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St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

We have taken all our $780, S20OO S22.OO and S25O0
Spring OvecOas and marked them for these at above
price $1,000 This includes entire line with the exrep-
ton OF about twenty-five COATS imported goods that cost us
price You buy fine imported Kerseys Meons and Venetias
full sklned that cost you $500 elsewhere these three
days at $1,000 No gentleman in the Twin Cities can afford
to miss this great SALE We bound do the clothing trade
OF st. Paul. and can't afford to travel along in the ofas
Toned rut and carry goods from to season. We
bought too heavy in this line, and will take the loss now in
stead of next year. Sale positively closes WEDNESDAY
NIGHT and it is your loss if you don't get here
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

ime ago and was suspended twenty
minutes before the physicians pro-
nounced him dead, was resuscitated
by his relatives, and with the excep-
ton of badly bruised neck is appar-
emily as we'll as ever.
A number Of prominent young
colored men Of St. Mary's parish,
La, will soon organize the "Verdun-
Vile Manufacturing Company" 1t
will have capital Of $4,000, all Of
which has been subscribed. They
will run a brick yard and single
and stove factory.
Just as we expected the wholesale
charge that Mrs. Harrison had dis
charged all the colored servants at the
White House dwindles down to the
statement that she has supplied the
places Of two inefficient servants with
these whose work pleased her better.
Afro-Americans and all other people
who desire preferment, however ex-
alted or humble, must deserve it, and
while our devotion to our race would
cause us to quickly resent anything
savoring of discrimination towards
the humblest member, we ask fol
them or ourselves no undeserved ia
vors. Our dues are all we want
Plaindealer.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
MAIL CAR ROEB ED.
A Bold Thief Gels Away with Several
Registered Packages.

CHICAGO, April Is the mail car on
the Lake Shore road which left here at
7:4O last night was robbed before it had
gotten out OF tbs city limits. The thief
secured the pouch containing about 100
pieces of registered mail for Cleveland,
and was rif1ing the contents in an empty
freight car between Twentynsecond and
Twenty~third streets when detected by
a watchman. AS the watchman looked
into the car the man jumped out through
the door on the opposite side and escap
ed. He had opened about a dozen reg
istered letters and succeeded in getting
away with their contents The pouch
which had been cut open. was brought
back to the postofice. No guess can be
made as to the amount Of loss.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

e.-Jacksonville did a
handsome thing for town of $500 in
habitants, when she raised the sum Of
100000 as a bonus to a railroad, 1t
shows pluck and determination that is
bound to make the town what it ought
to be: The good part Of the business
| was that the sum was not only raised,
but secured. not single subscriber, white
or black, failing to come up when called
on.
Athens.-A good story comes to the
Courier, from Blocton, on Dan Cannon.
1t seems that Dan was on the hunt for
burglars and had one ''treed" in box
car, and while some one went in to drive
him out Dan was going TO capture him
as he made his exit, and the citizens OF
that city will long remember the hearty
yell that he sent forth as an old SOW
sprang forward with a loud snort and
landed at bis feet. He does not want
any more burglar hunting in his.
Admission. 10 o'clock yesterday
morning the engine at John FL. Gates
saw mill, three miles from the city, On
the Admission and Cincinnati road, blew
up with direful effect. Mr. Tai Webb,
Of Dallas, Ga, was killed instantly. His
head was blown entirely from his body,
and be was otherwise horribly mutilated.
Another man by the name Of Jim Lath-
rop was seriously injured and may die.
Mr. Gates had just left the mill ten min-
utes, but was recalled by the noise Of the
explosion. He came to the city in haste
and telegraphed to Webb's parents as to
what disposition to make OF his remains.
They will be carried to Dallas for inter.
ment to-day. Low water in the boiler
was the cause Of the explosion.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
a BAD w RI OK.
An Express Train Turns Over r,,
Down an Embankment. 'oo

PIrTsBURG, April 18-A disastrous
wreck occurred at Coraopolis, Pa ii
the Pittsburg 4 Lake Erie railway ahon.
9ociock last evening. Az the exnr.ys
was speeding along at thirty AVE- miIa
an hour rate, the locomotive jumped tho
track while passing switch, draggir.,
the baggage, mail, smoker ana tbrae
coacnes after il, the whole train. exoa,t
the sleeper, being thrown over the ba,I,
turning two times 10 the descent NaiI
Agent Blakemore and number VI pas
sengers sustained slight injuries, bnt NJ
one gss seriously hurt.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
Opinions of the Birmingham
"Idea.

Those white Republicans in Ala
bama are rather late in discovering
that the Republican party is the pro-
tective tariff party. We think they
are more inclined toward the offices
than to the up building of Republl-
canism. Take some other disguise;
that one is too thin.-Detroit Plain
dealer.
The Birmingham idea" has taken
shape. The convention Of white
protection democrats who wish to ex
clude the Negro from the party
councils and from holding office has
met and openly declared itself. Its
a movement to control the patronage
that's the long and Of it. Strong
pressure will be made upon the pres
ident to have him fall in with this
policy. 1t is this pressure we pro-
test against, in tthe interest OF the
republican party and the Negro.
The Birmingham idea" is wrong in
principle and opposed to every plank
in the republican party that Of pro
lection.
What practical good will protec-'
ton receive from movement which
begins by excluding from equal CO.
operation those who are to cast the
votes? Washington Peoples Advo-
cate.
The Republican powwow at Blrm-
ingham on the 10th inst, was fail
ure. No doubt, the object OF the
meeting was to get the protection
Democrats of that great city to Joln'
but not one of them showed any DIS
position to do so. 1t accomplished
nothing politically, and has exasper-
ated the colored people against some
/. yl... p.;tti Sp, = :
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
KILLS HIS SISTER.
Sad Result Of Shooting in the Dark

SOUTH PIrTsBURG, April 18-Joe Tst.
um, Of this place, made an awful mistaLo
by which his sister, Mamie Tatum III
her life. At | o'clock this morning VI
was awakened BY some cats fighting il J
room. Securing 50 calibre Smith \
Wesson pistol, he fred at the felipes
which were between him and where Iii
nineteen year-old sister slept. His aim
was not correct and instead Of killin,
me cats ne sent a bullet through His siss
ter's brain Tatum is almost prostrataJ
With grief over his fatal mistake.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

Decatur-While the section hands on
the Memphis & Charleston railroad were
laying steel rails on the bridge spanning
the Tennessee river one car on the l.. &
n railroad loaded with pig iron got of
the track mashing up ties for about
thirty yards No one was hurt. The
accident caused the delay OF all trains on
both roads for FIVE hours. Many trains
come rolling in at once but only small
blockade happened
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

the past twenty years, have repeat
edly ayowed their intense love and
admiration for the colored man and
his vote; more especially his vote!
The whole thing was amusing, and te
some degree a farce, reminding one
Of the old nursery rhymn:
''The king of Spain and all his men
Marched up the hill and down again"
News.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
SATURDAY. APRIL Goth, 1889.
BUSINESS NOTICE.

Preparatory to important changes
to be made in the GAZETTE all ac'
counts must be settled in the next
thirty days,
We mean business, If we owe you
present your account, and if you owe
theGAzErrE please settle the bl !
when it is presented. Prepare to
pay when the bill reaches you' with
in the next 80 days.
We pay as we go, and it is neces
sary that our kind patrons with
whom we have been very lenlent
should pay up now III
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

WE reproduce from the n. I.
Age a column Of Press opinions OF
the supposed policy Of the Republl-
con Administration to give the cold
shoulder to colored Republicans. The
GAZETTE has had nothing to say on
that subject: we don't believe In
crossing a bridge until you get to It,
and believe that he will prove to be
to the Negro in his official career.
When we have the proof Of treachery
then will be soon enough for criti
cism.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

THE Negro may safely leave the
solution Of his "prohlem' in the
hands of the Bible, talins care to do
his own part well. There is one thing
certain, either prejudice and pro-
scription must 60 down or the Chris
tian religion. America will hardly
anish the Bible to prescribe the
Negro.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
SOME HIGH KICKING.
Views of Negro Papers on the
Disposition to Exclude Col
Ored Men from Office
Hints as to the Ulti-
mate Results of
Such Policy.

From the New York Age
President Harrison should be lit
tie careful and not give everything
in sight to the people of Indiana.
This is government for the people,
and not for Indiana politicians
alone. Memphis Free Speech
The Negro will never amount to
anything until he learns how to pun
his his enemies. Any man who op-
poses the advancement Of the Negro
is an enemy to the race and whatev-
er that man be in business or politics
the Negro should give him a wide
notwithstanding Herald.
President Harrison, so far, has ap-
pointed no colored man to office OF
Importance. This is not as it should
be. Colored men voted early and
last. If colored Republicans hold no
other relation to the party han that
of voters, then it seems to us, the
time has come to cal halt-Pine
Bluff (Ark Hornet.
We have watched very carefully
to see whether or not President Har-
rison would treat all citizens alike,
but 50 far, he has failed Why he
has not appointed all citizens in their
regular form, irrespective Of color,
we cannot understand. If possible
that he wishes to Slight the Negro,
why did he not go at it in more in
telligent manner? -Leavenworth
| (Kan. Advocate.
The Afro American is not only
enti tied to an honorable share in the
distribution of public offices for the
part taken by him in the last cam
paign, but also is entitled to the fav-
orable consideration Of all men en-
gagged in industries that are protec-
ted by the tariff, and it is to the in
terest Of party and industry that the
recognition merited be accorded
Detroit Plaindealer.
If the white gentlemen Of Georgia,
Alabama and Mississippi would show
as much interest for the organization
and maintenance Of Republican
party in their several States as they
zeal in Washington in gobhling up
the federal offices. the Southern
question would not long brother this
Nation. We fear that many of these
gentlemen only show their Republi.
canism about this time. .-Chattanoo>
ga Justice.
Not single Negro has yet been
appointed to any position Of honor
or profit and yet it was the Negro
vote Of New York and Indiana which
saved the presidency to the Republi-
can party. Who is to be blamed for
this? What is the cause Of it? We
regret much to say it, but it seems to
us to be owing both to the stupidity
Of the Negro and the per6dy Of the
white men in power. Topeka (Kan.)
American Citizen.
While they don't just say, the boys
are thinking very strongly within,
"What shall we do to be saved?" as
they muse over the situation and the
prospects Of Gen. Harrison's giving
ear to the idea advanced by weak
kneed Republicans, that if the Negro
is dropped from the roll, and the
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

offices given to them and their kind,
many of the Southern States will a
bout face and wheel into line along
with Republican States. Selma Ala
Cyclone'
The class Of men who turned upon
the colored Knights Of Labor in the
Thibodaux Iabour troubles, and ex
cused their murder, on the plea that
they were Ignorant barbarians," }"
and these who organized or furnish
ed the means for the arming of re-
gulators in other parishes in this
State, ought not to be considered or
taken into consultation, in the matter
Of the distribution of offices under
the present administration, whatever
may be their pretentions.-oouth-
Western Christiad Advocate.
1t is evident that President Har-
rison intends to unload the Negro,
SO to speak, from the Republican
party and to do what no other Presl
dent has ever done, break the solid
South. Thus far he has not appoint
ed single Negro to a frst-class
place; neither has he advised or had
a, consultation with the prominent
men of the race. He has conducted
the administration in his own way
and has left the Negro ''out in the
cold" 1t may be for The best in
terests of the country and for the
Republican party, but it smacks OF
the ba.est ingratitude to the Negro
when his loyalty to the party in the
last campaign is considered lndiS
annapolis Freeman.
The treatment which Pres. Harri-
son has thus far accorded the colored
people has been very unsatisfactory
and far from just. He has been IN
Office now nearly month, and while
he has taken particular pleasure in
acknowledging his obligations to the
Germans, Irish, Scandinavians and
other nationalties, he has not made
one step 70 indicate that he consid-
ers his elevation was attributable.
even by a single vote, to the colored
people Of this country. He has sim
ply but severely ignored the Negro,
lust as if he had no existence what
,eyer. His treatment has been an
unwelcome surprise to the col red
people. -Ch cago Conservator.
The plans and purposes Of the
white polite ans at the South ale
ucrr Knewn. Ihey are Tor ellmnr-
ating the Negro from participation
in the work Of holding office, as G is
ALREADY shut out from voting b. the
bourbon Democrats. al, that is
needful to make the plans Of these
politicians success is cooperation
in them by the Administration. We
cannot now believe that President
Harrison will support the scheme,
which will surely result in driving
out the Negro from the r publican
party, not only by the thousands in
the South. but on such large scale
in the North. as to prevent Repub-
lican ascendency in the former, and
encompass Republican defeat in
many States Of the latter To con
clude that the administration would
be party to any such scheme is t,
discredit it for political sagacity and
to stamp it as utterly incompetent
to shape the affairs either Of the par
ty or the Nation Washington Peo,
pies Advocate.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

The Tuskegee Normal and Indus,
trial School, at Tuskegee, Ala, OF
which Booker I. Washington is prln
cipal, has in process Of erection a
stable which when completed, will be
the largest and most convenient IN
the Estate of Alabama Christian
Register,
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

THE Nashville American thinks
that the alabama Republican
White Protective League" is an or
eanized slice ofingratitude.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

EDISON thinks the time will come
when transportation through the air VIII
be as common as terrestrial carriage.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

r L. STEVENSON the author. is very
sick at Honolula, and it is feared tha
he will net recover.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20

Rev. SAM JONES says, "San franclsco
and hell are not more than ten teet
apart"
Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-20
NEWS and SENTIMENT.
(Frsm Colored Exchanges.

city marshall.
Miss Harriet T. Riggs is filling
the place Of the lamented Miss.
Briggs at Howard University, Wash
ington d. 9.
Farmers alliances are being organ
lied in North Carolina by colored
farmers.
Mr. Lew Foster Of Chicago, drew
$4,000 from the Louisiana Lottery
at their last drawing.
Mr.. Edmund Payne Of Chicago
was elected constable on Democratic
ticket at the last election.
]. F. Bradley was elected justice
of the peace and G. B. Anderson
constable Of Kansas City, Kansas.
Mr.. Austin Glenn Of Little Rock
has been appointed route agent on
St. L. Ark, q Texas Railway.
J. E. Brown Of Birmingham, who
was bit by a mad dog and showed ev-
cry symptom Of hydrophobia, has re-
covered.
Ben D. Bagby of Indianapolis has
beed reappointed to his former posi-.
ton Of railway mail agent on vc. |.
& V. road.
Bruce Grit, the Cleveland Gazette
Of last week, advocates the applica-
ton Of colored women for govern
ment positions.
Emma Hill, black Jewess Of New
York, has instituted beach of
promise suit against Fan Injin a
Chinese merchant. She sues for
s25, 900.
| j. @. Davis Of Chicago. has been
asfke kef6hga If thsa q3afmqspitttee q3fmqsp Fl tRa 4Ra
House Of Representatives at Spring
| field, Ill
| MI. Frank M. Br, ant; lored
stenographer Of Louisville, KY, is
said to be the fastest short hand wri-
ter in the state.
| A cslored woman, by the name Of
Mrs. Jones, residing at Holly Grove,
Monroe County, Ark, was assissinas
ted by an unknown party, Wednes-
day night the Sd inst
1t seems that the Democratic ad-
ministration Of this State is trying to
rule all the Negroes out Of the State
ops.-Nashville Tenn. Star.
Miss Nora A Gorden, graduate
Of Spelman Seminary was recently
appointed to the Congo Mission in
Africa Quite an anspicieus service
Of farewell was held in honor Of
her.
Rev. E. M. Brawley, D. D., is said
to be preparing book entitled,
The Negro Baptist Palpit," which
will appear about May l.
Congressman Cheatham Of North
Carolina has succeeded in having a
colored woman appointed postmaster
according to the Washington Peo-
ple's Advocate.
There is colored society in Rich
mond, Va, that owns twenty,three
fine houses, and they are selling them
to families on the installment plan,
Savannah Tribune.
Maria Burns Of Virginia, who
made fortune by the manufacture
Of m olasses cakes and bought with it
the freedom of herself. husband and
children from slavery, died recently
in Tasley, Va.
John Wise of Forth Worth. Texas
has brought suit against the Texas
and Pacific railroad for $4,000 al
leging that conductor in keeping
his wife from entering first class
coach threw her against a seat and
injured her.
Representative Coleman intro
duced delegation Of Baptist minis
tiers of New Orleans to the President
Morch 28th. They came to call the
Presidents attention to the situation
South, and asked for a proper recog.
| milton for cOlOred citizens.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-07
CHAPTER XIX.

OF THE COMING BACK OF HARMACHIs; OF THE GKEErING OF CHARMION; AND OF THE AN swEH OF CLEOPATRA TO QurNTUs DEILlUs, THE AMBASSADOR OF ANTONY THE TRI- UMVIR
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-07

shoulders against the sarcophagus, sat upon the rocky floor, the body resting on my knees, and, as turned it Cleopatra up- wound tie cloths; and awesome was the task. Presently something fell out; it was the scepter of the Pharaoh, fashioned of gold, and at the end thS'eof was pome- granate cut from single emerald.
 Cleopatra seized 1t and gazed thereon in silence. Then once more we went on with our dread business. And ever as we un- wound, other ornaments of gold, such as are buried with Pharaohs, fell from the wrappings-collars and bracelets, models of sistra, and inlaid axe, and an image of the holy Osiris and of the holy Khem. At length all the bandages were unwound, and beneath we found a covering of coarsest linen; for in those days the craftsmen were not so skilled in mat ters pertaining to the embalming of the body as now they are. And on the linen was written in an oval, 'Menka-ra, Royal Son of the Sum-" This linen we could in DO wise loosen, so firm it held to the body. Therefore, faint with the great heat, choked with mummy dust and the odor of spices, and trembling with fear of our unholy task, wrought in that most lonesome and holy place, we laid the body down, and with knife ripped away the last covering First we cleared its head, and now the face that no man had gazed on for three thousand years was open to our view. It was great face. with bold brow yet, crowned with the Royal uraeus, heD~ath
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-07
A Hirhly-Paid Woman.

Louisa M. Knapp, editress of tho Ladies' Home Journal, claims to receive the largest salary of any woman in America. She is paid $lQ,OOO a year for conducting tho paper under her charge, which is a pub lication not much over ten years of ago, and has a circulation of over 5OO,OO0, a result due entirely to the ability of its talented editress. Miss Knapp, now Mrs. Curtiss, is woman of medium height, slender, and with face rather interesting than pretty. She Is said to be noted housewife, and manages her handsome home as successfully as she manages her journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-07
Madam's Pretty Teeth.

In Vine street cable-car, the other day, says the Cincinnati Times-Star, were an old gentleman with an eartrumpet and a very pretty young woman, accompanied by g little boy. She smiled at intervals on the boy and showed her pretty teeth in a be- witching way. All at once the old man, in the way peculiar to so many deaf people who do not know how to modulate their voices, sad, in tones so loud as to be audible all over the ear, ''I only paid five dollars for my upper teeth. What did yours cost7" To say that the pretty woman was mad ia put ting it mildly. She founoed around with a flush of anger blazing h her cheeks, and sigpaled the conductor to let her out at the next crossing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-07

.& and whose sin shal! Qut!lVe the @lF solid mass af mighty pyramid that lowered oyer usl The hcaviness of her swoon had smoothed away all the false ness of her faoa, and naught was left but the stamp divine of woman's richest loveliness, soflcned by shadows of the night and dlgnified by the cast of deathlike sleep. gazed upon her and all my heart went out to her; it seemed that I did but love her more because of the depth of the treasQns wherein had sunk to reach her, and be- Aause ok tho terrors we had outfaced to- gether. Weary and spent with fears and the bangs of guilt, my heart sought hers for rest, for now she alone was left to me. She had sworn to wed me also, and with the treasure we had won we would make Egypt strong and free her from her foes, and all should yet be we'll An could have seen the picture that was to be, how. aud in what place and circumstances, once again this very woman's head should be laid upon my knee, pale with that cast of deathi An! could I have seenl
 chafed her hand between my haAaa, I bent me and kissed her ea the lips, and she woke, She woke with Q little sob of fear shiver ran down her delicate limbs; and with wide eyes she stared upon my face.
 "Ah, it IS thouW she said Fl mind me- thou haat saved me from that horror- haunted place! And she threw her arms about my nee.s and drew mo to her and kissed nle. "Come, love-" she said, let us be goingl I am sore athirst, and-ahl 1 so very wearyl The gems, too, they chafe my breast! Never was wealth go hardly wont Come, let Ns be going from the shadow of this ghoslly spot! See the faint lights glancing from the wias of Dawnl How beautiful they arc, and how sweet to behold! Never, in those Halls of Eternal Night, did think to look upon the blush of dawn again! An! I can see the face ot that dead slave yet. with the Horror hang ing to his beardless chip! Bethink thee!- there he'n, slt forever-there-with the horHprl Come; where may we find waterl would give an emerald for aeup of waterl"
 "At tho canal at the borders of the titled land below the temple of Horemku-it is close at hand," l answered. "If any see us, we will say that we are pilgrims who have lost our way at night among the tombs. Vail thyself closely, therefore, Cleopatra; and beware lest thou dost show aught of those gems about thee."
 So she vailed herself, and lifted her on to the ass which was tethered close at hand. We walked slowly through the sand till we
 10 he cOntlnuA,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-11-07
An Immens. Leather Bolt

One of the largest leather belts ever made is on exhibition in Boston. It is 153 feet inches long, 46 inches wide, double thick ness and weighs ,423 pounds. The hides of 65 animals were used for it's manufacture.