lake is full of fish, and there is ^arne —moose, cariuou, sheep and goat m innumerable numbers. You see this game everywhere when you get on top of the ranges. There is nobody in there but a few Indians to disturb them.” Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order to he healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price. 25 and 50c. A Common Sense Divorce. It is worth a moment’s notice that, while we, of this highly civilized land, are perplexing ourselves in our efforts to find a simple method of obtaining divorce on grounds of "incompatibility of temperament,” and are wasting much time and large money in litigation and lawyer’s fees, the simple people of Bur inah manage to settle this question with out waste of substance. Recognizing the fact that marriage is often a lottery, and that, in cases of suddenly discovered in compatibility, it always is, the Burmese man' and wife agree that divorce shall be decreed by lottery also. If a Burmese cou ple find that they cannot live in peace, and decide that they would best separate, the wife goes out and buys two candles of equal length. These candles are made for this especial purpose, and are the only "legal expenses” that need be incurred in obtaining a Burmese divorce. The wife brings them home. She and her husband then sit upon the floor, and. at a signal, each lights a candle. One candle stands for him, the other for her. The one whose candle burns out first rises and goes out of the house forever, taking nothing. The one whose candle burns longest, even by a fraction of a second, remains and takes everything. Thus di vorce is settled without any fuss or scan dal, the general public is not annoyed by the contentions of the separating couple, and each is free to remarry. There are, indeed, some lessons in plain common sense that may be learned even from the ways of the heathen who “in his blind ness bows down to wood and stone.”— Godey’s Magazine. MRS. PINKHAM’S ADVICE. What Mrs. Nell Hurst has to Say About It. Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—When I wrote to you I had not been well for five years; had doctored all the time but got no better. 1 had womb trouble very bad. My womb pressed backward, causing piles. I was in such misery I could scarcely walk across the floor. Men struation was irregular and too pro fuse, was also troubled with leucorrhoea. I had given up all hopes of getting Win well; everybody thought I had consumption. After taking s ve bottles of \\Him w I Lydia E. Pink- W T ham’s Vegeta- a 'l# ble Compound, I felt very much better and was able to do nearly all my own work. I continued the use of your medi cine, and feel that I owe my recovery to you. I cannot thank you enough for your advice and your wonderful medicine. Any one doubting my statement may write to me and I will gladly answer all inquiries.—Mrs. Nell Hubst, Deep water, Mo. Letters like the foregoing, con stantly being received, contribute not a little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs. Pinkham that her medicine and counsel are assisting women to bear their heavy burdens. Mrs. Pinkham’s address is Lynn, Mass. All suffering women are invited to write to her for advice, which will be given without charge. It is an ex perienced woman s advice to women. L_ EI A R N BOMIG Send for catalogue to the McDonald HuninettH Institute. incorporated. 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When We Advertise We Have Something Interesting to Tell Why Do You Want to Ride a 4-C Bicycle You want to ride a 4 -C Bicycle be cause you want to have a better or as good a bicycle as others have. If you ride a 4-C bicycle the only people who have as good a wheel as yours are those who ride the 4-C —and there are many of them. After you examine the 4-C bicycle— both inside and outside—you learn that it is made of Thor parts —that the mate rial is of the highest grade—that the work manship is the finest on every point. You learn that it is a better bicycle than most bicycles people are paying twice as much for. At the present time we have a num ber of bicycles, for both men and women, which we are selling at never equaled prices. These bicycles are slightly shop worn, but such small things don’t tell on a 4-C bicycle. CREAM CITY CYCLE CO., 413 Grand Avenue. Manufactured bf^e^Kl 6^lP^y7'r^ e New York ß ..THE.. WHITE RABBIT CIGAR Is made for us bv JACOB STAHL, JR. CO. OJ AEW YORK Guaranteed by them to be the best cigar for the price they ever produced. The established high quality and standing of cigars made by this firm need no further recommendation. Ask your druggist for them. JERMAN, PFLUEGER KUEHMSTED CO., DRUGGISTS^ DISTRIBV'rmG AaBKTS, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 71* When We Advertise We Have Something Interesting to Tell Why Arc We Giving Half our Clothing Away When we decided to clear out every article in our furnishing department we decided to do it quick. When a concern has an exceedingly large stock and wants to clear it out quick, prices Ipz must be sacrificed. No matter how low we phiced the prices on our fine line of Cyclists’ Clothing, ft Sweaters, Shoes, J B/yw Belts, etc., the value would remain W vWVWu same We w have a reputation for carrying the finest line of cyclists’ fur nishings in the city, but to clear it out we will give one-half of the stock away. You pay half price but get the whole article. CREAM CITY CYCLE CO., 413 Grand Avenue. -BID YOU EVER ENJOY A GOOD CIGAR?- You Can Repeat that Pleasure by Smoking WHITE RABBIT CIGAR The Wkite Rabbit Cigar is a strictly long Havana filled cigar, thor oughly seasoned. The general verdict ofi the public is JUST SMOKE. BUT WHAT A SPLENDID SMOKE IT IS. A NOTE-EACH CIGAR IS TAGGED 2 5 of these tags pasted on a card (which your dealer will furnish with the cigars) and mailed to Jacob Stahl, Jr. Co., 3d Ave. and 168th St., New York, will entitle you to a handsome ster ling silver Rabbit’s left hind foot watch charm. This rabbit was killed in a graveyard at mid night, when the moon was full, by a cross-eyed red-headed negro. If worn as a reminder of the White Rabbit Cigar it is sure to bring good luck, o o A 10c SMOKE FOR 5c DREAMY REALITY OE TOBACCO GOODNESS. When We Advertise We Have Something Interesting to Tell WhyDo Wc Sell the Most Cycle Sundries Did you ever step into a cycle store in Milwaukee that carried a larger line of cycle sundries than we do You know that big buyers can sell cheap. We are the biggest sundry buyers in the city and our prices are therefore the smallest. For example we sell 7 5-cent foot pumps at 35 cents. No other store claims to equal that—no other store does. Our Cycle Livery is furnished with new ’9B 4-C Bicycles. Every time you rent a wheel from us you save some money —have a better wheel— a finer ride. No matter how rough you handle a 4-C Bicycle we know it won’t break and that’s the reason we can rent our wheels at lower rates than others can. CREAM CITY CYCLE CO., 413 Grand Avenue, IMANurACTum Ntw Yuk f

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The Advocate will be on sale at the following places: Hotel Pfister. S. K. Banks, 224 Wells street. G. W. Sayles. 328 Wells street. Clarence Maron. Hotel Davidson. C. H. King, 521 Main street, Wauke sha. Madison News Stand, Madison. Agents wanted everywhere; liberal terms given—send to us for rates. HELP WANTED Those who want situations in the city of Milwaukee can apply at 1 MG Hi OfflGf 246 FIFTH STREET We want 25 First-class Female Cooks zo Second Girls. 9 5 Girls for General Housework. 15 Waitresses 10 Nurse Girls 8 Coachmen 5 Yard Men 15 Porters 10 Bellboys 40 Laborers Situations furnished free of charge. All colored people, well recommended who want work, apply to RICHARD B. MONTGOMERY, MANAGER. SI. MARK'S 1. H. L MB Corner fourth and Cedar Sts. REV. JAS. S. HIGGINS, Pastor, Hesidenee, 256 Seventh Street, MILWAUKEE. WIS. SERVICES SUNDAY 10:45 and 7:45 SUNDAY SCHOOL 3 P. M. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR 7 P. M. ALL ARE WELCOME. H IFSSPN IBi Martin Street, Van Buren Streets, MILWAUKEE. WIS. Latest in Chinaware. Table Linen and Best Quality Silverware to Loan for Parties, Sociables and Weddings. “Now. this tax on beer—” the Garru lous Bonder began. “As usual." said the Cheerful Idiot, “the consumer must carry- the load.”—lndianapolis Journal. inWHBKEFS COLORED POPULIIIIOIt. Their Present and Future Discussed. Our colored friends will pardon us if we attempt to have our say somewhat plainly in thin issue. Our intention and our efforts are for the good of the race, and 'although there are some who may think we are not race-loving and public spirited. yet we think we have facts at hand to show that we have, in one way and another, rendered much assistance to the race. But. b« that as it may. we are of the opinion that the good-thinking colored people of Milwaukee are ready to listen to a bit ol advice, which can in no way be of any injury to them or to others for whom it may be intended. The colore I people of Milwaukee cer tain’y n ed to come together and present a united front for the accomplishment of their highest good. Until internal strife* and bickering come to an end the race* will never achieve any great and worthy deed that should reflect cKdit upon us and give to ns that station among others that we so eagerly desire. Union and organization among us will make us such a power in the community that will insure the respect and recogni tion of the white man and will ultimately’ bestow upon us those honors and emolu m< nts that all nations seek and only the w orthy obtain. It is indeed regretful that the majority of the colored people in Milwaukee are apparently without race pride and race unity, and that they permit the most spirited enterprise to be put on foot by colored men without giving it their least attention or assistance. We know of no place where the colored people are so far apart, so badly organ ized. and so lacking in race interest as they are here. From our exchanges ami from other sources of information we un derstand that the colored people else where, both North and South, are making laudable efforts to achieve a substantial and deserving glory, while the facts go to show that our people in this city are, ap parently. laboring for the opposite. Fellow-citizens, will it b<- always thus? Will the colored people in Milwaukee con tinue to fight among themselves and to lie supinely on their backs oblivious of their highest interest, while the white man is keen and active and is always on the alert in fields of the most important ac tivities? Det it not be so. Let the colored people unite their forces. Let them inaugurate and establish enterprises of their own. Let them stand and work together for each other's welfare and. very soon, Mil waukee will feel proud of her colored pop ulation ami the most lucrative positions, requiring trust and honor, will be opened to them. Why in it that our colored young men and women are not found in the large commercial institutions in the capacity of clerk, bookkeeper or cashier? Why is it that our working men and women are not employed in our factories and work shops Chiefly because we do not maintain a united business attitude either for our selves or for others; because we are asso ciated too much with careless and irre sponsible habits; because internal jeal ousy and enmity bar the progress of each and every individual. Shame! Shame! Let this state of af fairs be at once discontinued. Let every colored citizen hold his head up and look toward high and noble things, and let us all pull together in the interest of the race and strive to grasp hold of some of the honors and luxuries that hitherto have fallen exclusively into the possession of our white brother. Let us have the opin ion of some of our race leaders of Mil waukee upon this subject, and let the question now started in the Advocate be discussed and agitated until our people catch the spirit of union, integrity and progress. Strong Nominations for Congress. The Republicans of the Fourth and the Fifth Congressional districts, in their con ventions he'd yesterday, rewarded effi cient and faithful service by nominating their Congressmen fora third term. The obald Otjen and Samuel S. Barney, who have been thus honored, arc- good men. They have acquired in their four years at Washington a. range of acquaintanceship and a fund of experience which will en able them to accomplish more for their districts and for the nation than could be hoped for from new men. They will be stronger before the people, in their can vass for re-election, than new men would be. because the people recognize the value of their achievements and the integrity of their characters. On the same ground that the people favored them before the nominations, the people will stand by them in the approaching campaign. Jenkins, of the Tenth district, was also ienominated yesterday, for the same rea sons which led to the renomination of Ot jen and Barney. There was opposition to him. but it was that of disappointed place-seekers. A congressman sometimes, no matter how bright his record, gets into trouble because he could not make ap pointments enough to go around in a dis trict where there are many eager to have their names set down on the government pay-roll. Cooper in the First district. Babcock in the Third. Otjen in the Fourth. Minor in the Eighth, Stewart in the Ninth, and Jenkins in the Tenth, have all overcome opposition of this sort. The only congressman of Wisconsin’s ten who has been defeated for renomination— Gen. Griffin of .the Seventh district—had to face geographical arguments and strong predilections for an exceedingly popular and able man who is particularly attractive to the younger men of the par ty. and who possesses solid qualities which make him acceptable to the older ones. The exception in the case of John Esch in the Seventh may be looked upon as the one that proves the rule. Wiscon sin’: solid Republican ten will stand in line to go back to NN ashington. Let everv district exert itself to make it part of the majority for Republicanism as large as possible and thus give substantial sup port to the bistory-making administration cf President McKinlev. Gov. Scofield’s Renomination. Republicans who remember the Grant campaign of 1872 will have no fear of the const quenees to Gov. Scofield because he has beVn unjustly assailed by members of his own party. So was Grant. More over the man who was nominated against Grant by factional Renublicans who cut loose from their party became the candi date of the Democrats. Yet when the merits of the controversy had been studied by the people during a bitterly waged campaign, the people re-elected Grant by the largest plurality ever given for a presidential candidate.' Abuse does not necessarily hurt a public man. It is m< re likely to cement and arouse his friends and produce a reaction in his fa vor. Ihe people of Wisconsin, irrespective of party, judge of*Gov. Scofield not bv his few and small mistakes, but by his whole official career. As he himself said when modestly announcing his willing ness to accept renomination, his adminis tration has been an open book. The book contains a record on the whole highly creditable. The obvious explanation of the attacks which have been made upon Gev. Scofield has been the desire of a faction to make his position untenable for the purpose of opening the way for the nomination of another man. “He has not been opposed because he was ac- cased; he has been accused because he was opposed.” After a convention can vass unparalleled for violence. on the side of the opjiosition. the larged J ody of delegates ever assembled in tht state h is indorsed his administration and has made him for the second time the standard bearer of the Republican party of Wis consin. This result has been achieved bv the decisive vote of <120% to 430%. The campaign for the re-election of the Governor will proceed upon the lines upoif which the campaign for his renomination has been fought and won. The longer the criticism of his administration is ex amined. the more flimsy it will appear. He will be re-elected in November. Qual ified by experience to avoid the mistakes of the past his second administration will be even better than his first. Peace and Prosperity. One of the most remarkable things in connection with the war with Spain is the lack of disturbance to the industrial af fairs of the nation. No war between na tions was ever before fought in which there was so little disturbance to the gen eral business of the countries, or either of them, engaged, as there has been to the United States during the brief three months during which the war has been waged. From an industrial point of view cur people have scarcely known that there was a war in progress, except for the ac celeration it has given to those lines of business which deal with supplies on which the army and navy depends. The fact shows an abiding faith of the people in their government and a corresponding faith of the people of the world at large in the ability of the United States io meet any conditions that may arise, and to acquit itself not only with credit but without any unfavorable effects. Now that peace is assured and the early termination of the war a reality, the peo ple will give themselves more than ever to the arts of peace, and even greater prosperity may be expected by our people. The conditions of business generally in the country are the best. There is prom ise of an abundant harvest in nearly all parts of the country, there is very little idle labor anywhere, wages generally are fair, and with the increased demand for commodities which the return of many of the soldiers will occasion, wages are bound to be even better. When the wage earners and the farmers are prosperous all the rest of us are bound to share in the general prosperity. The increased prestige which the gov ernment has won in the eyes.of the world at large is bound to give it a glorious future. It means an enlarged foreign market, and that means busier and more prosperous people at home. As the Week ly Financial Review has well expressed it. “American pride will reign supreme with our people, backed by the highest government credit of any nation in ;he world, because founded upon unlimited r< sources and the remarkable brain pow er, skill, industry and vital force of the people. No nation has ever made bril liant history quicker than this, to enable it to demand at least a position of (qual ity in every respect, both on land and water, with the other great nations of the earth. Gus Had Reformed. A mild-mannered youth on a Cleveland newspaper’s staff was sent out the other evening to gather particulars concerning the wiremen's strike. He found promptly that a certain leader in the movement would probably know a great deal about the strikers’ purposes, and he determined to hunt him up. It took him some little time to locate the home of the man. and when he found it not a light was to be seen. The young man stepped up to the door and rapped. There was no response. He rapped again. Then an upper window was opened, and a head appeared over the sill. “Who vas it?” floated down in a shrill voice. “Good evening, madam.” said the young reporter. “Is Mr. Steiner at home?” ■‘Yas, he is home.” “Please tell him a gentleman wishes to see him.” “Veil, you can't see him. He is in bed yet. und asleep.” “Phase tell him.” said the young re porter. “that my business is important, and that I wish he would come down stairs.” The head projected itself still further across the sill. “Go avay! go avay!” cried the shrill voice: “Gus don’t bum around nights no more!” Then the window went down with a slam and the abashed reporter came away. The Poetical Editor. This is the way the editor feels when he does his sentiment in blank verse: “I would flee from the city’s rule and law —from its fashions and forms cut loose —and go where the strawberry grows on its straw and gooseberry grows on its goose; where the catnip tree is climbed by the cat as she clutches for her prey— the guileless and unsuspecting rat on the rattan bush at play; I will catch with ease the saffron cow and the cowlet in their glee; as they leap in joy from bough to bough on the top of a cowslip tree, and list while the partridge drums his drum and the woodchuck chucks his wood, and the dog devours the dogwood plum in the primitive solitude. “O. let me drink from the moss grown pump, that was hewn from the pump kin tree! Eat mush and milk from a rural stump, from folly and fashions free —new gathered mush from the mushroom vine and milk from the milkweed sweet with pineapple from the pine. And then to the whitewashed dairy I’ll turn, where the dairymaid hastening hies, her ruddy and golden red butter to churn from the milk of her butterflies; and I’ll rise at morn with the earliest bird, to the fra grant farmyard pass, and watch while the farmer turns bis herd of grasshop: pers out to grass.”—Pacific Union. Coon Songs and Sacred Music. No doubt a great many good people are shocked at the idea: nevertheless it is a fact that there is often very little differ ence between sacred music and the kind which has been associated with every thing else than sacred themes. Col. Hays of Louisville, Ky., a noted composer, tells cf an incident which illustrates this: On a very swell occasion he was presiding at the great pipe-organ in one of the toniest churches of the Falls city. And he is an a< c. mplished master of that mighty in strument. “I had been requested.” said he. “to give something striking in the way of a voluntary. It was an august occasion, but the music of the ‘Alabama Coon’ was running riot in my head and lingers, and. with the disguise of varia tions, I played that. It was a heavy hit. The sensation, even in that great church, was palpable, and some of the bead ones came to me after the ceremonies were ever and praised me in the most satis factory manner for my ‘glorious new hymn.' Now. how is that for art? ‘Ala bama Coon' is one of the greatest pieces of music f the age."—Troy Times. Her Husband Had Cribbed. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy once had put into his hands by a hostess a volume con taining some of his own poems, and was asked for his opinion of them. “Dread ful drivel,” replied the modest Sir Charles. His predicament may be imag ined when his hostess flushed' and said, sharply: “I don't mind your laughing at me, but pray don’t laugh at verses which came to me from the very heart of mv husband when we first knew each other, and which I will treasure to my dying day.”—San Francisco Argonaut. —Prince Bismarck lived exactlv within a day of seeing 1000 months. AN ELITE AFFAIR. Some of Milwaukee's Best People Do Honor to the Birthday Reception of Mrs. Dewee. Last Monday night, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Maxey at 41 Fifth street, after the new moon had hidden her beau ty behind the western hills, Mrs. Dewes tendered to her friends a most elegant re ception in honor of her birthday. Many of the best people in the city were pres ent as invited guests and the evening was devoted to all sorts of amusements which caused the minutes to roll by unobserved until the small hours of midnight. The programme of the evening consist ed of card playing, music, dancing, sing ing and other innocent recreation. Ine of the star acts of the evening consisted of some vocal selections on tne lawn by the cream City quartette, wherein Mr. James Jackson acted in the role of first tenor. The vocalization was perfect and the melody superb. No better could be had anywhere between the north pole* and tropics. The two musical wonders in the per sons of J. F. Partlow and D. O’Bauiou opened the orchestral performance and the most skillful and soul-stirring music poured forth to the ecstasy of the enrap tured guests. Mrs. Dewes is. indeed, the princess of entertainers and great credit belongs to her. The following persons were present: Mrs. Dewes. the hostess; Mr. and Mrs. Maxey, the residents, and Mmes. Lizzie Nobles, Laura Walton. Darrow, Harver, McDonald; Misses Della Morgan, Ma mie Lang. Marguritta Henderson; Messrs. James Jackson, Al. Danridge, Lindsay Howard. Reuben Vaughn, Edward Alex ander, Willie Cunningham and Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Burgette of the Advocate. MASONIC. WIDOWS’ SON LODGE NO. 25. A. F. A. M.—Meet first and third Tuesdays, at 88 Wisconsin St. W. T. Green, W. M.; W. H. Hargrow, Secretary. Visiting brethren welcome. ZOROASTER CHAPTER NO. 14. ROYAL ARCH MASONS. —Meets second Tuesday in each month at 88 Wisconsin street. Visiting companions welcome. W. .T. Green, M. E. High Priest; F. Newton, Secretary. HOLYROOD COMMANDERY. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.—Meets fourth Tuesdays at 88 Wisconsin street. Visiting Sir Knights welcome. J. J. Miles, Eminent Command er; Gilbert Hamilton, Recorder. TADMOR CONSISTORY, A. A.. SCOT TISH RITE, 32 degree, S. P. R. S.—J. J. Miles, Ills. Commander-In-Chief; D. F. Coates, Recorder. Meets fourth Thursday, 88 Wisconsin street. NOBLES OF THE MYSTIC SHRINE. BAALBEK TEM PLE.—Nobles of the Mys tic Shrine, M. T. Green, Illustrious Po tentate; D. T. Coates, Illustrious Record er. Meets second Thursday, 88 Wisconsin street. PRINCESS ELLAH CHAPTER NO. 22. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR— L. H. Palmer, Worthy Patron; Mrs. I*. D. Thomas, Worthy Matron; Mrs. Minerva Hawkins, Secretary. Meets first and third Tuesdays at 88 Wiscon sin street at 2:30 p. m. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Those who wish the Advocate should call on DAVE BOWLER, 330 Main street, Osh kosh, Wis. HENRY BLAND, Barbershop, 230 Third street. Shaving, Hair Cutting, Shampooing. DANGERFIELD, FRANK, 217 Third street. Haircutting, Shaving, Shampooing. W. M. SMALLWOOD, Barber, 146 Reed. W. H. THOMASON, 247 Wisconsin street. MISS JULIA M’NAMEE, Hairdressing and Massage, 264 Eighth street, Milwaukee. W. T. GREEN, Lawyer and Notary Pub lic, Rooms 17-18 Birchard Blk, 105 Grand avenue, Milwaukee. JOHN GOODWIN, Turkish Baths, 523 Breadway. MILWAUKEE BUSINESS MEN’S COL LEUTION COMPANY, Rooms 17-18, 105 Grand avenue. S. A. MATTHEWS, Turkish Baths and Massage, Masonic Temple. D. T. COATES. Turkish and Electro Ther (mal Baths and Massage, 194 Biddle street. SHELTON M. MINOR, News Clerk, Hotel Pfister. WILLIAM HAWKINS. Law Clerk, office of J. H. Stover. Pabst Building. R. Whitfield, Clerk, Attorney. Walker, Loan Trust building. JOHN MILLER, janitor Cawker building. MISS MARION BERRY, clerk in office of Dr. Becker, Colby Abbot building. JAMES A. JOHNSON, Delivery Clerk, Ginibel Bros. WM. TATE. Assistant Janitor City Hall. S. R. BANKS, Tonsorial Parlors, 224 Wells street. WAUKESHA BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Valentine Tiller—Restaurant, 714 Clin ton street. Jackson—Whitewasher and Painter, 620 Main street. C. W. Brown—Barber Shop. 228 Broadway. C. H. King—Manager Waukesha Baths. A. J. Valentine. Proprietor of the Valen tine Hotel, 311 Madison street. Tiller, R. C. —Cook, 714 Clinton street. Reese. Miss Gertrude and Beatrice—Hair Dressing Room. 307 South street. Mr. Reese—Janitor of High School, 309 Madison street. Irish Wit. When a young man thinks of getting married there are some people who are very fond of saying to him: "Whatever you do. in choosing a wife, do not allow yourself to be influenced by beauty, for beauty is only skin deep.” A writer in the Cornhill Magazine says: “I never hear this about beauty being skin deep without thinking of a reply which was once made by an Irish girl. She was very good looking, and was talk ing to a young man who was anything but this. He, thinking that she wanted a little taking down, remarked, in the course of conversation: ‘But you know beauty is but skin deep.’ ‘Yes.’ she re plied. ‘I know it; but ugliness goes into the bone.’ —Weekly Telegraph. Before Going Elsewhere You Had Better Apply to the Badger State Express Co. F. L. SAYLES, Prop. at 328 Wells St. or at 248 Fifth St. Prompt and polite attention rendered and safe delivery made to any portion of the city. Satisfaction Guaranteed. WHEN IN CHICAGO... Don’t Forget to Cali at WILLIAMS’ OysteraniQopHoiise Cor. 29th and State Streets, where you will be promptly served and guaran teed satisfaction. Ladies’ Private Dinin; Rooms, 29a State Street. TELEPHONE 567. OPEN DAY AND NICHT JAS. E. PATTERSON, Agent Livery, Boardings Sale Stable 414-426 GRAND AVENJE, REAR, CARRIAGES: Nos. 12,16,17,50,63. MILWAUKEE, WIS. B r i /w The Great HOME GAME KARIN©. Everyone should play Karino. It’s the greatest and most instructive game in the world. It is not only a game, but a Center Table for the Parlor of any house. Write for particulars. Address, N. O. STARKS, Patentee and Manufacturer, MADISON WIS. R. B. MONTGOMERY and A. G. BURGETTE, Sole Agents, 248 Fifth Street WHY JXOTT -KBUV-K- Misfit and Uncalled-for Custom Tailor-Made Clothing when you can get them for less than half of the price of ready-made clothing? Remember that we carry custom tailor made clothing only. Our Suits were made from $lB to SSO. You can buy them from $7.50 up to $15.00. Spring Overcoats were made from sls up to $25. You can buy them for $4.50 up to SIO.OO. The finest of custom-tailoring. Remember the place, 221 West Water St. between Wells Street and Grand Avenue, the new home misfit clothing house. HARRY SAPIRA DEALER IN FURNITURE Stoves, Carpets, Pictures BOUGHT, SOLD AND EXCHANCED 453 Third Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. AMATEUR FINISHING Interior and Exterior Views Made. PRIGESON KODAKS AND SUPPLIES 531 Grand Avenue, Cor. Sixth Street. W. T. GREEN, LAWYER, Rooms 17 18, Birchard Block, 105 GRAND AVE. MR. S. A. MATTHEWS, TDERMALBATHS^MASSAGETREATMENT RHEUMATISM CURE A SPECIALTY Indigestion and bad colds. Also chiropodist J treatment carefully attended to. 470 Jefferson St.,Milwaukee,Wis. Masonic Bldg.

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RAILROADERNO MORE, John S. Georg R^gns as Gen eral Milwaukee Agent of the North-Western. THIRTY YEARS IN THE SERVICE Mr. George Has Become a Member of the Firm of Raymond, Pynchon Co. After thirty years spent in the service of ri:e Chicago North-Western Railway company, John S. (Jeorge has decided to quit railroading and devote all of his time to his private interests. He will retire as general agent of the North-Western on September 1. Since August 1 he has been a member of the firm of Raymond, Pynchon Co., commission merchants, a grain, provision and stock house, with New York and Chicago connections. Mr. George will be an active member of this firm, whose Milwaukee office is at 78 Michigan street. Who will succeed Mr. George is not de termined yet, as the company was in- JOHN S. GEORGE. formed only on Saturday of his intention to resign. The most cordial relations ex ist between Mr. George and the company and also between the general agent and his associates in the North-Western’s service in Milwaukee. “I feel somewhat as though I were go ing into a strange country,” Mr. George remarked this morning. ‘‘l shall always feel that I am working for the North- Western railroad. I suppose, for it will Im hard to got rid of the notion that 1 am subject to the company’s orders. During the thirty years I have been with the company everything has been as pleasant as a man could wish, so far as my rela tions with my superiors and also with the men under me were concerned. It is only because during the last three or four years my private business has demanded so much of my time that I have concluded to break away. I consider Marvin Hughitt the greatest railroad man in the world. He has worked up from tht* bottom to the presidency of the North-Western, and has in large part made the road what it is. He is the greatest manager and the most just official in the business. He is general ly regarded in the business as the king of railroaders, and I am proud to have worked with such a man.” Mr. George was born May 4, 1845. in Theresa, N. Y., and is son of Silas George, who was leading merchant of that village. His mother was Miss Caro line Flower before her marriage, sister to ex-Gov. Roswell P. Flower. He was brought up in Theresa and received his early education in The public schools there, later supplementing this training by a course at Wesleyan seminary. The death of his father when he was 14 years old, however, threw him upon his own resources. He was for a time in Ironton, Q., with his uncle, Capt. John S. George, and was reading medicine in Theresa with another uncle. Dr. James Carpenter, when he enlisted in the Sec ond New York cavalry. He was in a dozen important engagements, including Bull Run and Fredericksburg, and in 1863, when he -was 18 years old, received a commission as second lieutenant from Gov. Horatio Seymour. He was unable to serve, however, owing to illness, and was discharged that year. Later he was clerk in the commissary department at Harrisburg, P.a. He first embarked in the transportation business in Ironton at the close of the war, by becoming clerk on an Ohio river steamboat which his uncle owned. He returned to New York, however, and was appointed deputy collector of customs, sind later published a newspaper at Avon Springs. He was married in 1870 to Miss Margaret Morton of Avon Springs, and soon afterward came to Chicago. Hen* he held various positions, including clerk in a freight depot, and assistant city ticket agent, and was then appointed agent of the North-Western company at Watertown. Wis.; from there he was transferred to lowa, and then to Mil waukee. where he was made city ticket and passenger agent for the- same com fiany. In 1874 he was made general agent in charge of all the business of the company at Milwaukee, and has held this important position since. He has been identified with several local enterprises, among them the Shea and George Dock company, which so built up improvement in lake traffic; also with the navigation interests as one of the owners of the Milwaukee Steamship company boats. He was one of the founders of the suburb of South Milwau kee, and is director and treasurer of the South Milwaukee company, and one of the founders and directors of the South Milwaukee National bank. He is one of the promoters of the Prospect Hill Land company, and is president of the com pany. He was shareholder and man ager of the Superior Iron company, and is interested in the Great Minnesota Iron company and other mining concerns. He served three years as member of the board of aidermen from the Seventh ward, and is the only Democrat elected to the board from that ward since the war. He was nominated at one time for the state secretaryship of his district, and was defeated by the large labor vote east that year. Upon the nomination of Bryan he was the first prominent Demo crat in the state to repudiate the plat form. In managing the Milwaukee business of Raymond, Pynchon Co., Mr. George will be associated with L. D. Kneeland, a nephew of James Kneeland, the Milwau kee pioneer. Mr. Kneeland has been in the business for some time. He—“l wish you'd get me my new nm -1 relia. I think it will rain." Sin —“But I lent it to Herr von Neuge bamr last night when it was raining so hard.” "Lent it to him. did you? Well, well never see it again.” She —“Why not?’ He—“Hm! because it was bis umbrel la.”—Drr Floh. GREAT WATER DAMAGE SALE AT THE Boston Store THIRD PRAIRIE STREETS is going fast, and must go faster. It must all be closed out in the shortest possible time, so not to interfere, with our fall business. Somebody is going to stand this great loss. Those that buy the goods will get the gain. Many of the goods but slightly soiled and just as good for general use as ever, but no value for keeping store purposes. FAIK SUMMER, LINGER. Fair Summer, linger at my door And let me learn your magic lore; Haste not away. Your breath Is sweet upon the hills, Your music all the woodland fills, And clear and gay The bobolink his light song flings Across the meadow, as he swings With airy ease In swaying tree-top. every pause Filled with the rustle of applause Of leaf and breeze. In love for you, the oriole At morn pours out his glowing soul In wild, sweet trill: But with night’s tranquil music blent, I hear the tender, sad lament Of whippoorwill. O Summer, surely he must feel That into your warm heart will steal A chill of fear. Into your song a minor note. As slow your perfumed garments float, And disappear Adown the year. —Celia A. Hayward in Lippincott's. A LUCKY MAN. “A lucky dog is Brand’” said young Nor wood at the club. “That’s the true way to make your fortune—marry it. Best re turns for the smallest investments.” “This is a bad season,” returned his friend. “Last hundred thousand just engaged. Not much left—yes, Brand is deucedly lucky.” Brand was a young artist and poet of re fined tastes and agreeable manners, but no money—except what he earned by his brush and pen—and that was little enough. He had the good fortune to meet Miss Virginia Oldham at a social function, who straightway fell in love with him, Miss Oldham was heiress to half a million— hence he was the envy of his friends when he distanced all competitors' and won her hand, Tne silver thread of intimacy that had connected our two third-floor-back f rooms in Thirty-fourth street, lost its -continuity when Brand was led in golden bonds of wedlock up Fifth avenue. So for sev eral months I did not see him. I heard of him, however., as moving in a distinguished circle, surrounded by every agreeable circumstance that a beautiful, accomplished and devoted half million could command; in short, he was a favor ite of fortune. Imagine my surprise one-evening, when after a tap at my door, a figure entered which I should have at once recognized as Brand's ghost had he not grasped my hand with such vigor that I was forced to believe it flesh and blood. “Johnson,” said he, “I’ve come to you far sympathy.” ■“Sympathy for such a lucky dog?” I cried in astonishment. “There it is again! You, too —every- body—everywhere I go dinning it in my ears! It’s unendurable!” "Pardon my violence,” he said, after a pause. “You—happy fellow, have never been lucky. You, doubtless, do not know that ‘lucky man’ is a synonym for ‘mis erable wretch.’ I begged him to explain. “Can a man be happy by becoming a nobody?” I thought it doubtful. “Can he enjoy life witnout friends i I admitted that he could not. “Can he be otherwise than wretched without love?” I thought of Arabella and said no. •“Then I will relate some of my expert cnee. “The first thing I realized after my ‘luck’ was that I had lost my identity; and I have never got any other in its stead. If any man can dispute my claim to champion featherweight in the social arena. 1 should like to see him. I have no mission. My muse has deserted me. No longer inspired by board bills. 1 can not paint, I cannot write. I would gladly assist in managing my wife s business affairs, but I am no business man, and she is. She has even made large sums by speculating in stocks. Of what use am I then? I am an appendage! a house hold ornament! a pet! “Driven to desperation by these reflec tions one day, I thought 1 would .make myself useful by keeping my wife s ac counts. I got possession of her books in her absence. The first page was headed: ‘Household expenses for Octolter, I rea ‘Taxes.’ so much; ‘servants,’ so much; ‘horses.’ so much, and so on down the list until near the bottom I came to ‘husband. $200.’ I dashed down the book, and rushed out to purchase arsenic, but was deterred from doing so by reading in im agination the item, ‘burial of husband, so much. “As a matter of course, in losing my identity I lost all my old friends. Smith cut me nt oneez others by constantly rc minding me of my changed condition, compelled me to cut them. I might have endured all this had I been solaced by love, but what has a matnmonially-for tunate man to do with love. I love 1 ir guiia. it is true. But somehow her halt mrllion is an impassable barrier between u« She loves me and manifests it by the kindest treatment. One morning, shortlv after our marriage, I was seated in her boudoir. She was regally beauti ful in her simple morning dress, and I looked into her eyes and experienced an irrepressible gush of tenderness. I took her in my arms, telling her of my love, and calling her endearing names. “She seemed touched by this spontan- eons expression of affection, and gave me a heavenly smile and a kiss and then presented me with $500! (Here Brand groaned.) “Since then I have been haunted. I have in dreams at night seen Virginia be fore men, queenly, brilliant, adorable, and when I have hastened to embrace her, I have found in my grasp only a bundle of bank bills! Then a throng of people have surrounded me exclaiming in chorus: 'Oh, most lucky man!’ “By day I have been the victim of a strange optical illusion. Instead of my wife I have seen a fantastic figure with real diamonds instead of eyes, golden thread for hair, pearls for teeth and an ample dress composed entirely of crisp bank bills, and displaying a well-filled purse. It is the figure of the Half-Million—my wife's evil des tiny and mine. “In society I have heard whispers all around me. Husband of the Half-Mil lion—a lucky man. "This is my last appeal for sympa thy. Johnson. A man without sensi bilities might thrive under such ex periences. I cannot survive them.” Here ended Brand’s recital, and I gave him what sympathy I had under such an ordeal, and he took his leave. I did not meet him again. It was the season of the great panic. One day I saw the red flag of the auction eer waving before his door, and heard that he and his wife had left town. “Poor fellow!” every one called him now. A few months since I received a letter from him. bearing a California postmark: "Oh. my dear Johnson, what a happy day when the crash came! You remem lor I mentioned her speculation in stocks. Well, stocks fell and fell until they they brought down her half million. It was a strange, wild exultation I felt when the news came, and Virginia, in an agony of tears and despair would have fallen to the floor had I not caught her in my arms—the first support I ever gave her. Fearing to shock her by my selfish joy. I laid her tenderly on a sofa and rushed out to enjoy it myself. Hasten ing to Wall street I jostled my way among the frantic thousands who strug gled at the bank entrances. I laughed aloud, waved my hat, and hurrahed. My friends looked at me and said: ‘Poor fel low. his loss has made him mad!’ And I hurrahed again, for they could no longer say I was a lucky man, “From that day I was happy, and the figure of the half million disappeared. My sleep was tranquil and the acquaintances who had thronged our parties suddenly became few and distant. My wife be came once more her adorable self. “Collecting the little that remained to us we decided to emigrate to California and begin life anew. I purchased a small farm and here we had for a time a struggle with poverty. But by Virginia's miraculous housewifery, and by my hard labor in the culture of small fruits, we managed to live comfortably. “One day as 1 was digging a ditch I unearthed a monster gold nugget, and further investigation proved me to be the owner of a valuable placer, and prospec tively rich, But all the gold in the world would be valueless to me in comparison to the wealth I possess in Virginia. She also rejoices in the loss of the half mil lion and my home is a paradise. May I not hope some day to welcome you to it? “I now subscribe myself with exulta tion. A Most Lucky Man.” In finishing this letter I decided to pro pose to Arabella—James Henrotin in the Owl. Cash Wanted. My Dear Jack: I must have a hundred dollars at onee. Don’t hem and haw about it. but send it immediately, if not sooner. This, with what I borrowed from you for the Annie Minton campaign, will make me indebted to you to the amount of two hundred and thirty-seven dollars; but nev er fear. I shall soon be in condition amply to repay you, and likewise to stake yoit in turn in ease you want to engage" in similar enterprises. For. my boy, I’ve struck it at last. And when I say “if” of course I mean "her.” The reason why 1 am so insistent about getting the money in a hurry is that I promised to call Thursday evening and bring the engage ment ring, and she will be utterly incapa ble of understanding why I could fail to bring it; for the idea of impeeuniosity. or debt, or the other stern realities of' life, has never entered her dear little cerebel lum, which is situated, I believe, in the back part of the head. Hindinsohn has a beautiful stone for five hundred which he agrees to let me have on instalments; I am to pay a hundred down, and he will not trouble me for the balance until after the ceremony (when he may go to the dev il). And he further agrees to take the stone back in case my cursed luck should still pursue me and the marriage should fall through: but it can’t fall through this time. Fate must have grown tired baiting me at last.—Edwin A. Pratt in Lippin cott’s. Poor Child A little Cleveland girl was greatly wor ried by the misfortune of a favorite play mate. The latter injured her knee by a fall, and for a time it was feared *she might lose the limb. Happily this con tingency was avoided, and in time the sufferer completely recovered. Rut when tiie outlook was dark indeed the sympa thetic girl burst in on her mamm i one day with the following excited query: “Oh. mamma, did you know it Was Bella’s vaccination leg that was hurted?” No. mamma didn't know it. “Well, it is,” cried the little sympa thizer. “and. oh. mamma, just think, if they cut off her leg she'll have to be vac cinated all over again.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 881131118^^ U? y..\ f- 4^ HGN. JOHN W. WINKENWERDER. John M. Winkenwerder, the Republi can candidate for sheriff for the county of Milwaukee, was born at Fostoria, 0., in 1859, moved to Wisconsin in ISSS, liv hyi in Granville and Milwaukee. Mr. inkenwerder was appointed steward of the. Milwaukee county hospital in 1.891, which position he held until the Ist of January, 1895, to assume the duties of coroner. While acting as steward of the county hospital Mr. Winkenwerder re ceived the highest praise from the county officials and inmates for the efficient per formance of his duties and for the great saving to the county in buying provisions for the institution. He being so kind and considerate for the needs and comforts of the inmates has endeared him to them so strongly that they showed their love and esteem for him in the hearty and joyous reception to him by embracing him and praying for blessings upon his visits t the institution. By attending to the du ties of steward so assiduously and always protecting the taxpayer in buying goods lie earned the cognomen of the “watch dog" of the institution’s money. When Mr. Winkenwerder took charge of the ffice of coroner in 1895 he revolu tionized the system then in practice and THE MORNING STAR. Reminiscences of a Missionary Ship of the ’4Os. People who went to Sunday school for ty-five or fifty years ago and saved their pennies to pay for a missionary ship called the Morning Star will be inter ested to know that she was designed for work in the Caroline and Ladrone isl ands, which are again demanding a share of our attention, says a correspondent of the Chicago Record. The ship was sug gested by a New Bedford whaler named Ira Lackey, who made a cruise in those parts, and on his return appealed to the American board of foreign missions to send its agents there. The vessel cost SIB,OOO, which was contributed by Sun day school children. It was launched in 1856 and sent to the South Pacific loaded with Bibles, hymnbooks and other liter ature printed in heathenish languages. For a quarter of a century the brig was used by the missionaries in cruising about the Spanish archipelagoes, with its head quarters in the Carolines. The story they tell at Boston is that Ira Lackey learned the watch and clock business, but went out as a sailor and look command of the bark Harvest. On the coast of Rusaie, one of the Carolines, he was stranded, but didn’t give up the ship. He had no tools to make repairs but such as Ins own ingenuity could in vent. Fortunately one of the crew could speak the language of the people. The King was dangerously sick, am! gladly accepted Capt. Lackey's offer to prescribe for him. He recovered. Nothing could exceed his gratitude and that of his sub jests. A great friendship sprang up be tween the captain and the King's little son. a bright boy 4or 5 years old. The King was most desirous to learn about the United States and the reason the peo ple were so much better off than in his ecial study of the subject, the American farmer will have to abandon the hogs as a steady diet and reform his culinery programme or the great backbone of the country will bo attacked fatally by a national locomotor atnxia. The Ok! Man Had Changed. The picture of the Rodin statue of Balzac that is making such a tempest in Paris recalls the story of the widow who called upon an artist and asked him to paint a portrait of her husband. "When can he sit?” inquired the artist. “He can’t sit a? all,' said the widow: “he’s dead.” “Then you’ll have to furnish me with his photograph.” said the artist. “He never had his picture taken.” said the widow. Nevertheless the artist un dertook the job, and when he had finished his work he asked the widow to come and see it. "It’s a fine picture,” said she. "and you'll please send it to my home; but how the old man has changed!”—Trov Times. Jack—*’Do you iike that pawnbroker?’ Tom —-“No; but I have to put up with him sometimes.” —New York World. FIGHT FOR DAVIS MILLIONS. Decree that the Erwin Davis Suit Must lie Proceeded With. Justice De Haven, in the United States court at Butte, Mont., has reopened the* litigation in the* Andrew J. Davis $14.- 000.000 estate contest. The justice de cided that the suit brought by Erwin Davis of this city, a brother of the elead millionaire*, must go on. If this brother wins, those relatives who have received shores from the* estate* ami the adminis trator and his bondsmen will be held re sponsible for money already divided. Erwin Davis brought action for half the estate, alleging that the amount was promised him for fighting the claims of a number of alleged children and bringing about a division of the property. The* will which is alleged to have been forged was admitted after a long fight to pro bate by agreement of the* relative's. When the state court ordereel a partial distribution of the estate, Erwin Davis’ first suit was pending in the federal court. His opponents sought to bar it on a demurrer. This demurrer Judge De Haven has just overruled. The case has been in the courts for seven years. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended in lawyers’ fees. Andrew J. Davis himself was a native of Hampden, Mass. When he died he owned the greater part of Butte. Mont. Several women claimed to be his widow. Their claims were thrown out of court. Then the case narrowed down to a contest between John A. Davis, a brother in Chicago, Erwin Davis of this city; Henry A. Root, a nephew, of Hel ena, Mont., and several sisters. —New York Journal. Baking Biscuits and Cakes. An oven to bake well should have a reg ular heat throughout, but particularly at the bottom, without which bread or cake will not rise or bake well. An earthen basin is best for beating eggs or cake mixture. Cake should be beaten with a wooden spoon and butter may be beaten with the same. Eggs should^ be beaten with a fork if one has not a patent beater. For a cake they should be clear and fre^h. It is well in cake-making to beat the butter and sugar, which should be fine, to a light cream. In the making of pound cake- success depends noon the care taken in the beating. Flour ami other ingredients are not to be added un til lightness in secured. In common cake, where- only a few eggs are used, beat them until a spoon ful clear of strings can be taken up. In receipts in which milk is used, either sweet or sour may be* used, but not both. Sour milk makes a spongy, light cake, and sweet milk makes one that cuts like pound cake. In making cake use double refined su gar if you wish it to be pleasing to the palate, although light brown sugar makeu a very good cake. For icing cake sugar must be rolled ami sifted or pounded in a mortar. A very tine splint of wood run through the thickest part of the cake will tell you if it is sufficiently baked. It ought to come out clean, but if dough adheres to' it more baking is necessary. If the cake is large a small knife blade can be used in place of the* splint. Place cake in a tin box tightly covered and in a cool, dark place to keep it fresh. An Historic Spring The Daughters of the Revolution, at Lexington, Ky., have placed a handsome stone wall around rhe historic spring at Bryan station. The wall was erected in commemoration of the brave act of the pioneer women, more than a hundred years ago, in going to the spring for water for the beleaguered fort, within range of hundreds of loaded rifles in the hands of concealed savages. The fort at Bryan station, says the Illustrated American, was ereetod 1 iu 177!!. five miles from Lexington, Ky., and the first attack was made upon it by the Indians in the summer of 1782. under a British officer, Capt. William Cardwell. The inscription on the tablet is as fol lows; “In honor of the Women of Bryant Station, who, on the 15th of August. 1782, faced a savage host in ambush, and with a heroic courage and sublime self sacrifice that will remain forever illus trious. bTamcd from Ibis spring the water that mr.de possible the successful defense of that station.” Manila’s Streets. The streets of Manila art* so modem as to be quite out of keeping with the gen eral appearance of the town. They are perfectly straight, macadamized, and pro vided with ample granite walks. Of these, the Esconta and the Rosario are the host. In both th >se are excellent shops, kept principally by Chinese mer chants, most of whom come from Amoy Tin-roofer about six inches long and three or four wide, the strips resting on the edges of the* saucer. You will find more flies on these bits of paper than on nil your large pieces in the room. Abe Collet —“W’nad yo’ puttin’ pizen on de seat oh dem pants fo’? Is yo’ losin’ yo’r mind?” Lew Wemple—“No. sab; but mab bes’ girl’s father am gwine toe lose a bulldog.”—Judge.

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THEY HUO I CLOSE CULL. But for Armistice a Bloody Battle Would Have Occurred, THE THIRD WISCONSIN. The Spanish Had Every Advantage in the Mountain Pass— Heroic Deeds. Coamo, Porto Rico, Aug. 14. —[Spe- cial.]—The brigade composed of the Sec ond and Third Wisconsin and Sixteeenth Pennsylvania regiments commanded by Gen. Ernst, may never fully realize what they missed by not being sent against the Spaniards in the fortified mountain pass near Aybonito. An examination of the place, which at this time the Spaniards still hold —an examination made possible by the temporary cessation of tiring on both sides —shows that for a distance of about two miles the enemy occupies a fortified position defended by field pieces and rifle pits. It is exceedingly strong, and moreover can hardly be flanked, 'inis Hank movement, at one time ordered for the Third Wisconsin, was withdrawn when the fuller particulars were brought to Gen. Wilson’s notice. Would Have Coat Many Lives. Had the brigade been ordered to take the place by assault, they would undoubt edly have done so, but there would have been one of the largest sacrifices of life of the war. '1 he Spaniards showed none of the re treating qualities made so evident at i’onee, Guanica or even west of Coamo. Their nerve was equaled only by their insolence, and was caused by the strength of their almost impregnable position. While Troop F of the Ninth artillery was hammering away at the breastworks and fortifications the Spaniards would reply with Alauser ritie snots and field pieces. Tiny had the range of every part of the pass to perfection, and it is remarkable that they did so little execution. It has been said that they have a couple of French gunners, but this has not be«i verified. The field pieces of the Spanish, after being fired, would be hauled back of boulders by ropes to be reloaded. Many Acta of Heroism. There were many acts of personal hero ism both in the artillery and among the Third Wisconsin volunteers. Capts. Mc- Coy and Lee of Cos. L and F got rifles ami blazed away from exposed positions near the artillery. Capt. Lee’s wrist, was grazed by a ball as he was raising his arm to tire a rifle borrowed from one of the men. When the battery ran out of ammuni tion last Friday evening and retired it was a ticklish job to get the guns away. When the Spanish saw the movement they raised their yell of victory and came over their breastworks with the intention of capturing the last gun. They were met by Co. F of Portage with such a hail of lead that they settled back again. While the last excitement was on, a private of the battery, a lad of not over 20 years, heard the order to go back for the remaining gun. He bad four horses ami started. He succeeded in lim bering up and brought the piece away. This did not end the gunners’ troubles, however. The road ran at one place to an exposed position on the edge of the precipice. One gun at a time tne battery went out of there, going around the cornet at a breakneck pace. A fall on the part of a horse would have settled them forever in the gorge below, but it was neatly done. Lieut. Haines of the battery was seriously wounded in the ac tion. The Spaniards danced and shouted back of their position and could be heard, through one who could speak English, to ask us, “When we were coming through the pass.’ They even held dress parade on tfie green. At the present time they still hold their place but' understand that the armistice is on. The Second Wisconsin has re lieved the Third at the opening of the pass to maintain the statu quo. White Flags Now Wave. White flags now wave from all of the outposts. Last night one of the American outposts was fired upon and the result was almost serious. The ball went through the sentry's coat near the shoul der. Today. Sunday, was formally observed for the first time since leaving Charleston by the regimental chaplain, Rev. Trimm of Chippewa Falls. His discourse to the soldiers was eloquent and impressive. It dealt largely on the first American sacri fice of life upon the island—Corp. Oscar Swanson and Private Fred Vought of Sparta—and brought tears to the eyes ot the soldiers. As kuowu Corp. Swanson and Private Vought were with Co. L over a mile from the set ue of action. They were in fact taking no part in it. The shell which ex ploded in their midst passed over the hill which sheltered the Portage boys and its execution was mere luck on the part of the Spaniards. Corp. Swanson was killed and Private Vought died at 9 o’clock that night (Friday) of his injuries, even while the "vivas” were being shouted at I’onee iu honor of peace. Corp. August Yani k and Private George Bunce were wounded at almost the same time. The escape of Yauck was miraculous. He was shot through the neck and shoulder and half an inch either way would have been fatal. Bunce was injured in the breast. Both are at the division hospital, receiv ing good care and will certainly recover. Impressive Military Funeral. The funeral of the deceased men was held yesterday, the interment being in the Coamo cemetery. With muffled drums the Third regiment band played the funeral march to the grave. The pallbearers were from Sparta, being Dr. A. L. Miller of the hospital corps, Quartermaster-Sergt. Mc- Coy and Privates Henry Davis, Hubbard. Bullman and Kenyon. The official at tendance was small, the company being still at its post at the front. Chaplain Trimm held services briefly, the band sounded “taps” and the first Americans to rest in Porto Rican soil as the result of battle were gone, but never to be for gotten. The Third Wisconsin has moved camp to a point east of the Pennsylvania regi ment and is now the nearest to the out posts. The move was made for sanitary reasons and to get a better camp arrange ment. The first camp here was “just dropped” anywhere and more resembled the jumbled streets of Boston than any thing military. The regiment is getting good rations, but cannot obtain fresh vegetables even in fertile Porto Rico. However, the finest beef the army has ever seen is being is sued almost daily by the commissary and results in considerable benefit. Lieut. Barron of the Eau Claire com pany has left for home. He has malarial lever and it was necessary to get him off the island. Some other commissioned of ficers of the Third are affected similarly, but refuse to leave the regiment. Capt. John Turner of Co. D is still laid up with his wrenched knee and will not be able to be around for a month. The talk of permanent peace and the mustering out of the volunteers is becom ing the principal topic of camp. Even the arrival of the paymaster is secondary in importance. If the affair is really ever there are many officers and men anxious to return to home and business. Some ire willing to remain in the country for i time and may look for such an oppor tunity. WILSON IN CONTROL. Takes Charge of the District of Ponce—Orders AH Saloons Closed. Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 24.—Morning. —Gen. James H. Wilson has assumed control of the district of Ponce, and has ordered that all saloons shall bo closed for three days, with a view to quieting the existing disorders. They will be opened subsequently under special regu lations. Gen. Grant has established his headquarters here. Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. 23.—After noon. —(Delayed in transmission.)—A ca ble message announcing that Mrs. Miles, accompanied by her daughter. Mrs. Col. Rice, sailed for Ponce on the United States transport Obdam, from Charleston, last Saturday, will delay the departure of Gen. Miles and bis staff possibly several days. During the attempt last night to locate a fire to the east of Ponce a platoon of Troop A of New York, under command of Lieut. Coudert, accompanied Lieut. Davenport of the signal corps to Santa Isabel. The men had an exciting time, riding at a furious gallop after midnight and covering twenty miles in two hours. Lieut. Davenport tapped the telegraph wires at several points without locating the fire. The party returned this after noon utterly exhausted. WEARY WAITING. Soldiers on Transports Off Mon tauk Point Are Anxious to Get Ashore. With the Transports Off Camp Wi koff, Montauk Point, L. 1., Aug. 22. (Correspondence of the Associated press.)—lt is a weary waiting for the American troops on the transports an chored off Camp Wikoff. There is abso lutely nothing to do on board and the men lounge about the decks, seeking what scant shade can be found in the lee of deckhouses or under awnings, and longing for the orders that will free them from irksome confinement. Again and again the men discuss the happenings of the days before Santiago. Plans are made for the trip home whenever free dom finally comes; pay-day is spoken of— as many of the men are without money— and the everlasting subject of something good to eat in the future fills all minds. Fortunately the weather is cool. There is a good breeze every day; and in the evenings it is even chilly. Overcoats are brought out and the warm corners be hind the steamers’ smokestacks are the spots sought after. The men are poorly provided with clothing; and the pro longed stay on the vessels has used up the supply of clean linen that the of ficers had carefully hoarded. FIGHTING NOT ENDED. Spanish and Insurgents Still at it in the Philippine Islands. Madrid. Aug. 24, 4:30 p. m. —The gov ernment has received a dispatch from Gen. Rios, governor of the Viscayas isl ands and the successor of Gen. Jaudenes in the governor-generalship of the Philip pines, saying that there has been bloody fighting between the Spaniards and the in surgents with an estimated loss to the latter of 500 men. The Spanish losses were "unimportant.” The dispatch says that a number of the insurgent chiefs were captured and shot. A sergeant of gendarmes who attempted to incite a rising against the authorities barely escaped lynching at the hands of the populace. He was turned over to the courts and shot. Gen. Rios adds that ho has organized six battalions of natives and Spaniards for the purpose of resisting a threatened invasion of insurgents from the Island of Luzon, and also small squadron to watch the coasts and rivers of Mindanao island and the Vizeayas. The government is highly satisfied with the service of Geu. Rios. A HURRICANE. Syracuse, N. Y., is Swept-Three Men Badly Injured—Big Property Loss. Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 24.—A hurricane in this city this afternoon did thousands of dollars’ worth of damage. The roofs of four factories were blown off. Three men employed at the powerhouse of the Lakeside Railroad company were badly injured by the west wall 'of the building falling, and one of them. Elec trical Engineer Carl Dingen, may die. Another rpan is believed to have been fatally injured by being blown from the roof of a factory. The street car service was delayed for considerable length of time because of trees which fell on the rails aud trolley wires. Part of the roof of the Church of the Assumption was blown off and the statue of the Virgin Mary was blown off and lodged in the cellar. TO SPARE NO AID. Committee from Calumet Sent to Montauk Point, L. I. Houghton, Mich., Aug. 24.—[Special.] -Ex-Mayor Henry J. Vivian, Paul W. Grierson and E. S. Grierson left Calumet today for Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, with SIOOO and instructions to draw for any amount needed. Every dollar that can be spent will he used toward furnish ing comforts and luxuries for the Calumet company of the Thirty-fourth Michigan regiment. Houghton citizens sent S3OO in cash by the same committee for the benefit of the local company and will also send a committee with instructions to draw on Houghton for any amount up to the cash reserve in the First National bank. CAMARA ON DECK AGAIN. Going to Meet Prisoners Taken Over from Cuba. Gibraltar, Spain. Aug. 24.—Admiral Camara’s squadron, the last remnant of Spain’s navy, left Cadiz Saturday for the north of Spain, to meet the Spanish troops and crews expected from Cuba and the United States. The transport Gen. Valdez will leave Tangier with the Spanish minister to Mo rocco, Senor De Ojeda, who will visit Ceuta. Melilla and Alhumcemas. Spanish possessions in northwestern Africa. Wreckage is Pound. New York. Aug. 24.—What may be the wreckage of a large passenger steamer was passed off Sandy Hook this morning by the British freight steamer Algoa. The wreckage was about forty miles east of Sandy Hook and about ten miles due east of the Fire Island lightship. It was of such a nature as to indicate that a passenger steamer had gone down recent ly in the neighborhood. TO MUSTER THEM OUT, The Fourth Begim.nt is Sure to Disband. NO ACTIVE SERVICE. Gov. Scofield’s Advices State that the First Regiment is Also ou the List. Washington. D. C., Aug. 24.—[Spe cial.] —The list of troops to be mustered out has not yet been concluded at the war department. As the list was made up. however, last night, the Fourth Wis consin, now at Camp Douglas, was marked for mustering out. The First, which is at Jacksonville, was not in the list. It is stated positively at the war department this morning that there is no probability that the First will be mus tered out for some time to come. Gen. Corbin says that the official list will not be made public until late this afternoon or perhaps not before tomorrow morning. Governor’s Advices Different. Madison, Wis„ Aug. 24.—[Special.]— Gov. Scofield last night received a tele gram from Adjt.-Gen. Corbin of the war department, stating that the First and Fourth Wisconsin regiments will be or dered heme to be mustered out. While no date is fixed, it is understood as mean ing that it will be done at once. The First is at Jacksonville, the Fourth at Camp Douglas. Includes the Light Battery. New York, Aug. 24.—A special to the Herald from Washington says: The list of volunteer regiments to be mustered out has been practically agreed upon by the administration. This list includes the Wisconsin Light battery. Washington, D. C., Aug. 24.—Orders have been issued for the mustering out of the following regiments: First Ver mont, First Maine, Fifty-second lowa. Sixth Pennsylvania, Fifth Maryland, Sec ond New York, Second Nebraska, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana, all volunteer infantry; also a battalion of Ohio Light artillery. First Illinois Volun teer cavalry, batteries A and B, Georgia Light artillery. Twenty-eighth Indiana Light battery and the New York and Pennsylvania cavalry troops now in Porto Rico. Other orders to muster out troops will be announced as soon as definite decisions are reached. Jacksonville. Fla., Aug. 24.— [Special.] —Col. Schadel says regarding the disposi tion of the regiment: “I have not done a thing about the matter yet. Like the men. I am here to obey orders, whatever they are, and they will be obeyed to the letter. It is not a question with us whether we want to go or not, for that is unmilitary. This matter of putting it to a vote is absurd; you might as well put it to soldiers on the battlefield. I have a good regiment, and there will be no ques tion of going or not going. We will obey orders.” Most of the regiments here are anxious to go to Cuba. Particularly the South Tn troops. The Ninth Illinois regiment hail a mild demonstration when it was an nounced the troops would go. The senti ment in favor of going to Cuba is much stronger in the Milwaukee battalion for some reason than it is in the others. It can hardly be said that the event would be enthusiastically received by the com panies as a whole. Corp. Charles Ives. Co. B. Fort Atkin son, (lied Monday night. He was lately appointed corporal. He had been ill with typhoid fever for one week, and in the di vision hospital his condition had been critical for the last few days. Lieut. Holgren left with the body. Capt. Lewis of Co. F has go^o home to help clear up the situation in Racine. Capt. Manion of Co. I will probably leave for Milwaukee the last of the week. The parade of the Seventh corps has been postponed to next Wednesday. The wifi* of Capt. Hanson of Co. A is here to help the Janesville boys who are sick. Six men were taken to the division hospital today. MYSTERIOUS STRANGERS. Strange Action of Two Young Men at Racine Causes a Sensation. Racine. Wis., Aug. 24.—An old gentle man who owns a small building on Pros pect street called at the police office and told a story in regard to a couple of mys terious young men who rented the place and have disappeared. Two months ago rhe men leased the property and paid the rent. They were never seen about the place except at night. The blinds were always drawn and neighbors and others who attempted to ascertain the business of the strangers were unable to do so. Nearly all night strange noises could be heard in the place and a dim light was visible and that was all. To the owner of the building the men said that they were making patterns, but what they did in the day time and whore they kept them selves he never knew. Three days ago the men disappeared, failing to notify the owner of the building of their going." The doors were locked and the owner wanted to know if it would be all right to break in the door and ascertain what there was in the place. He decided to wait a day or two and see if the mon came back. There is a suspicion in the minds of some that the men may have been counter feiters. but the police do not take much stock in the story. EARLY NAVIGATOR DEAD. Capt. Hotaliug Ends His Days in the Waupaca Home. Fond du aLc. Wis., Aug. 24.--[Special.] —Mrs. W. H. Ferris received a telegram last evening announcing the death of her father, Capt. Hotaling. aged 70 years, which occurred at the Soldier’s Home in Waupaca. The deceased was a former resident of this city and had a wide num ber of acquaintances among the older citizens. Capt. Hotaling operated the first steamboat on Lake Winnebago. In 1843 he brought the steamer Manchester from Buffalo. She was the first boat to go up the Wolt river. For a number of years she operated on the waters of Win nebago and did a large business. All the small places along the lake were touched and a large freight and passenger busi ness was conducted. Chippewa Falls. Wis., Aug. 24.—[Spe cial.] —William Stoddard, a resident of this city the past eighteen years, died this morning at St. Joseph’s hospital in this city after a few weeks' illness caused by paralysis of the heart. Ho was a promi nent politician. 42 years of ago. Kenosha, Wis.. Aug. 24.—News has been received in this city announcing the very sudden death of Dr. Edward August Bradley, a former rector of St. Mat thew’s church, which occurred in New York on Saturday last shortly after no"U. His death was caused by apoplexy while he was watching the great naval parade. Appropriation for New Schoolhouses. Green Bay. Wis.. Aug. 24.—[Special.] The city council last night appropriated $15,000 for the erection of two new school buildings. Options on sites have been ob tained by the board of education. The work of construction will commence imme diately. The rapid increase in school chil dren has necessitated this action. LABOR'S BIG HOLIDAY. Gov. Scofield Sets Apart Monday, September 5, for Cele brating. Madison, Wis., Aug. 24.—[Special.]— Gov. Scofield has designated Monday, September 5, as Labor day. His procla mation is as follows: Executive Chamber, Madison. Wis., Aug. 24, 18U8.—By legislative enactment the gov ernor of the state is authorized to name one day in each year to be known as Labor day. By virtue of authority thus vested in me, I. Edward Scofield, governor of the state of Wisconsin, do hereby set apart and desig nate Monday, September 5, as Labor day. The purpose of setting apart this day is clearly to call attention to the important part which labor has performed in the de velopment of our country and to emphasize the necessity for maintaining just and har monious relations between the employed and their employers. Never in the history of our state or nation has there been a time when labor day might be more appropriately celebrated as a holi day than at the present. The return of in dustrial prosperity which is manifested on every side, and the restoration of peace aft er a short and decisive war, all tend to pro mote good feeling and to cement more firmly the bonds of friendship and equality among us. In order that the true purpose of the day may be carried out and that it may be made an especial occasion for rejoicing, I recom mend that all manufacturing institutions and the industries generally suspend operations, aud that all mercantile establishments where men are employed be closed for the day, and that as far as possible employers and employes throughout the state join in the celebration. EDWARD SCOFIELD. SWEPT THE HARBOR. Two Schooners Capsized with Loss of Life and Buildings Razed. Menominee, Mich., Aug. 24.—[Special.] —Word has just reached here that Mon day night’s storm did an enormous amount of damage at Egg Harbor. Two small schooners, the Norman of Green Bay and Pride of Milwaukee, anchored in the harbor, were dismantled and after wards capsized. Two men were drowned. The rest swam ashore, reaching it in an exhausted condition. Buildings, trees and fences were leveled to the ground, and what was once a thriving village is now a mass of ruins. The names of the drowned are Capt. Cortrand and Louis Tilman, both of Green Bay. THE BOOKS BALANCE. All Money Advanced to State Em ployes and Others Has Been Returned. Madison. Wis., Aug. 24.—[Special.] The examination of the books of the state treasurer ordered by Go.v. Scofield after his attention had been called to the fact that advances had been made from state funds to capitol employes and others has been completed. In their report to the governor the examiners say that they found such advances had been made, but that they had now all been returned and the books were now balanced. STORM’S DAMAGE. Racine County Escapes with a Few Reminders. Racine, Wis., Aug. 24.— [Special. Last night’s storm did not fail t<r leave something to be remembered by Racine county. At Union Grove it struck the house of A. Connor and damaged it some what. In the town of Burlington it blew the Robinson’s circus tents all to pieces and there was no performance last night. A passenger train on the Chicago, Milwau kee St. Paul railway mot the storm at Burlington and Engineer Peck held the train, fearing to venture. The iron cover was blown off the sand tank and the coaches rocked so much as to frighten the passengers. The barn of John Thomas in the town of Caledonia was totally destroyed with contents at a loss of SISOO, partially in sured. The police patrol system of Racine was wrecked and Policemen Erickson and John Goetz were shocked while talking over the line. Wausaukee. Wis.. Aug. 24.—[Special.] —The terrific storm which raged here last night unroofed the barn ou the farm of Henry Shallow, tore up the roof of the blacksmith shop, and scattered a number of outbuildings. BLAZE IN THE FEHR STORE. Manitowoc Fire Department Saves the Jewelry Store from Fire. Manitowoc, Wis., Aug. 24. —[Special.] —A gasoline stove exploded in the rear of G. A. Fehr’s jewelry store at 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon, setting fire to the building. The prompt work of the tire department soon extinguished the flames which had made considerable headway. The loss is loss than SIOO. Stevens Point. Aug. 24.—Fire was dis covered in M. T. Leonard's general mer chandise store at the corner of Main street and North Third street, at 11 o'clock Sunday night. When the department ar rived the whole interior was ablaze and the building badly gutted. The loss is about S4OOO. Oconto. Wis.. Aug. 24.—[Special.]— The Holt Lumber company's dry kiln burned last night at 8 o'clock. The tire is supposed to have originated from a spark which lodged in the sawdust. The loss is estimated at about S2OOO. TRANSFER PRISONERS. Green Bay Reformatory will Soon Take Convicts. Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 24.—The prison ers for the new state reformatory will arrive and be put in that institution some time this week. Supt. Heg said that ev erything was in readiness for them, but some delay had been caused by the state prison at Waupun not having the cloth to make the clothes. Supt. Heg has had built a barbed-wire fence, seven feet high, around the temporary prison. This is to keep inquisitive people away and much more trouble is feared with them than with the inmates. The guards have ar rived and will be on duty from this time on. The most of the employes of this nature will be taken from Green Bay peo ple. The men will number 25, who will come from Waupun. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A Newly-Married Green Bay Woman Becomes Despondent, Green Bay. Wis.. Aug. 24.—[Special.]— Mrs. George Hayden attempted suicide last night by taking a dose of laudanum. She was alone at her home on Main street and after the poison began to take effect she became alarmed and went to a neigh bor's home. Before the story was told she fell unconscious. A physician was called, but the woman’s condition is now critical. Mrs. Hayden was married only a month ago. Her husband left her a week ago and she became despondent. Woman Examined for Insanity. Racine. 'A is.. Aug. 24.—A few weeks ago Chris Hanson, charged with assault and intent to kill his wife, was found guilty and sentenced to the state prison. A few days ago the wife gave birth to a child, and she is now out of her mind and raving. Her mental condition will be ex amined into. GEN. SHAFTER IS BLAMED A Little Work Would Have Saved Many Lives. CRITICISM BY DR.SENN. Chief Quartermaster is Scored for Inefficiency—Much was Lacking. Chicago, 111., Aug. 23. —Dr. Senn does not hesitate to place the responsibility for the troubles of the medical department and the sufferings of the soldiers around Santiago upon the broad shoulders of Gen. Shafter and his chief quartermaster, a man named Humphrey, says W. E. Curtis in a letter from New York to the Chicago Record. Dr. Senn states that Gen. Shafter is the only man who could control Humph rey, and Humphrey was in charge of all the transportation facilities at Tampa, as well as at Santiago. It was his fault, Dr. Senn says, that a large portion of the medical supplies were left on the dock at Tampa when the expedition sailed, and it was also his fault that facilities were not provided at Santiago for transferring those which were taken from the ships to the shore. Humphrey controlled the movements of the transports that brought home the sick and wounded, and it was his business to see that they were properly provided with necessaries of all kinds. There could have been no trouble about this, for these hospital ships sailed at intervals of sever al days and sometimes a week apart, aud there seems to be no reason why Col. Humphrey could not have fitted them out with sufficient aud suitable food and water at least. There was an abundance of the very best kind of water at Santiago, but some of the transports did not have their tanks filled from the time they left Tampa for Santiago until they arirved in New York, and the water given the wounded and feverish soldiers to drink was not only stale but in several cases full of animal life. According to Dr. Senn the great dif ficulty was the lack of proper prepara tion. The quartermaster’s department was not capable of meeting the emer gency. The mismanagement was due to inexperience and incompetency. The lack of co-operation has taught the war department a very valuable but a very costly lesson, and will probably be fol lowed by a reorganization of our staff system. The work of unloading the sup plies at Santiago was difficult and te dious because the quartermaster’s de partment had neglected to provide light ers. Everything had to be carried in small boats, which were incapable of taking much of a cargo. “It took us two weeks.” said Dr. Senn, “to unload the hospital ship Relief, which carried down hospital equip ments and medical supplies. All we had was a rowboat, and we kept that going back and forth day and night bringing over the things for the want of which the soldiers were dying. The medical de partment had reason to expect that the ships would be unloaded in the usual manner by the quartermaster's depart ment. It was their business and we ex pected they would attend to it, but we could not get them to give us any boats or any assistance whatever. They claimed that all their facilities were ab sorbed in other directions and that wo would have to look out for ourselves. If we had supposed that this would happen we would have made proper prepara tions, but we expected the co-operation of the quartermaster’s department and did not receive it. Hereafter the medical department will look out for itself. The management of the Porto Rico ex pedition under Gen. Miles was splendid compared with that of Santiago.” con tinued Dr. Senn. “Thore was excellent management all around and no friction.” I asked Dr. Senn what he thought of the effect of the much-criticized abolition of the regimental hospitals and their con solidation into division hospitals, but he did not seem to be inclined to discuss that subject. He explained that it was only an experiment and there were many things to be said on both sides. “It wasn’t the bullets that did us the harm,” said he; “it was the climate and the. gefms of disease which were carried to Cuba from the camps of the United States. The man who dies from disease in a military campaign suffers much more than those who are killed in battle. Any one would rather be wounded with a rifle ball than get the typhoid or yellow fever. “Under the direction of Col. Greenleaf, chief surgeon of the army in Porto Rico, I made an investigation and I found that 90 per cent, of the fever cases in the army on that island were due to infec tion. brought from the camps in the United States, and I am firmly convinced that if those particular regiments are al lowed to remain in Porto Rico the loss of life from fever will be as great as it was at Santiago. When I left Ponce all the hospitals were full. There were at least 250 cases of typhoid fever.” Dr. Senn also complains earnestly about the lack of mail facilities, and says that many a poor boy died from home sickness, who might have been saved if the letters written by the loved ones at home could only have reached him. Nos talgia, or homesickness, was very preva levt. particularly among the wounded and fever patients. It is a form of melan cholia, he says, a distinct disease, which develops acutely under such conditions, and is one of the most painful forms of mental distress. “If the mails had been delivered promptly and frequently,” said Dr. Senn, “it would have saved many lives. Tak ing myself as an example, during the en tire time I have been away I have re ceived only two letters, and I have no doubt that there are 200 or 300 lodged somewhere on my trail. If it is impossi ble for my mail to reach me, occupying a conspicuous position as I do, what must be the fate of the letters that were writ ten to the private soldiers, which would have done incalculable good if they could .have been read in the hospitals?” DECREES ARE CONFERRED. Spain Decorates Those Who Contrib uted to Peace. Madrid, Aug. 23, 7 a. m.—The Official Gazette, which publishes this morning a decree conferring decorations upon M. Gambon, the French ambassador at Washington; M. Patenotre, the French ambassador at Madrid, and M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs, names also for decoration M. Thiebaut, first secretary of the French embassy at Washington, and MM. De Grandpre and J. Beoufve, both of the French embassy at Washington. Another decree appoints the Spanish military commissioners for Cuba and Porto Riem Ward Finally Convicted. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 23.—The fifth trial of A. K. Ward, charged with forg ing notes to the amount of nearly a quar ter of a million dollars, resulted today in a verdict of guilty and the defendant was sentenced to three years imprisonment in the penitentiary. All the previous at tempts to convict Ward had resulted in mistrials. Another new trial is asked for. IRON MINE CAVES IN. The City of Iron Mountain Practic ally Split in Twain by a Big; Cap. Iron Mountain, Mich., Aug. 23. [Spe cial.] —The hardest rainstorm in the his tory of this section passed over this city last night. It lasted nearly all night and much damage was done. All cellars in the business portion were flooded. The damage to George Seibert, drug store, amounted to $1000; Levy Co., general merchandise store. SBOO, and Ruskj’ Bros., general merchandise, S3OO. The roadway between the two sections of the city,under which is the iron mine, caved in and the city is practically split in twain. Light ning struck the Ludington school build ing, setting it afire, but the damage is slight. DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE. Nagan’s Dry Goods and Clothing Store at Kaukauna Swept Away. Kaukauna, Wis., Aug. 23.—[Special.] —Philemon Nagan’s two-story building, occupied by his dry goods and clothing store, was entirely destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, at a loss of about $35,000. Not an article of the stock was saved and it was with difficulty that Mrs. Nagan’s aged father was gotten out of the building alive, on account of the dense smoke. Mrs. Nagan and her seven children barely escaped. There was an insurance of $14,300 ou the building and stock valued at $21,000. J. Lehi's butch er shop, a, two-story brick building ad joining, was saved by a hard fight. Superior. Wis., Aug. 23.—[Special.] Tom Pratt’s store building and dwelling was entirely burned last night at Spring Brook. The loss is covered by insurance. HURRIES TO HIS BEDSIDE. Mrs. O. C. Steenberg Leaves Foud du Lac to Nurse Her Son. Fond du Lac, Wis., Aug. 23.—[Special.] —Mrs. O. C. Steenberg left this morning for the bedside of her son, Hubert S. Steenberg. corporal of Co. D of Ripon, who is confined in the Long Island hospi tal. He was brought back ou the steam er Relief, and Arthur Breitzman, a private in Co. E of this city, is also in the hos pital, suffering from typhoid fever. The boys will be sent home on thirty-days’ furlough as soon as they are able to travel. Gilbert Wharton died yesterday at the residence of his mother in this city. The deceased was 51 years of age and had held many prominent positions during his life time. The funeral will be held from the St. Paul’s church Wednesday, the Rev. Father Blossom officiating. Sheriff and Mrs. Siman Schaefer left this morning for New York, there to meet Charles Blankenberg, who is a member of the crew of the Oregon. In a telegram from Capt. S. A. Barker to the sheriff yes terday he stated that upon their arrival they would be saluted with a 13-in ch gun. At a meeting of the board of education held last evening the superintendent of city schools, L. A. Williams, submitted his annual report, which showed a healthy growth in the schools. He made a number of recommendations, which, if carried out, will greatly improve the school system. The school census pre pared by the city clerk shows a total of 5052. a gain of 32 over last year. The plant of the Phoenix Suspender company, assigned, was sold under the hammer yesterday afternoon. George W. Watson, holding one of the mortgages, bidding it in. The property includes the plant and the handsome grounds and resi dence formely occupied by C. J. L. Meyer, who went to the wall some years ago. Willis A. Moyer of Milwaukee who after wards purchased the property, failed about two years ago in Milwaukee. About thirty-two distinguished South erners from St. Louis were in this city yesterday, being entertained by local citi zens. They were given a ride on Lake Winnebago during the afternoon. DIED AT SOLDIERS’ HOME. W. D. Thomas, Cousin to Gen. George H. Thomas, Passes Away. Racine, Wis., Aug. 23.—[Special.]— A telegram was received this morning from the Soldiers’ home at Milwaukee an nouncing the death of W. D. Thomas. He is a Civil war veteran, 79 years of age, and was a first cousin to Gen. George H. Thomas of Gettysburg fame. The interment will take place here. Mrs. Joseph I. Chalice died here this morning, aged 72. She was one of the early pioneers of the county. Marinette, Wis., Aug. 23.—George L. Ridsdale received word that his brother, Thomas F. Laycock, had died at his home hi Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Laycock was a well-known resident of Marinette for sev eral years, leaving here some eighteen or twenty years ago. Robert Miller, aged 38. died Sunday. He was a setter for the Ludington com pany. Bloomer, Wis., Aug. 23.—[Special.]— Mrs. Schwob of this village, aged 78 years, and Mrs. Compean of the town of Auburn, aged 85 years, died today. They were both old and well-known residents in this community. Oshkosh. Wis., Aug. 23.—Albert Stoll, a well-known young man of Nekimi, died Saturday afternoon, after an illness of nearly a year’s duration. Mrs. Ellen Mary Jones, an old aud es teemed resident of the town of Utica, passed away Sunday morning of con cumption at the age of 74 years. Three daughters survive. Rockfield, Wis., Aug. 23. —[Special.] The remains of Mrs. B. Scholtler, wno died in Minnesota early Sunday morn ing, were shipped to South Germantown today. Mrs. Scholtler went to visit to her two sons and daughter, and while there she became seriously ill, from which she did not recover. PLENTY OF WORK. An Actual Dearth of Help at Superior Manufactories. Superior, Wis., Aug. 23.—The local con cerns such as the flour sheds, coal docks and lumber mills at times have trouble in securing men to operate their plants. During the summer, some of the saw mills have actually been unable to pro cure a sufficient number of workmen to run the mills at full capacity night and day. When the harvesting season is over the returning laborers will make the conditions somewhat easier for the em ployers. but they do not look for a sur plus of men at all. One large employer said that he had employment for more men all summer than he could secure and the outlook for fall and winter is not so much different. When the lumbering season sets in, the surplus laborers can find more work in the woods than they can attend to. Seeks a Divorce. Madison. Wis., Aug. 23.—Mary C. Bali of Portage has brought suit for divorce before Judge Siebecker from John W. Ball. They were married at Portage Oc tober 1, 1890. They have no children. The plaintiff alleges that she was desert <1 by her husband June 1. 1897. Suit for divorce has also been brought by Maggie Bond of Madison from Frank A. Bond. They were married in Madison April 25, 1885. and have one daughter. She alleges desertion as the grounds for divorce.

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The digestive organs, he asserts, have no need for repose, provided, always, that the quantity of nourishment taken within the twenty-four hours does not go beyond the normal limit—the fact that the intervals between meals are short working no in convenience, but, on the contrary, tending to the avoidance of feebleness, which is the natural result of an interval extended to too great a length. Further, according to this writer, feeble persons, those also who are lean and emaciated, and, above all. such as are sufferers from insomnia, owe it to themselves not to retire with out taking some nourishment into the stomach, such as simple bread and butter, a glass of milk, a few biscuits or crackers. Dynamite for Sharks. The meh in the fleet off Havana are be guiling the weary days by shark-fishing on somewhat novel lines. The men fasten a small dynamite cartridge to the end of a wire attached to an electric machine. A lump of pork is attached to the cart ridge and thrown overboard, and as soon as the creature swallows the bait the cur lent is turned on. the dynamite explodes and the shark is blown to pieces. BEGINNINGS IN WARFARE. —Bullets of stone were used in 1514. —Bombs came into general use in 1634. The catapult was invented bv Diony sius. 399 B. C. —Fireships first appeared in the Six teenth century. Bomb vessels had their origin in I’rance in 1681. Cannon arc said to have been in use as early as 1338. Artillery constructed of brass first appeared in 1635. Iron bullets were first mentioned in the Faedera. 1550. Ihe first.standing army was formed by Saul. 1093 B. C. “Dynamite was patented bv Alfred Nobel m May. 1867. Small firearms were introduced in England about 1388. Letters of marque and reprisal were first granted in 1295. —Muskets were first used in 1414 dur ing the siege of Arras. —The commencement of the British navy is placed at 1512. Swords were first made from iron by the Chinese, 1879 B. C. —The bayonet was invented in Bayon ne, France, about 1670. —Pistols were first employed bv the British cavalry in 1544. Spain was the first nation to equip foot soldiers with muskets. —The invention of rhe torpedo is cred ited to Daniel Bushnell, 1777. —Chain shot was a device of one De Witt, a Dutch admiral, in 1666. —Letters of marque were originally is swd by Edward J, Qf England, v.ifle was invented about 183.5 by M, Mime of Vincennes. P lc I nited States navy practically had its beginning March 30, 1794. —Dynamite is said to have been in vented by Ascague, Sobrero, 1846. battering ram had its beginning with Artemones, about 441 B. C." —Small firearms were invented in 1378 by Schwartz, a German cordelier. Muskets supplanted the bow and arrow among the British soldiery in 1521. —Artillery was first used in war by the Moors at Algesiras, Spain, in 1341. —The revolving chambered breech of pistols was patented by Colt iu 1835. —The first breech-loading firearm used in this country was the Sharpe's rifle. —The first United States war vessel was built at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1781. —Leaden bullets came into use shortly before the end of the Sixteenth century. —Military uniforms were originally worn in France by order of Louis XIV.. 1668. —The earliest artillery was a small piece devised by the cordelier Schwartz in 1330. —Hie French navy, then consisting of K^oys, is s rst mentioned in history A. D. —British historians assert that guns were used by their soldiers at Cressv, 1346. —Cannon were first used by the English by direction of the governor of Calais in 1383. —The first army arranged in a regular line of battle was that of Palamedes of Argos. The original regiment of dragoons is said to have been organized iu England in 1681. —The first war, according to scriptural authorities, was begun by a son of Cain, 3563 B. C. —Wildfire, sometimes called Greekfire, was an invention ascribed to Callinicus of Heliopolis. —Palamedes is credited with devising the idea of placing sentinels and pickets around a camp. —The Venetians made the earliest use of artillery in sea fighting, against the Genoese, in 1377. —The watchword as used by sentinels and outnosts is supposed to be a concep tion of Palamedes. —Osymandyas of Egypt was the first warlike monarch. Bactria falling before his hosts. 2100 B. C. —The devising of guncotton is attribut ed to Prof. Schoetibein of Basil, who made it known iu 1816. —Balloons were first employed in war fare by the French during the battle of Fleurus, June 17, 1894. —Du Fresnoy declared that the Argo nautic expedition undertaken by Jason was the first naval battle. —According to Voltaire, the Venetians were the first to use guns in a sea engage ment with the Genoese, in 1377. —The first use made of fireships by the English was during the engagement with the Spanish Armada, in July, 1588. —The earliest authenticate! sea fight, according to Blair, took place between the Corinthians and the Corcyreans, in which the former conquered. 064 B. C. —Gunpow’der is said to have been first compounded by Schwartz, about 1320. Many authorities maintain that it was known earlier, but have no trustworthy data in confirmation of their claims. To H with the Devil. The author of “A Journalist's Recol lections" in the New Century Review tells a good story of the famous Devon shire parson. “Jack" Russell: He was called to the bedside of a dy ing parishioner, and began: “What ails the’, old chap?" “Ah. paesen, awm afeard awm dyin’l" “Well! all o’ us 'a got to die, and then’s had a vair look in!” •“That’s right, passed but awm afeard.” “What’s the’ afeard o’? Hasn't mur dered anybody, hast the’ “Naw.” “Robbed anybody?" “Alius paid the’ tithe?” “les." “Hasn’ meddled wT any ether man’s wive?” “Naw." “Then tell the devil to go to hell!” And so the poor man died in peace. Why Not Tell the Policeman The story is told of a farmer in a town near Boston who has a drove of cows and a bull. A stranger in the place, who was chased by the bull and narrowly es caped a toss, complained to the farmer that his bull was a dangerous animal, and ought to be confined. The farmer said, “1 guess not,” and after some words had passed the stranger lost his temper and said: “I’ll see if you can confine that bull or not Guess you don’t know who I am. I’m Frederick Smithson, postmaster of Berryville.” Said the farm er: “Why in thunder didn’t you tell the bull?”—Boston Transcript. Tit for Tat. While some Swiss militiamen were resting from their drill, one of the men stepped from the ranks to light his cigar from that of the officer. The latter took this evidence of the “spirit of freedom” in good part, but said: “In the Prussian army you could not have done this. John.”' "Right you are.” was the prompt reply; “but in the Prussian army you could not be an officer.”—San Francisco Argonaut. He Sold a Copy. “Here, sir.” exclaimed the little man in the gray suit, “I want to show you the latest war atlas.” “Too late,” grinneo the man at the desk. “I bought one last week.” The little man laughed in turn. “That’s not the latest,” he said. “Ours :s strictly up-to-date.” “You don’t mean to say,” cried the man at the desk, “that your atlas is any more correct than the one I bought a week ago?” “Certainly I do.” said the little man. “Our atlas shows the exact cnanges in the coast topography after the Vesuvius ceased firing.” He sold a copy.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A firm ending—“& Co.” Prices may come up, even in the fall. The ice man has a melting disposition Of a loose character —Old Mother Hub bard. Abel was the first man to go with a Cain. The collector comes round to square ac counts. The treasurer should figure well in any society. It doesn’t take a long head to fall headlong. Is a double-barreled gun off when it is half shot? You may scale the mountain, but you can’t weigh it. O! cried the astronomer, “I C a About the smallest form of a legal sepa ration is a hyphen. Evon an actor may have difficulty in making up his mind. A warship is not conquered every time it is brought to bay. “I am here,” remarked the scarecrow, “for the well-known caws.” It is not the snake charmer's duty to give the serpentine dance. To some people, beautiful Monte Carlo is a most ungainly place. “The summer days are ending,” says the poet. So they are—every night. A would-be poet’s awkwardly-expressed fancies could hardly be called imaginary wrongs. We may believe that the hairs of the head are numbered, but sometimes it seems pretty thin. “It’s no use,” sighed the sieve, “I can't even hold my own. Everything that comes my way falls through.—Philadel phia Bulletin. Guesses at the Old Kiddle. The easier a woman cries, the less it means, says the philosopher of the Atchi son Globe. No loyal church woman ever hears a preacher who is quite as good as her own. Women always own from one to a doz en cookbooks, but they continue to cook things the same old way. When a woman gives a party and doesn't invite the neighbors, it indicates that she can get along without borrow ing. Women are never so friendly with each other after they have had a business trans action together. One insists on paying more than her share and is always mad afterward because the other let her. If you must attend church socials to keep your conscience soothed, attend on a rainy night. The women in charge know they will have ice cream to take home on such a night and give patrons their money’s worth. An Atchison girl who used to walk a year ago with the air of having heard that her ship had come in and she was on the way to board it, has the air now of hav ing found its cargo a great disappoint ment. She has married in the meantime. No woman probably appreciates how pretty and graceful she looks when using a needle. And a woman never looks awk ward, by the way. with her sleeves rolled up and flour on her arms, though she may appear at a great disadvantage at a social affair. Rich, but Gaudy. “Don’t attempt too much in your clothes." advises an exponent of econo my. "Better a majestic simplicity.” etc. "Majestic simplicity!” Could royal er mine and velvets call more loudly for dol lars than some of the modest-looking trifles a woman craves? “There, that's the kind of a girl for a fellow to marry,” confided an impecunious young man, looking after a white-clad fig ure that fluttered past. “Nothin? recklessly extravagant about her get-up, you see. Looks' adorable, though, even in those simple clothes.” His feminine companion “took in” the frock of rare pineapple fiber, its ruffles upon ruffles of real lace; its crisp white taffeta linings and just a suggestion of frothy underneath. “Simple to the simple," she sniffed. “If you were a woman I reckon you’d sing an other tune.’’ Philosophy of Life in Wartime. “I on’erstan’.” said the colored philos opher, “dat some mens consider it a high honor ter be de fust mens kilt in de war. Now, dat’s all right, ez fur ez it goes; but it gees too fur. Supposin’ dat I wuz de fust man kilt in de war—whar would I be w'en dey wuz celebratin’ me? I tell you. my people, a live niggah in a June wortermillion patch is one thing, eu a dead one wid a governmen’ funeral is another. De live niggah kin heah de hurrahin’ en de dead one can’t. Dat’s all dey is to it!"—Atlanta Constitution. The Saints of Philadelphia. In a little street near Wharton square. Philadelphia, a man named Smith keeps a cigar and candy store. In one respect he is rather remarkable. He can give, without the slightest hesitation, the name, address and occupation of every Smith in the city. For years be has read nothing but the city directory, and n the city directory nothing but what related to the world-wide set of which heris a mem ber. Let anyone mention the name of a Smith—and there are thousands in th? directory—the little cigar dealer will nt once tell his address, his occupation and probably the names of his children. An Unintentional Blunder. A hotelkeeper near New York city is a Frenchman; and his family know little more about English than he does. His suburban hotel stands in the center of a square filled with large trees. When the proprietor wanted to call attention to this advantage he put on his cards. “The best shady hotel around New York.” The rep utation of the place is beyond reproach, and the proprietor does not know yet why so many persons smile when they read the line quoted. Light Visible Forty-eight Miles. Cape Grisnez. on the French coast oppo site Dover, is to have a new electric light that will be visible for forty-eight miles It will be of 3,000,000 candle power, ant is exacted to pierce fog for a distance of sixteen miles. It will give out a whit' flash once a second. Gladstone and Hero Worship. wa n only from the people, from the multitude, that he learned to regard himself as one apart. He was crowned m drawing-rooms as well as in the street. Lhe laws of etiquette were broken through, much to his discomfort at first, and until it was explained to him why it was done 011 lb* B Scottish occasion. One ms hosts, who no more than himself liked to depart from accepted usages, said that he looked upon Mr. Gladstone m Scotland, and at this period, as en titled to a precedence not elsewhere or at other times his due. He was not only prime minister. He came to Scotland as the elect of Scotland; it was Scotland which had lifted him to the political throne he then occupied, and was doing to keep him there. "In England, I should treat him as other prime ministers are treated, his only social precedence deriving from his privy-councillorship. In Scotland I treat him as the first personage in this ancient kingdom. And so he walked in to dinner with his hostess, and great peers followed coni fortably after this great commoner. M herever he went rules relaxed before him, and the surge of the multitude about him was incessant. An emperor, per haps a president, perhaps some great pop ular hero like Garibaldi, may have drunk as long and as deep these dangerous draughts of popular idolatry. They are few, at any rate; and alone among all merely political leaders. I think, has Mr. Gladstone been acclaimed and wor shipped day after day and week after week by a people which, like the Hebrews of old and also the Hebrews of today, thinks itself a chosen, people.—George W. Smalley, in Harper's Magazine. My Lady’s Slipper. My lady's slipper sees a very radical change this summer. It is no more plain and unadorned; no longer does a simple little bow or unobtrusive rosette orna ment it. Instead, the slipper is a very gorgeous affair. It glistens, both by sun light and the gleam of gas or electricity, tor it is a jeweled slipper, and, oftener than otherwise, elaborately jeweled. The style is to have these slipper jewels match the pin or necklace you are wearing, both in the gems themselves and in the set ting. M hen fantastic and curious designs are worn, in oddly-finished gold, the effect is exceedingly picturesque and attractive. Rhinestones are to be favorite slipper or naments of the sumiper, diamonds lowed to twinkle carelessly on one’s feet. Japanese Officials Are Honest. Japanese officials are less corrupt than any other in the world. There may be ex ceptions, but these are astonishingly few. In strict attention to duty the Japanese officials of all ranks rival the Germans, but while the latter are somewhat stiff and overbearing in manner, the Japanese are very polite. The Biggest Bicycle in the World. A German has just completed a bicycle that has one wheel nine feet in diameter. Two people ride it—one on each side. It runs easily because of its scientific con struction. The scientific formula of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is the reason of its great virtues in making the weak strong. If your health is poor, try a bot tle. Before many days the armies of the United States will be recruited up to a beef-eating capacity of about 600 big steers a day. Beef has always been an important article of diet to the soldiers of this country, as well as of English sol diers, but never in American history has beef been so widely distributed and in such excellent condition as just at pres ent. The army in Manila, which will soon number 20,000 men, is eating beef every day. Shake Into Your Shoes. Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest com fort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot- Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, nervous, aching feet. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. —The entire collection of plate in the London Mansion house is a wonderful sight. An idea of the wealth of it may be gathered from the fact that, at the time of the opening of the Mansion house in 1753, the plate, which was deposited in the strong room, cost £11,531 16s 3d. Every year since then each lord mayor has added to the collection to the amount of £SOO, and in addition there are many handsome presentation pieces. Wheat 40 Cents a Bushel. How to grow wheat with big profit at 40 cents and samples of Salzer’s Red Cross (80 Bushels per acre) Winter Wheat, Rye. Oats, Clover, etc., with Farm Seed Catalogue for 4 cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis. —lrishmen of all parties are prosecut ing the movement for securing the restor ation to Ireland of Celtic gold ornaments which recently found their way to the British museum. Coughing Leads to Consumption. Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50- cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dan- gerous. —The demand for government liquid licenses in prohibition Kansas this year has been the greatest in the history of the state. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a constitutional cure. Price 75 cents. —A general transfer arrangement on street car lines with a single 5-cent fare has been put into practice in Buffalo, N. Y. Piso’s Cure for Consumption is the only cough medicine used in my house.—D. C. Albright, Mifflinburg, Pa., Dec. 11, ’95. —Bathing the neck and face in co!d water will often check bleeding of the nose. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. —Forty-eight pennies weigh as nearly as possible one pound. WANTED.—Caeeof bad health that RTF'A'N S will not benefit. Send Scents to Rtpaus Chemical Co., New York, for 10 sample* and 1,000 testimonials. —Lake Ontario is 247 feet above the ocean, Erie 573. Huron 581, Superior 602. Nervous People Are great sufferers and they deserve sym pathy rather than censure. Their blood is poor and thin and their nerves are con sequently weak. Such people find relief and cure in Hood’s Sarsaparilla because it purifies and enriches the blood and gives it power to feed, strengthen and sustain the nerves. If you are nervous and can not sleep, take Hood's Sarsaparilla and realize its nerve strengthening power. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine, fl; six for 85- Hood’s Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents. UAI ILt AX\ I Wyu.Sv Everybody surrenders to Battle Ax. There is no greater hardship than to be de- prived of your I RaJtleASfe PLUG and any one who has once chewed Battle Ax will give up most any thing to get it. JOc. buys I a larger piece of Battle Ax than of any other kind of high grade quality. Remember the name when you buy again. IIS i RtQUIRtS NO COOKUK or ANY OYHCR STASCe. GAME PLAQUES exact reproductions of the SIO,OOO originals by Muville, which will be given you ABSOLUTELY FREE by your grocer on conditions named below. These Plaques are 40 inches in circumference, are free of any suggestion of advertising whatever, and will ornament the most elegant apartment. No manufacturing concern ever before gave away such valuable presents to its customers. They are not for sale at any price, and can be obtained only in the manner specified. The subjects are: American Wild Ducks, American Pheasant, English Quail, English Snipe. The birds are handsomely embossed and stand out natural as life. Each Plaque is bordered with a band of gold. ELASTIC STARCH has been the standard for 25 years. TWENTY-TWO MILLION packages of this brand were sold last year. That’s how good it is. ASK YOUR DEALER to show you the plaques and tell you about Elastic Starch. Accept no substitute. “Say Aye ‘No’ and Ye’ll Ne’er Be Mar ried.” Don’t Refuse All Our Advice to Use SAPOLIO YANKEE AIR WAS POPULAR. Spaniards Understood Full Meaning of it at Santiago’s Fall. The Casino Espanol, or Spanish club, in Santiago, much frequented by the Span ish officers, has for some time boasted a gramophone, which was a source of joy and delight to the club members before the capitulation. Strangely enough, through the long nights of the siege the favorite piece of music which they were in the habit of having repeated four or five times an evening was “The Star Spangled Banner,” which greatly pleased their musical souls, although they were entirely ignorant of its origin or significance. As fate would decree, on the morning of July 17, when the American flag was hoisted over the governor’s palace, the regimental band of the Sixth cavalry played with the utmost gusto this self-same air, whose full mean ing then broke upon the assembled Span ish officers with unusual force, and with no little discomfiture to their already ruffled feelings. —Coronium, a chemical element hith erto found only by spectroscopic exami nation in the sun’s corona, has been found by Pro. Nasini in the gases given off by Mount Vesuvius. It is supposed to be much lighter than hydrogen. A Beautiful Present FREE for a few months to all users of the celebrated ELASTIC STARCH, (Flatiron Brand). To induce you to try this brand of starch,so that you may find out for yourself that all claims for its superiority and econ omy are true, the makers have had prepared, at great expense, a series of four How To Get Them: All purchasers of three 10 cent or six 5 cent packages of Elastic Starch (Flat Iron Brand), arc entitled to re ceive from their grocer one of these beautiful Game Plaques free. The plaques will not be sent by mail. They can be obtained only from your grocer. Every Grocer Keeps Elastic Starch. Do not delay. This offer is for a short time only. «CURE YOURSELF! >f w u°“ou7 n e i r tion PainlpH. o .nd e lbl Ales. amiess, and not gent or poisonous. Mold by nrucrUta, seat in plain wrapper. Prepaid, for or 3 bottles, fi-75. w Circular sent on request. wagon A better Scale for freight paid less money than has freight paid ever been offered. Address. W” I If X® Jones o f Binghamton, Mia I F U Binghamton, N. Y, VMl■■ Ll 9 w^DrWHOMWj EYEWATER: 5 No. 35.08 Mt- WHEN WRITING TO ADVrau TISFKS please say you saw ma Advertisement in this paper. _JK KS a CURES WHERE ML ELSE FAILS. Hj Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Ln time. Sold by druggists. f*|

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AGNOLIA- A I uv£^O v BEFORE USING. Agnolia. An Excellent Face Food. Agnol Cream. A Sure Cure for Sunburn, Black Heads, Ec zema, Salt Rheum, etc. AGNOL CREAM thing for children’s whooping cough. 11 has more penetration than goose grease that mothers use for children. Ask your druggist for Agnol Cream. One trial will prove what we claim. STANDARD CHEMICAL WORKS CLINTON BURNHAM, Sec’y and Treas. JOHN F. BURNHAM, President [^jsCELLANEO^ —The largest iuclosure for deer is said to he the Royal park in Copenhagen, of 4200 acres. —An employer of German clerks says that they work 20 per cent, slower than English ones. —The British museum contains a very full collection of clay pipes, dating back as far as the Sixteenth century. The custom of waxing the pipe end to prevent it stick ing to the lips, was introduced by the Dutch about the year 1700. -The youngest volunteer in the naval reserves is Cadet Roland S. Gielow, a bugler on the training ship New Hamp shire. He is a friend of Hobson, and is proud of a bugle which was given to him by the hero of the Merrimac. -—Paris policemen have been supplied with electric dark lanterns, by means of which they can see 150 feet away. They arc cmoloyed so successfully in raids in the Bois de Boulogne on the homeless persons who sleep there at night, that Saint Cloud. Sevres and Ville d'Avray are overrun with vagrants. -Among the personals in the New York lleiald is one from “a gentleman, former ly of large means and clever ways, now iwing compelled to be a guest at Ameri can hotels outside of New York,” who ■‘would like to hear of a way by which the humbug table d'hote dinners and breakfasts can be done away with. -An enterprising Kentucky volunteer Private Sam Tudor of Co. L. Second regi ment—has started a day school at Chk-k --amanga for the instruction of those of his comrades who cannot read or write and who do not understand arithmetic. Tudor has about twenty pupils, and new a judications are being tiled every day. —The^ late Mr. Gladstone had a “double'' in South Africa, who died at SleHembosch recently, in the Cape Col ony, at the age of 81. Mr. Myburgh— the ‘‘dappelganger"—was remarkably like ‘‘the grand old man,” and it was largely due to this fact that whenever he atteml c,l a public meeting he was “received with enthusiasm.” —Hobson’s fame is complete. Little girls and boys, even young ladies at the seashore, are now wearing hatbands upon which his name is printed. 1 be lieve he is the first hero to be so honored. Hatbands bearing the names of vessels in the navy have been common for years, but it has not been customary to use the names of officers in this manner. -Wire-rolled glass is one of the most recent inventions. The glass, which is exactly one-quarter of an inch thick, con tains in the center a wire netting, the meshes of which are a trifle less than one inch in diameter. Consequently the wire worth of land. The tax assessor says that 150 people, whose names might be taken from the books, own 50 per cent, of all the real estate in Greater New York, and the tendency is to increase instead of diminish these enor mous holdings. —Queen Victoria has sanctioned the publication of a large collection of private letters which were written by her aunt. Princess Elizabeth, the Landgravine of H assn-Hom burg, who died in 1840. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST There are some interesting allusions to the Landgravine and her residence at Homburg in Thackeray’s famous sketch of George 111. Princess Elizabeth passed most of her life in England. —The opening of Spitzbergen as a sum mer resort has already been noted, but now comes the still more astounding in telligence that Siberia is starting a num ber of watering places to compete with the old-established “cures” of Germany and France. In the western portion of tb.e Czar’s Asiatic dominions Kwig and Obachof are recommended as possessing mineral springs of great medical value. —England's chancery court has refused in a recent case to recognize the validity in England of legal American divorces. A widow, who applied for dower, was shown to have been married four times in eight,years and to have the three pre vious husbands still living from whom she had been divorced. A Florida de cree was selected for tin* test, and Mr. Justice Kekewich held that it was void in England. —The milita laws of the United States were passed between 1792 and 1862. and many of the provisions now in force are a bit antiquated. For instance, it is still the law of the land that each militiaman “shall be constantly provided with a good musket or firelock of a bore sufficient for balls of the eighteenth part of a pound, a sufficient bayonet, two spare flints, a box, and not fewer than twenty-four cart ridges, or atso with a good rifle, shot i pouch ami powder horn.” —The census of 1724 gave the number of Russians as 16.000.000. In 1762 there were 2(1.000.000. In 1796. chiefly owing to the Polish conquests of Catherine 11., rhe population jumped to 37.000.000. Conquests in Finland and Poland account for the gain of 9,000,000 indicated by the census of 1809. The prodigious increase in the Russian population, due simply to the excess of births over deaths, com menced after this date. Without any im portant change in the frontiers, the in habitants in 1857 numbered 67.000,000: in 18(58. 74.090.000; in 1885. 108,000.000: the census of January 18. 1897. counted 129.00.000 Russians, and at present there are fully 130.000,000. Our Duty as a Nation. Many of us deplored the Spanish war; many of us now look forward with anx ious solicitude concerning the effect of victory on the victor, says Benjamin Ide Wheeler in the Atlantic, but still as we survey the movements of human history in the large, we cannot fail to see in all that is occurring the inevitable grist of the mills of the gods and the irrefragable judg ments of the Weltgericht. Spain and the Middle Ages could not tarry in the West. We, on the other hand, could not shut ourselves within the walled gardens of our pleasant domesticity, and shun re sponsibilities that the commerce and in tercourse of the larger world exact of those who stand for order and equal jus tice in the affairs of men. While then we may well be called upon now to readjust our conception of national purpose and duty to the new order ami our new position, we dare not be false to ourselves or to our past. Our charter and creed we must interpret, if no longer in the letter, then all the more scrupulously in the spirit. However the letter and the form may fade and vanish away, there are some things that must needs abide. A na tion proclaiming government of the people ami for the people cannot impose on con quered peoples a foreign sway or one that finds its supreme motive in the benefits accruing to others than the governed. It is character that counts in nations as in individuals. Only in loyalty to tin old can we serve the new; only in un derstanding of the past can we interpret and use the present: for history is not made, but unfolded, and the Old World entire is ever present in the New. —The elephant has 40,000 muscles in his trunk alone, while a man has only 577 in his entire body. A Skin and Face Food For Tan and Wrinkles Persons Desiring First-Class Groceries, Go to D.e. ADAMS ..GROCER.. And Jobber in Catsups, Mustards, Olives and All Kinds of Coun try Produce. Cor. Third and Wells Sts. SILK HATS MADE TO ORDER Phil. A. Hoffmann Co. HATTENS DEALERS IN HATS, CAPS, GLOVES, FURS and UMBRELLAS 416 East Water Street, fIILWAUKEE, WIS. Before Starting on Your Travels CALL ON Geo. Burroughs 8 Sons MANUFACTURERS OF PREMIUM TRUNKS VALISES, SAMPLE CASES, Etc. 424 426 East Water St., Milwaukee. A. J. BAUM, DEALER IN Fresh, Salted and Smoked Meats, And all Varieties of Sausage, Poul try, Fish and Game. 408 STATE STREET. Those wishing to get first-class accom modations during the Centennial Celebration, should go to the FESS HOUSE GEO. E. FESS, Proprietor 113-119 East Doty St, Madison, Wis. Steam Heat Throughout, Ji J R^es SI.OO Per Day. is manufactured out of the fat of sheep’s wool with all the free and poisonous acids taken out of it. It goes through a process of from thirty-six to forty hours and we guarantee it absolutely pure; good for all skin dis eases. blackheads of the face liver spots arising from disordered stomachs, burns, scalds, croup and a splendid Agnol Pile Cure. An Absolute Cure for Piles. Polishine. The Best Putz Pomade for Cleaning and Pol ishing all Metals. LOUIS RIPPLE, JR. DEALER IN B00T8&SH0ES 317 Third Street, MILWAUKEE, WIS. Branch Store, 509 Mitchell St. J. BOEHM, Manufacturer and Jobber of Stove Repairs WATERFRONTS, STOVE POLISHES, STOVE PUTTY, FIRE BRICK, ETC. REPAIRS FOR ALL STOVES. 395 Third St, MILWAUKEE, WIS. MRS. JNO. W. WALLS Only Colored Lady Tailoress in the City. Practical Dressmaker.. Gents’ Clothes Repaired, Cleaned, Pressed and Dyed a Specialty. PRICE TO SUIT THE TIMES. 256 Seventh St. TONEY BURGETTE A 'first-class man for Parties, Balls, Weddings and Receptions. Will also furnish Waiters and Ladv Attendants. BUSINESS ADDRESS, 246 FIFTH ST. Proprietor Wisconsin Weekly Advocate. Residence 709 Wells St.. Milwaukee. Wis, S. I. MM 11 Funeral Directors AND EMBALMERS 431 Broadway, MILWAUKEE, WIS DOYOIWWEU You Can Get a Fine Wh’el for Nothing—A LADIES’ or COLUMBIA by bringing to this oilice, during the next thirty days, 30 paid yearly sub scriptions. For 25 yearly subscriptions, $lO in cash For 10 yearly subscriptions, $2.50 in cash The only condition is, that they are yearly subscriptions, paid in advance. If you do not get enough to compete, bring them in anyway, and we will pay you a liberal commission. NO BLANKS! DAN'L T. COATES PROPRIETOR OF Electro-1 hcrmal and Turkish Cabinet Baths For Nervous Debility, Dyspepsia, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Sciatica, Rheumatism, Gout, Etc. Galvanic, Paradic and Static Electricity and Massage FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 8:30 a 194 Biddle si., Milwaukee MISS JULIA G. F.OMETSII, Lady Assistant. For Ladles For Gentlemen Tuesday, Thursday Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and Friday. Ladies Solicited... A Shoe Polishing Parlor, Ex clusively for Ladies, is an Innovation at ROBINSON’S, 89 Wisconsin St. Your Patronage Will Make it a Success DR. C LINGER SON, DENTIST, Offic?: 307 Third st., Milwaukee, Wis. USE DR. UNGER'S ALL-HEALING OIL S. R. SHAVING PARLOR 224 Wells Street, MILWAUKEE. u HARRY JONES. Foreman AFTER USING. Our Friends Should Call on AUG. H. GEIER, FRESH, SALTED and SMOKED MEATS OF ALL KINDS Also Fresh Fish and Oysters in Season A Full Line of Vegetables. 502 WELLS STREET. Telephone Main lOOU. WHEN IN TOWN DON’T FAIL TO GO TO Whitefish Bay To get there take the Steamer BLOOMER GIRL AT GRAND AVE. BRIDGE Leaves the bridge daily at 2:15 and 7:45 p. m.; returning, leaves Whitefish Bay at 5 and lo:15 p. m. Sundays: going at 10:25 a. m., 2. 5 and 8 P. m.; returning, at Ila. m.. 3. 0 and 10:30 n. m. CAPT. RICHARDSON. Prop. ROUND TRIP ONLY 25C TELEPHONE 1253. DR. A. IThERRON Office, 508 Grand Avenue, MILWAUKEE, WIS. OFFICE HOURS: Bto 10 a. m., 1:30 to 3:30 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m. LOUIS DENIS, tat Market Oysters, Game and Fish IN SEASON. 626 Walls Street. Milwaukee. Wis, Union Laundry and News Co. 328 Wells Street GEO. W. SAYLES. All Work Carefully Done. Lowest Prices and Satis faction Guaranteed. DEALER IN